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: 20

Answer

Indeterminate form is $\dfrac{0}{0}$ and$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{4 x^{3}}{5 x^{3}+6} =\frac{4}{5}$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{4 x^{3}}{5 x^{3}+6} $$ using the method of replacement \begin{align*} \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{4 x^{3}}{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{4 x^{3}}{5 x^{3}+6} &= \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{12x^{2}}{15 x^{2} } \\ =&\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{12 }{15 }\\ &=\frac{4}{5} \end{align*}
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