Question

What is the limit as X is approaching 1?

Answer 1

$2 x^{2} -x-3 = 2 x^{2} +2x-3x-3=2x(x+1)-3(x+1)$
$=(2x-3)(x+1)$

so the limit becomes $\lim_{x \to \1} \frac{2x-3}{x-1} = -1/0=$ -∞