# Limits in general

1. Mar 11, 2006

### mohlam12

Hey!!
So monday I have my math test, it's gonna be about limits, derivatives and combination & permutation ...
I have some question;
if you get an indeterminate form of +$$\infty - \infty$$, is there any rule to ease everything for you. like how you can use the Hopital ruel for 0/0 ? anw what do you do in general when you get this kind of indeterminate form?
if they ask you to see if the function is derivable in $$\x_{0}$$, when do you study the right and left derivation ?
that s it for now!
hope to hear from you soon. Thanks
Mohammed

2. Mar 11, 2006

### VietDao29

Uhmm, can you be little bit clearer? Like giving us an example, or something along those lines...
If you were ask to find the limit of some radicals, then it's common to multiply and divide the whole thing by its conjugate expression.
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Example:
Find
$$\lim_{x \rightarrow +\infty} \sqrt{x ^ 2 + x} - x$$
Now, it's the Indeterminate form $$+ \infty - \infty$$, right?
Multiply the whole expression with $$\frac{\sqrt{x ^ 2 + x} + x}{\sqrt{x ^ 2 + x} + x}$$ to obtain:
$$\lim_{x \rightarrow +\infty} \sqrt{x ^ 2 + x} - x = \lim_{x \rightarrow +\infty} \frac{(\sqrt{x ^ 2 + x} - x) (\sqrt{x ^ 2 + x} + x)}{\sqrt{x ^ 2 + x} + x}$$
$$= \lim_{x \rightarrow +\infty} \frac{x ^ 2 + x - x ^ 2}{\sqrt{x ^ 2 + x} + x} = \lim_{x \rightarrow +\infty} \frac{x}{\sqrt{x ^ 2 + x} + x}$$
Now divide both numerator and denominator by x, note that as x tends to positive infinity, then x > 0, so $$x = \sqrt{x ^ 2}$$
$$\lim_{x \rightarrow +\infty} \frac{x}{\sqrt{x ^ 2 + x} + x} = \lim_{x \rightarrow +\infty} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + \frac{1}{x}} + 1} = \frac{1}{2}$$.
Can you get this? :)
Do you mean differentiable? Yes, kind of, if f(x0) is differentiable at x0, then we must have:
$$f'(x_0 ^ +) = f'(x_0 ^ -)$$.
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By the way, we don't need a slash before an x in your LaTeX code, we just need to type x_0, backslashes are used to make functions displayed in normal font (i.e not in italics) so that they'll stand out from the rest (which is in italic font).
Example: \sin x
$$\sin x$$

Last edited: Mar 11, 2006