Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321947347
ISBN 13: 978-0-32194-734-5

Chapter 2 - Limits - 2.5 Limits at Infinity - 2.5 Exercises - Page 96: 43

Answer

$\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} f(x)=\dfrac{1}{4+\sqrt 3}$ $\lim\limits_{x \to -\infty} f(x)=\dfrac{1}{4+\sqrt 3}$

Work Step by Step

We are given the function: $f(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt[3]{x^6+8}}{4x^2+\sqrt{3x^4+1}}$ Determine $\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} f(x)$: $\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} f(x)=\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \dfrac{\sqrt[3]{x^6+8}}{4x^2+\sqrt{3x^4+1}}$ $=\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \dfrac{\dfrac{\sqrt[3]{x^6+8}}{x^2}}{\dfrac{4x^2+\sqrt{3x^4+1}}{x^2}}$ $=\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \dfrac{\sqrt[3]{\dfrac{x^6+8}{x^6}}}{\dfrac{4x^2}{x^2}+\sqrt{\dfrac{3x^4+1}{x^4}}}$ $=\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \dfrac{\sqrt[3]{\dfrac{x^6}{x^6}+\dfrac{8}{x^6}}}{4+\sqrt{\dfrac{3x^4}{x^4}+\dfrac{1}{x^4}}}$ $=\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \dfrac{\sqrt[3]{1+\dfrac{8}{x^6}}}{4+\sqrt{3+\dfrac{1}{x^4}}}$ $=\dfrac{1}{4+\sqrt 3}$ Determine $\lim\limits_{x \to -\infty} f(x)$: $\lim\limits_{x \to -\infty} f(x)=\lim\limits_{x \to -\infty} \dfrac{\sqrt[3]{x^6+8}}{4x^2+\sqrt{3x^4+1}}$ $=\lim\limits_{x \to -\infty} \dfrac{\dfrac{\sqrt[3]{x^6+8}}{x^2}}{\dfrac{4x^2+\sqrt{3x^4+1}}{x^2}}$ $=\lim\limits_{x \to -\infty} \dfrac{\sqrt[3]{\dfrac{x^6+8}{x^6}}}{\dfrac{4x^2}{x^2}+\sqrt{\dfrac{3x^4+1}{x^4}}}$ $=\lim\limits_{x \to -\infty} \dfrac{\sqrt[3]{\dfrac{x^6}{x^6}+\dfrac{8}{x^6}}}{4+\sqrt{\dfrac{3x^4}{x^4}+\dfrac{1}{x^4}}}$ $=\lim\limits_{x \to -\infty} \dfrac{\sqrt[3]{1+\dfrac{8}{x^6}}}{4+\sqrt{3+\dfrac{1}{x^4}}}$ $=\dfrac{1}{4+\sqrt 3}$
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