Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity - Practice Exercises - Page 101: 17

Answer

$$\frac{2}{3}$$

Work Step by Step

\begin{align*} \lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{x^{1 / 3}-1}{\sqrt{x}-1}&=\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{\left(x^{1 / 3}-1\right)}{(\sqrt{x}-1)} \cdot \frac{\left(x^{2 / 3}+x^{1 / 3}+1\right)(\sqrt{x}+1)}{(\sqrt{x}+1)\left(x^{2 / 3}+x^{1 / 3}+1\right)}\\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{(x-1)(\sqrt{x+1})}{(x-1)\left(x^{2 / 3}+x^{1 / 3}+1\right)}\\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{\sqrt{x}+1}{x^{2 / 3}+x^{1 / 3}+1}\\ &=\frac{1+1}{1+1+1}\\ &=\frac{2}{3} \end{align*}
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