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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Limit question.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\lim_{x \rightarrow 9}\frac{ x-9 }{ \sqrt{x} -3}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

factor the numerator

OpenStudy (anonymous):

First you can see that it will equal 0, so you have to do a different rule.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

conjugate

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nvm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{x-9}{\sqrt{x}-3}=\frac{(\sqrt{x}+3)(\sqrt{x}-3)}{\sqrt{x}-3}\] cancel replace \(x\) by \(9\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Multiply both the top and bottom by sqrt(x) +3 This will give you (x-9)(sqrtx - 3)/x-9

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You can cancel out (x-9) from both the top and bottom Leaving you with (sqrt(x) - 3) Does that make sense?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah that works as well either way

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