Calculus 1: Lecture 1.2 Finding Limits Graphically and Numerically

This lecture follows Larson's Calculus book, section 1.2.

I actually didn't do any limits numerically until we did the homework, but I stopped the recording for that part.

Summary of Topics
- Informal Definition of a Limit
- Remarks regarding limits, the existence of a limit, and the notion of one sided limits
- Examples of computing limits from a graph
- Examples of computing limits analytically(this is actually 1.3)

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