What is the limit of #sqrt(9x+x^2)/(x^4+7) # as x approaches infinity?

Answer 1

#0#

We have the limit

#lim_(xrarroo)sqrt(9x+x^2)/(x^4+7)#

Factor out the largest-degreed terms from the numerator and denominator of the fraction.

#=lim_(xrarroo)sqrt(x^2(9/x+1))/(x^4(1+7/x^4))#
Note that the #sqrt(x^2)# can be brought from the square root as just #x#.
#=lim_(xrarroo)(xsqrt(9/x+1))/(x^4(1+7/x^4))=lim_(xrarroo)(sqrt(9/x+1))/(x^3(1+7/x^4))#
When analyzing this as it goes to infinity, we see that #9/x# and #7/x^4# go to #0#.
#=sqrt(0+1)/(oo(0+1))=1/oo=0#

There is also a more intuitive approach to limits of this type.

In the numerator, we have in a square root a polynomial of degree #2#. Since there is a square root, the "overpowering" force, that is, the term that grows fast and determines most the growth of the function, is reduced to #sqrt(x^2)=x#, or a degree of #1#.
In the denominator, the overpowering term is of degree #4#.
Since #x^4# grows much faster than just #x#, and #x^4# is in the denominator, the limit will be #0#. Had the rational fraction been inverted, the limit as #xrarroo# would have been #oo#.
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Answer 2

The limit of sqrt(9x+x^2)/(x^4+7) as x approaches infinity is 0.

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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.

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