Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
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Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity - Section 2.2 - Limit of a Function and Limit Laws - Exercises 2.2 - Page 57: 62

Answer

$\dfrac{3}{2}$

Work Step by Step

Here, we have $f(x)=\sqrt{3x+1}; x=0$ and $f(x+h)=\sqrt{3(x+h)+1}$ Let us multiply both numerator and denominator with $\sqrt{3(x+h)+1}+\sqrt{3x+1}$, and then we have $\lim_{h\to0}\dfrac{f(x+h)f(x)}{h}=\lim\limits_{h\to0}\dfrac{3h}{h(\sqrt{3(x+h)+1}+\sqrt{3x+1})}=\lim\limits_{h\to0}\dfrac{3}{(\sqrt{3(x+h)+1}+\sqrt{3x+1})}$ Plug $x=0$ we get $\lim\limits_{h\to0}\dfrac{3}{\sqrt{3(0+h)+1}+\sqrt{3\times0+1}}=\lim\limits_{h\to0}\dfrac{3}{\sqrt{3h+1}+\sqrt1}$ Thus, we have $\lim_{h\to0}\dfrac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}=\dfrac{3}{\sqrt{3\times0+1}+1}=\dfrac{3}{2}$
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