Limits and Derivatives
Kerala Board · Class 11 · Mathematics
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Intuitive Idea of Derivatives
- A body dropped from a cliff covers distance s = 4.9t² metres in t seconds
- Velocity at any instant is the rate of change of displacement with respect to time
- Average velocity = (Change in distance)/(Change in time)
Limits - Definition and Basic Concepts
- Limit describes the value a function approaches as the input approaches a specific value
- lim(x→a) f(x) = L means f(x) gets arbitrarily close to L as x gets close to a
- The limit may exist even when the function is not defined at that point
Algebra of Limits
- Limits follow algebraic rules similar to regular arithmetic
- Sum rule: limit of sum = sum of limits
- Difference rule: limit of difference = difference of limits
Standard Limits
- lim(x→a)(xⁿ - aⁿ)/(x - a) = naⁿ⁻¹ for any positive integer n
- This formula works for any rational power and positive a
- Factorization method: xⁿ - aⁿ = (x - a)(xⁿ⁻¹ + xⁿ⁻²a + ... + aⁿ⁻¹)
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- Kerala Board of Public Examinations — keralapareekshabhavan.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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