Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity - Practice Exercises - Page 101: 18

Answer

$$\frac{8}{3}$$

Work Step by Step

\begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow 64} \frac{x^{2 / 3}-16}{\sqrt{x}-8} &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 64} \frac{\left(x^{1 / 3}-4\right)\left(x^{1 / 3}+4\right)}{\sqrt{x}-8}\\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 64} \frac{\left(x^{1 / 3}-4\right)\left(x^{1 / 3}+4\right)}{\sqrt{x}-8} \cdot \frac{\left(x^{2 / 3}+4 x^{1 / 3}+16\right)(\sqrt{x}+8)}{(\sqrt{x}+8)\left(x^{2 / 3}+4 x^{1 / 3}+16\right)} \\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 64} \frac{(x-64)\left(x^{1 / 3}+4\right)(\sqrt{x}+8)}{(x-64)\left(x^{2 / 3}+4 x^{1 / 3}+16\right)}\\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 64} \frac{\left(x^{1 / 3}+4\right)(\sqrt{x+8})}{x^{2 / 3}+4 x^{1 / 3}+16}\\ &=\frac{(4+4)(8+8)}{16+16+16}\\ &=\frac{8}{3} \end{aligned}
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