Calculus
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factor the denominator
\(x-9 = x - 3^2\)
rationalise the denominator @Lena772
\((\sqrt{x})^2 - 3^2\)
you should pull an identity now..
(x-3)(x-3)
careful
\(a^2-b^2 = (a+b)(a-b)\)
the sqrt is only over the x in the numerator
yes, denominator we have just \(x-9\)
\(x\) can be written as \((\sqrt{x}) ^2\)
9 can be written as \(3^2\)
so that we can use the known identity
\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\)
\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-9}\)
\[\frac{ 2\sqrt{x}-6 }{ (x-9)}\]
\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-3^2}\)
fine ?
yep
apply the identity on denominator
\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-3^2}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}\)
The last step i got lost
\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-3^2}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2(\sqrt{x}-3)}{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}\)
\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-3^2}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2(\sqrt{x}-3)}{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2}{(\sqrt{x}+3)}\)
now you can take the limit plug x = 9
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