Limit of 3x/(5-x) as x approaches 5+ in Calculus

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Homework Statement



lim x->5+

3x/(5-x)


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The Attempt at a Solution


Is this a straight forward solution,
-infinity?
Because 3*5=15, and if x approaches 5 from the positive side, it means that (5-x)=-0.000000000001
So, 15/-000000000000.1 = -infinity
 
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yep, that's right. I don't know why the somebody chose to make such a trivial example into a problem, but whatever.
 
I expected to have some tricks in this problem...