009A Sample Final 3, Problem 7

Compute

(a)  $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {x}{3-{\sqrt {9-x}}}}$

(b)  $\lim _{x\rightarrow \pi }{\frac {\sin x}{\pi -x}}$

(c)  $\lim _{x\rightarrow -2}{\frac {x^{2}-x-6}{x^{3}+8}}$

Foundations:
L'Hôpital's Rule
Suppose that  $\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }f(x)$  and  $\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }g(x)$  are both zero or both  $\pm \infty .$
If  $\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {f'(x)}{g'(x)}}$  is finite or  $\pm \infty ,$
then  $\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {f(x)}{g(x)}}\,=\,\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {f'(x)}{g'(x)}}.$

Solution:

(a)

Step 1:

Step 2:

(b)

Step 1:

Step 2:

(c)

Step 1:
We begin by factoring the numerator and denominator. We have
$\lim _{x\rightarrow -2}{\frac {x^{2}-x-6}{x^{3}+8}}\,=\,\lim _{x\rightarrow -2}{\frac {(x+2)(x-3)}{(x+2)(x^{2}-2x+4)}}.$
So, we can cancel  $x+2$  in the numerator and denominator. Thus, we have
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow -2} \frac{x^2-x-6}{x^3+8}\,=\,\lim_{x\rightarrow -2}\frac{x-3}{x^2-2x+4}.}

Step 2:
Now, we can just plug in  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x=-2}   to get
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow -2} \frac{x^2-x-6}{x^3+8}} & = & \displaystyle{\frac{-2-3}{(-2)^2-2(-2)+4}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{-5}{12}.} \end{array}}

Final Answer:
(a)
(b)
(c)   Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{-5}{12}}

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