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: 18

Answer

Indeterminate form is $\dfrac{\infty}{\infty}$ and $$\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{4 x^{2}+7}{2 x^{3}+3}=0$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{4 x^{2}+7}{2 x^{3}+3}$$ using the method of replacement \begin{align*} \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{4 x^{2}+7}{2 x^{3}+3}&=\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^{2}+7}{2 x^{3}+3}&=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{8 x}{6x^{2}} \ \ \text{apply L'Hôpital's Rule}\\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{8 }{12x }\\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{8}{\infty }\\ &=0\end{align*}
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