Limits

Calculus Level 2

Evaluate lim x ( x 2 + 3 x x ) \lim_{x \to \infty} \left(\sqrt{x^2+3x}-x\right)


The answer is 1.5.

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1 solution

Philip Lee
Jun 14, 2017

lim x ( x 2 + 3 x x ) = lim x [ ( x 2 + 3 x x ) ( x 2 + 3 x + x x 2 + 3 x + x ) ] Multiply with conjugate = lim x ( x 2 + 3 x x 2 x 2 + 3 x + x ) = lim x ( 3 x x 2 + 3 x + x ) = lim x [ ( 3 x x 2 + 3 x + x ) ( 1 x 1 x ) ] Eliminate x from the numerator = lim x ( 3 1 x 2 ( x 2 + 3 x ) + 1 ) = lim x ( 3 1 + 3 x + 1 ) = 3 1 + 0 + 1 = 3 2 \begin{aligned} \lim_{x \to \infty} \left(\sqrt{x^2+3x}-x\right) &= \lim_{x \to \infty} \left[ \left(\sqrt{x^2+3x}-x\right) \left(\frac{\sqrt{x^2+3x}+x}{\sqrt{x^2+3x}+x}\right) \right] & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Multiply with conjugate} \\ &= \lim_{x \to \infty} \left(\frac{x^2+3x-x^2}{\sqrt{x^2+3x}+x}\right) \\ &= \lim_{x \to \infty} \left(\frac{3x}{\sqrt{x^2+3x}+x}\right) \\ &= \lim_{x \to \infty} \left[\left(\frac{3x}{\sqrt{x^2+3x}+x}\right) \left(\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\frac{1}{x}}\right)\right] & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Eliminate } x \text{ from the numerator} \\ &= \lim_{x \to \infty} \left(\frac{3}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{x^2}\left(x^2+3x\right)}+1}\right) \\ &= \lim_{x \to \infty} \left(\frac{3}{\sqrt{1+\frac{3}{x}}+1}\right) \\ &= \frac{3}{\sqrt{1+0}+1} \\ &= \frac{3}{2} \ _\square \end{aligned}

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