Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 3 - Problems Plus - Problems - Page 272: 10

Answer

$\lim\limits_{x \to a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{a}} = (2\sqrt{a})~f'(a)$

Work Step by Step

$\lim\limits_{x \to a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{a}} = \lim\limits_{x \to a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{a}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{a}}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{a}}$ $\lim\limits_{x \to a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{a}} = \lim\limits_{x \to a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{x-a} \cdot (\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{a})$ $\lim\limits_{x \to a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{a}} = \lim\limits_{x \to a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{x-a} \cdot \lim\limits_{x \to a}(\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{a})$ $\lim\limits_{x \to a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{a}} = f'(a) \cdot \lim\limits_{x \to a}(\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{a})$ $\lim\limits_{x \to a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{a}} = f'(a) \cdot (\sqrt{a}+\sqrt{a})$ $\lim\limits_{x \to a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{a}} = (2\sqrt{a})~f'(a)$
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