How Do You Compute a Limit Using a Table?

In each of the next two examples, the value of the limit is the same as the value of the function at the point it approaches. This is typically the case for any polynomial.

For functions that are not polynomials, a table i often in order to evaluate the limit. In each of the following two examples, the output of the function grow more positive or more negative. This means the different limits do not exist.

However, a very similar looking fraction may also lead to a limit that does exist. In the next two examples, the limits do exist even though the functions are undefined at the point the x value is approaching.