Combination Theorem for Limits of Functions/Real/Quotient Rule

Theorem
Let $\R$ denote the real numbers.

Let $f$ and $g$ be real functions defined on an open subset $S \subseteq \R$, except possibly at the point $c \in S$.

Let $f$ and $g$ tend to the following limits:


 * $\ds \lim_{x \mathop \to c} \map f x = l$
 * $\ds \lim_{x \mathop \to c} \map g x = m$

Then:
 * $\ds \lim_{x \mathop \to c} \frac {\map f x} {\map g x} = \frac l m$

provided that $m \ne 0$.

Proof
Let $\sequence {x_n}$ be any sequence of elements of $S$ such that:
 * $\forall n \in \N_{>0}: x_n \ne c$
 * $\ds \lim_{n \mathop \to \infty} x_n = c$

By Limit of Real Function by Convergent Sequences:
 * $\ds \lim_{n \mathop \to \infty} \map f {x_n} = l$
 * $\ds \lim_{n \mathop \to \infty} \map g {x_n} = m$

By the Quotient Rule for Real Sequences:
 * $\ds \lim_{n \mathop \to \infty} \frac {\map f {x_n} } {\map g {x_n} } = \frac l m$

provided that $m \ne 0$.

Applying Limit of Real Function by Convergent Sequences again, we get:
 * $\ds \lim_{x \mathop \to c} \frac {\map f x} {\map g x} = \frac l m$

provided that $m \ne 0$.

Also see

 * L'Hôpital's Rule: for the case where $l = m = 0$