Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Inverse Functions - 6.8 Indeterminate Forms and I'Hospital's Rule - 6.8 Exercises - Page 502: 95

Answer

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{\sqrt{2 a^{3} x-x^{4}}-a \sqrt[3]{a a x}}{a-\sqrt[4]{a x^{3}}} =\frac{16}{9} a $$

Work Step by Step

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{\sqrt{2 a^{3} x-x^{4}}-a \sqrt[3]{a a x}}{a-\sqrt[4]{a x^{3}}} $$ Since $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow a} ( \sqrt{2 a^{3} x-x^{4}}-a \sqrt[3]{a a x})=0 $$ and $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow a} ( a-\sqrt[4]{a x^{3}})=0 $$ the limit is an indeterminate form of type $\frac{0}{0}$ so we can apply l’Hospital’s Rule: $$ \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow a} & \frac{\sqrt{2 a^{3} x-x^{4}}-a \sqrt[3]{a a x}}{a-\sqrt[4]{a x^{3}}} \stackrel{\mathrm{H}}{=} \\ & \lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{\frac{1}{2}\left(2 a^{3} x-x^{4}\right)^{-1 / 2}\left(2 a^{3}-4 x^{3}\right)-a\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)(a a x)^{-2 / 3} a^{2}}{-\frac{1}{4}\left(a x^{3}\right)^{-3 / 4}\left(3 a x^{2}\right)} \\ & =\frac{\frac{1}{2}\left(2 a^{3} a-a^{4}\right)^{-1 / 2}\left(2 a^{3}-4 a^{3}\right)-\frac{1}{3} a^{3}\left(a^{2} a\right)^{-2 / 3}}{-\frac{1}{4}\left(a a^{3}\right)^{-3 / 4}\left(3 a a^{2}\right)} \\ & =\frac{\left(a^{4}\right)^{-1 / 2}\left(-a^{3}\right)-\frac{1}{3} a^{3}\left(a^{3}\right)^{-2 / 3}}{-\frac{3}{4} a^{3}\left(a^{4}\right)^{-3 / 4}} \\ &=\frac{-a-\frac{1}{3} a}{-\frac{3}{4}} \\ &=\frac{4}{3}\left(\frac{4}{3} a\right) \\ &=\frac{16}{9} a. \end{aligned} $$
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