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OpenStudy (babyslapmafro):

Please help me find the following limit. (click to see).

OpenStudy (babyslapmafro):

\[\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n+2}\]

hartnn (hartnn):

there's no denominator ? you can just plug in n=infinity.

OpenStudy (babyslapmafro):

I'm not following

hartnn (hartnn):

\(\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n+2}=\sqrt{\infty +1}-\sqrt{\infty+2}=\infty\)

OpenStudy (babyslapmafro):

Limits do not work that way. Anyways, the limit is 0.

hartnn (hartnn):

i am sorry. did you try L'Hopitals then ?

hartnn (hartnn):

i mean can you use L Hopital's rule ?

OpenStudy (babyslapmafro):

I could but how do I modify the limit into the form of a fraction.

hartnn (hartnn):

put x=1/y

hartnn (hartnn):

sorry, n=1/y

hartnn (hartnn):

then y->0 n+1 = (1+y )/y

hartnn (hartnn):

following ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Try this first:\[(\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n+2})\cdot\frac{\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n+2}}{\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n+2}}\]

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