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Who knows how to do limits?
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how would you solve this limit:
limit: 3- the square root of(9-x)
x->0 __________________________
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so in words: the limit of 3 minus the square root of (9-x) all divided by x, as x approaches 0
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that's easy, just multiply 3 by pi and then get the tangent of that. Square it and divide by 4.
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fucccckkkk.
how does anyone know how to do that
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oh...
well i somehow got -1/6
i think its right.... am i right?
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works out to 0/0, so do l'hopital's rule, take the derivative of the top and bottom, and apply the limit again.
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graph it on your calculator. I probably failed my calculus final today so im pretty useless
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try multiplying the top and bottom by 3 + square root of 9-x ( the conjugate), cancel everything and then plug in the 0
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im pretty sure the answer is just 0. you plug in the zero, 9-0 =0 therefore the square root of 9=3, 3-3=0 im not 100% sure but thats how i would do it
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the whole point is that if you plug in the zero for the x on the bottom it becomes zero, so you have to multiply by the conjugate and get the x's to cancel
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Use L'Hospital's rule, so derive top and bottom, get (1/2)(9-x)^(-1/2) over 1, or simplified to 1/2(9-x)^(1/2). Plug in 0 and get 1/6.
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you actually multiply by the conjugate
but its -1/6 because 3 minus thesquarerootof(9-x) times 3+ the squarerootof (9-x) equals 9 minus 9 minus x. so the numerator is negative
and the answer is negative instead of positive
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i may have failed math miserable but im pretty sure 9-0 = 9 not 0
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if she's doing limits she doesn't know what a derivative is (i'm guessing) so she doesn't know how to apply that guys rule...so you multiply by the conjugate
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equals 9 - (9-x) = x
the numerator is x, the denominator is x(3 + ?(9-x) )
so we have x / ( x ( 3 + ?(9-x) ) )
which simplifies to 1 / ( 3 + ?(9-x) )
apply the limit, the answer is +ve 1/6
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1)if you plug in 0 to the original equation, you get 0 over 0, that makes it a L'Hospital rule.
2) you forgot that derivative of (9-x)^-.5 equals -.5(9-x)^(-.5) times -1 since you have to chain rule it. and you did the conjugate wrong. (3-(9-x)^(.5))times (3+(9-x)^(.5)) equals 9-(9-x) which equals just x, not -x.
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dont you do f(x+h)-f(x)
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then reduce, then plug in 0 for that equation you reduced
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that "h" should be below the f(x+h)-f(x) like a fraction
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yeah
it is 1/6
because the minus sign distributes
okay
thank you everyone
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i dont know how ...but i miss you patty.
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r u coming to high north??
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use L'Hospital's rule, that is the simplest way to solve it.
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