Can we make it 0 0 \frac{0}{0} ?

Calculus Level 4

lim x ( 2 x + 4 x 2 + 3 x 2 ) = ? \large \lim_{x \to -\infty} \left(2x+\sqrt{4x^2+3x-2}\right)= \,?


The answer is -0.75.

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3 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Mar 13, 2017

Relevant wiki: Limits by conjugates

L = lim x ( 2 x + 4 x 2 + 3 x 2 ) = lim x ( 2 x + 4 x 2 + 3 x 2 ) × 4 x 2 + 3 x 2 2 x 4 x 2 + 3 x 2 2 x = lim x 4 x 2 + 3 x 2 4 x 2 4 x 2 + 3 x 2 2 x = lim x 3 x 2 4 x 2 + 3 x 2 2 x Let u = x = lim u 3 u 2 4 u 2 3 u 2 + 2 u = lim u ( 3 u 4 u 2 3 u 2 + 2 u 2 4 u 2 3 u 2 + 2 u ) Divide first term up and down by u = lim u ( 3 4 3 u 2 u 2 + 2 0 ) = 3 4 = 0.75 \begin{aligned} L & = \lim_{x \to - \infty} \left(2x + \sqrt{4x^2+3x-2} \right) \\ & = \lim_{x \to - \infty} \left(2x + \sqrt{4x^2+3x-2} \right) \times \frac {\sqrt{4x^2+3x-2}-2x}{\sqrt{4x^2+3x-2}-2x} \\ & = \lim_{x \to - \infty} \frac {4x^2+3x-2-4x^2}{\sqrt{4x^2+3x-2}-2x} \\ & = \lim_{x \to - \infty} \frac {3x-2}{\sqrt{4x^2+3x-2}-2x} & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Let }u = -x \\ & = \lim_{u \to \infty} \frac {-3u-2}{\sqrt{4u^2-3u-2}+2u} \\ & = \lim_{u \to \infty} \left(\frac {-3u}{\sqrt{4u^2-3u-2}+2u} - \frac 2{\sqrt{4u^2-3u-2}+2u} \right) & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Divide first term up and down by }u \\ & = \lim_{u \to \infty} \left(\frac {-3}{\sqrt{4-\frac 3u-\frac 2{u^2}}+2} - 0 \right) \\ & = - \frac 34 = \boxed{-0.75} \end{aligned}

Sabhrant Sachan
Mar 11, 2017

Relevant wiki: Limits by Rationalization

Let x = t x = -t

L = lim t ( 2 t + 2 t 1 3 4 t 1 2 t 2 ) = lim t ( 2 t + 2 t ( 1 3 8 t 1 4 t 2 ) ) \begin{aligned} L & = \displaystyle \lim_{t \to \infty} \left( -2t +2t\sqrt{1-\dfrac{3}{4t}-\dfrac{1}{2t^2} } \right) \\ & = \displaystyle \lim_{t \to \infty} \left( -\cancel{2t} + 2t\left(\cancel{1}-\dfrac{3}{8t}-\dfrac{1}{4t^2} \right) \right) \end{aligned}

L = 0.75 \boxed{L = -0.75}


L = lim t 4 t 2 3 t 2 4 t 2 4 t 2 3 t 2 + 2 t = lim t 3 2 t 2 1 3 4 t 1 2 t 2 + 2 \begin{aligned} L & = \displaystyle \lim_{t \to \infty} \dfrac{4t^2-3t-2-4t^2}{\sqrt{4t^2-3t-2}+2t} \\ & = \displaystyle \lim_{t \to \infty} \dfrac{-3-\dfrac{2}{t}}{2\sqrt{1-\dfrac{3}{4t}-\dfrac{1}{2t^2}}+2} \end{aligned}

L = 0.75 \boxed{L = -0.75}

Nice solution

Hana Wehbi - 4 years, 3 months ago
Prakhar Bindal
Mar 16, 2017

Take 4x^2 common from square root and take square root as -2x as x is negative and then use binomial approximation to get

2x-2x(1+3/8x) = -3/4

did same , minus bhul gya yaar :P

A Former Brilliant Member - 4 years, 2 months ago

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