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OpenStudy (lena772):

Calculus

OpenStudy (lena772):

OpenStudy (lena772):

only #52

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

factor the denominator

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(x-9 = x - 3^2\)

OpenStudy (cggurumanjunath):

rationalise the denominator @Lena772

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\((\sqrt{x})^2 - 3^2\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

you should pull an identity now..

OpenStudy (lena772):

(x-3)(x-3)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

careful

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(a^2-b^2 = (a+b)(a-b)\)

OpenStudy (lena772):

the sqrt is only over the x in the numerator

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

yes, denominator we have just \(x-9\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(x\) can be written as \((\sqrt{x}) ^2\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

9 can be written as \(3^2\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

so that we can use the known identity

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-9}\)

OpenStudy (lena772):

\[\frac{ 2\sqrt{x}-6 }{ (x-9)}\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-3^2}\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

fine ?

OpenStudy (lena772):

yep

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

apply the identity on denominator

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-3^2}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}\)

OpenStudy (lena772):

The last step i got lost

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-3^2}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2(\sqrt{x}-3)}{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{x-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-9}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x})^2-3^2}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2\sqrt{x}-6}{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2(\sqrt{x}-3)}{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}\) \(\large \lim \limits_{x \to 9} ~~~\frac{2}{(\sqrt{x}+3)}\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

now you can take the limit plug x = 9

OpenStudy (lena772):

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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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