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[ap-calculus] e
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Oct 23, 2012 5:28 PM
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RE: [ap-calculus] e
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Oct 23, 2012 5:28 PM
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NOTE: This ap-calculus EDG will be closing in the next few weeks. Please sign up for the new AP Calculus Teacher Community Forum at https://apcommunity.collegeboard.org/getting-started and post messages there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When x is extremely large, rounding of the 1/x term makes it (1+0)^x
John Hanna jehanna@optonline.net www.johnhanna.us T3 - Teachers Teaching with Technology "the future isn't what it used to be."
-----Original Message----- From: erinslong@yahoo.com [mailto:erinslong@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 7:37 AM To: AP Calculus Subject: [ap-calculus] e
NOTE: This ap-calculus EDG will be closing in the next few weeks. Please sign up for the new AP Calculus Teacher Community Forum at https://apcommunity.collegeboard.org/getting-started and post messages there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- So I had a pre calculus student ask me why the lim x->inf (1+1/x)^x is e. I can prove it, but I've never noticed until he showed me this that in the calculator, the graph of (1+1/x)^x actually goes to one when you plug EXTREMELY large numbers into the table values. Does anyone know how to explain this?
Greatly appreciate your thoughts!
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