Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 3 - Determining Change: Derivatives - 3.7 Activities - Page 244: 19

Answer

Indeterminate form is $\dfrac{ \infty}{ \infty}$ and$$\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{3 x^{4}}{5 x^{3}+6} = \infty$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{3 x^{4}}{5 x^{3}+6}$$ using the method of replacement \begin{align*} \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{3 x^{4}}{5 x^{3}+6}&=\frac{\infty}{\infty} \end{align*} This is an indeterminate form, then applying L'Hôpital's Rule, we get \begin{align*} \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{3 x^{4}}{5 x^{3}+6}&=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{12 x^{3}}{15 x^{2}+6} \ \ \text{apply L'Hôpital's Rule}\\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{36 x^{2}}{30 x} \ \ \text{apply L'Hôpital's Rule}\\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{72x}{30 }\\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{ \infty}{30 }\\ &= \infty \end{align*}
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