Using Factorization to Find Limits: An Introduction to Calculus

<p><strong>In our&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://medium.com/@partialderivative/interpreting-limits-algebraically-an-introduction-to-calculus-898908908c1d" rel="noopener"><strong>previous article</strong></a><strong>, we discovered that limits can be found algebraically via direct substitution, and provided some intuition for why that is.</strong></p> <p>Let&rsquo;s remind ourselves of how to find limits via direct substitution.</p> <p>For a function such as:</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:525/0*2i8oCCzyWKXySozU" style="height:88px; width:525px" /></p> <p>We can plug in 1 for x, and reach our answer of 48.</p> <p>Knowing that, let&rsquo;s try another problem:</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@partialderivative/using-factorization-to-find-limits-an-introduction-to-calculus-cca10544cb20"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>