What is this expression equal to?

In summary: And it seems like the fraction in the limit expression is using this identity to simplify the expression and eventually cancel out the ##(n^6 - n^4)## term in the numerator. This is a common technique in evaluating limits involving radicals.
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Basically i need to evaluate the limit of this expression ##\lim \sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}-n^2=?## I want to know if this is correct and why:
##\lim \sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}-n^2=\lim \sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}-n^2*\frac{(\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5})^2+n^2\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}+n^4}{(\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5})^2+n^2\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}+n^4}=\lim \frac{n^6-n^4+5-n^6}{(\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5})^2+n^2\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}+n^4}##
Why does the above fraction equals that? Is that an identity of some kind?
 
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doktorwho said:
Basically i need to evaluate the limit of this expression ##\lim \sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}-n^2=?## I want to know if this is correct and why:
##\lim \sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}-n^2=\lim \sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}-n^2*\frac{(\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5})^2+n^2\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}+n^4}{(\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5})^2+n^2\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}+n^4}=\lim \frac{n^6-n^4+5-n^6}{(\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5})^2+n^2\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}+n^4}##
Why does the above fraction equals that? Is that an identity of some kind?
Is this a schoolwork question? If so, I can move it to the Homework Help forums.
 
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doktorwho said:
Basically i need to evaluate the limit of this expression ##\lim \sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}-n^2=?## I want to know if this is correct and why:
##\lim \sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}-n^2=\lim \sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}-n^2*\frac{(\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5})^2+n^2\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}+n^4}{(\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5})^2+n^2\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}+n^4}=\lim \frac{n^6-n^4+5-n^6}{(\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5})^2+n^2\sqrt[3]{n^6-n^4+5}+n^4}##
Why does the above fraction equals that? Is that an identity of some kind?

Do you know the identity:

##a^3 - b^3 = (a - b)(a^2 + ab + b^3)##?
 
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Math_QED said:
Do you know the identity:

##a^3 - b^3 = (a - b)(a^2 + ab + b^3)##?
You meant ##a^3 - b^3 = (a - b)(a^2 + ab + b^2)##.
 
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Its not exactly a homework problem but an already finished problem but i didnt understand that part so was looking for the identity. Thanks
 
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ehild said:
You meant ##a^3 - b^3 = (a - b)(a^2 + ab + b^2)##.

Ah thanks for correcting the typo.
 

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