# Yet another limit

1. Nov 13, 2004

### twoflower

Hi all, I can't find limit of this one:

$$\lim \frac{(n + 4)^{100} - (n + 3)^{100}}{(n + 2)^{100} - n^{100}}$$

I only got it to this point after I divided all expressions with n^100:

$$\lim \frac{ \left( 1 + \frac{4}{n} \right) ^{100} - \left( 1 + \frac{3}{n} \right) ^{100}}{ \left( 1 + \frac{2}{n} \right) ^{100} - 1}$$

I only can see that every expression goes to 1 in infinity, but I can't figure the limit out of this, anyway...

Thank you for any suggestions. I would like to ask as well, what to do in cases like this - when I get $\frac{0}{0}$ or $\frac{\infty}{\infty}$ (and without l'Hospital).

Thank you.

2. Nov 13, 2004

### matt grime

we can expand each bracket and write the quantity as:

$$\frac{100n^{99} + P(n)}{200n^{99} + Q(n)}$$

where P and Q are polynomials of degree 98. Divide by n^{99} top and bottom and take the limit.

3. Nov 13, 2004

### twoflower

Thank you matt, but could you please show me the way you got the expression you posted? I can't see how to expand the brackets...Thank you much.

4. Nov 13, 2004

### matt grime

5. Nov 13, 2004

### twoflower

Actually, that was the first I tried, but I didn't see the possibility to write the sums as a sum of two polynoms, one of which will go to zero when divided with n^99. Now I have it. Thank you for your time matt.