Limit to Infinity with Sqrt in Denom.(Is this correct?)

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The limit calculations presented in the discussion confirm that as x approaches infinity, the expressions yield definitive results. Specifically, the limit of \(\frac{7x^2-14x+7}{\sqrt{2x^4-4x^3+x+7}}\) simplifies to \(\frac{7}{\sqrt{2}}\), while both \(\frac{x^3+x+1}{\sqrt{2x^6+x^3+x+3}}\) and \(\frac{x^2+x+1}{\sqrt{2x^4+x^3+x+3}}\) yield \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\). The method involves dividing both the numerator and denominator by the highest power of x in the non-square-rooted expression, ensuring accurate limit evaluation.

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x→∞ [itex]\frac{7x^2-14x+7}{\sqrt{2x^4-4x^3+x+7}}[/itex]

Normally wouldn't have an issue here, just slightly confused by the sqrt.

Attempted solution:

[itex]\frac{7x^2-14x+7}{\sqrt{2x^4-4x^3+x+7}}*\frac{x^-2}{x^-2}[/itex]

Yields [itex]\frac{7}{\sqrt{2}}[/itex]

Is this correct?

Similarly:

lim
x→-∞
[itex]\frac{x^3+x+1}{\sqrt{2x^6+x^3+x+3}}[/itex]

Yields [itex]\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}[/itex]

and
lim
x→-∞
[itex]\frac{x^2+x+1}{\sqrt{2x^4+x^3+x+3}}[/itex]

Yields [itex]\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}[/itex]
 
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This is correct. The proof to all of that is to forcibly divide both the numerator and the denominator by x to the power of the highest term in the non-square rooted expression and then take the limit to infinity.
 
By the way, use x^{-2} to get [itex]x^{-2}[/itex]. x^-2 puts only the "-" in the exponent: [itex]x^-2[/itex].
 

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