Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity - Section 2.6 - Limits Involving Infinity; Asymptotes of Graphs - Exercises 2.6 - Page 98: 61

Answer

$ a.\quad +\infty$ $ b.\quad +\infty$ $ c.\quad +\infty$ $ d.\quad +\infty$

Work Step by Step

$ a.\qquad x\rightarrow 0^{+}\Rightarrow$ $\left[\begin{array}{ll} & x^{2/3}=(x^{1/3})^{2}\rightarrow 0^{+}\\ & \\ & \frac{1}{x^{2/3}}\rightarrow+\infty \end{array}\right],\ \ \left[\begin{array}{l} (x-1)^{2/3}=[(x-1)^{1/3}]^{2}\rightarrow+1\\ \\ \frac{2}{(x-1)^{2/3}}\rightarrow+2 \end{array}\right], $ $\displaystyle \Rightarrow(\frac{1}{x^{2/3}}+\frac{2}{(x-1)^{2/3}})\rightarrow+\infty$ $ b.\qquad x\rightarrow 0^{-}\Rightarrow$ $\left[\begin{array}{ll} & x^{2/3}=(x^{1/3})^{2}\rightarrow 0^{+}\\ & \\ & \frac{1}{x^{2/3}}\rightarrow+\infty \end{array}\right],\ \ \left[\begin{array}{l} (x-1)^{2/3}=[(x-1)^{1/3}]^{2}\rightarrow+1\\ \\ \frac{2}{(x-1)^{2/3}}\rightarrow+2 \end{array}\right], $ $\displaystyle \Rightarrow(\frac{1}{x^{2/3}}+\frac{2}{(x-1)^{2/3}})\rightarrow+\infty$ $ c.\qquad x\rightarrow 1^{+}\Rightarrow$ $\left[\begin{array}{ll} & x^{2/3}=(x^{1/3})^{2}\rightarrow+1\\ & \\ & \frac{1}{x^{2/3}}\rightarrow 1 \end{array}\right],\ \ \left[\begin{array}{l} (x-1)\rightarrow 0^{+}\\ \\ (x-1)^{2/3}=[(x-1)^{1/3}]^{2}\rightarrow+0\\ \\ \frac{2}{(x-1)^{2/3}}\rightarrow+\infty \end{array}\right], $ $\displaystyle \Rightarrow(\frac{1}{x^{2/3}}+\frac{2}{(x-1)^{2/3}})\rightarrow+\infty$ $ d.\qquad x\rightarrow 1^{-}\Rightarrow$ $\left[\begin{array}{ll} & x^{2/3}=(x^{1/3})^{2}\rightarrow+1\\ & \\ & \frac{1}{x^{2/3}}\rightarrow 1 \end{array}\right],\ \ \left[\begin{array}{l} (x-1)\rightarrow 0^{-}\\ \\ (x-1)^{2/3}=[(x-1)^{1/3}]^{2}\rightarrow 0^{+}\\ \\ \frac{2}{(x-1)^{2/3}}\rightarrow+\infty \end{array}\right], $ $\displaystyle \Rightarrow(\frac{1}{x^{2/3}}+\frac{2}{(x-1)^{2/3}})\rightarrow+\infty$
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