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myininaya (myininaya):
do you want a non L'hospital way?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
kk
myininaya (myininaya):
\[Let u=x^4\]
as x->1, u->1
\[u=x^\frac{1}{4} =>u^4=x\]
so we have
\[\lim_{u \rightarrow 1}\frac{u^4-u}{u^4-1}=\lim_{x \rightarrow 1}\frac{u(u^3-1)}{(u^2-1)(u^2+1)}\]
\[=\lim_{u \rightarrow 1}\frac{u(u-1)(u^2+u+1)}{(u-1)(u+1)(u^2+1)}=\lim_{u \rightarrow 1}\frac{u(u^2+u+1)}{(u+1)(u^2+1)}\]