Calculus Examples

Evaluate the Limit limit as x approaches 3 of ( square root of x^2-2x+6- square root of x^2+2x-6)/(x^2-4x+3)
Step 1
Apply L'Hospital's rule.
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Step 1.1
Evaluate the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
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Step 1.1.1
Take the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
Step 1.1.2
Evaluate the limit of the numerator.
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Step 1.1.2.1
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.1.2.2
Move the limit under the radical sign.
Step 1.1.2.3
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.1.2.4
Move the exponent from outside the limit using the Limits Power Rule.
Step 1.1.2.5
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.1.2.6
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 1.1.2.7
Move the limit under the radical sign.
Step 1.1.2.8
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.1.2.9
Move the exponent from outside the limit using the Limits Power Rule.
Step 1.1.2.10
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.1.2.11
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 1.1.2.12
Evaluate the limits by plugging in for all occurrences of .
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Step 1.1.2.12.1
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.2.12.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.2.12.3
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.2.12.4
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.2.13
Simplify the answer.
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Step 1.1.2.13.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.1.2.13.1.1
Raise to the power of .
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Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
Step 1.1.2.13.1.4
Add and .
Step 1.1.2.13.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 1.1.2.13.1.6
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
Step 1.1.2.13.1.7
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.1.2.13.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.2.13.1.9
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.2.13.1.10
Add and .
Step 1.1.2.13.1.11
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.2.13.1.12
Rewrite as .
Step 1.1.2.13.1.13
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
Step 1.1.2.13.1.14
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.2.13.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.3
Evaluate the limit of the denominator.
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Step 1.1.3.1
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.1.3.2
Move the exponent from outside the limit using the Limits Power Rule.
Step 1.1.3.3
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.1.3.4
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 1.1.3.5
Evaluate the limits by plugging in for all occurrences of .
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Step 1.1.3.5.1
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.3.5.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.3.6
Simplify the answer.
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Step 1.1.3.6.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.1.3.6.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.1.3.6.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.6.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.3.6.3
Add and .
Step 1.1.3.6.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.1.3.7
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.1.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.2
Since is of indeterminate form, apply L'Hospital's Rule. L'Hospital's Rule states that the limit of a quotient of functions is equal to the limit of the quotient of their derivatives.
Step 1.3
Find the derivative of the numerator and denominator.
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Step 1.3.1
Differentiate the numerator and denominator.
Step 1.3.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.3
Evaluate .
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Step 1.3.3.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 1.3.3.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 1.3.3.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.3.3.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.3.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.3.3.3
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.3.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.3.5
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.3.6
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.3.7
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.3.8
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.3.3.9
Combine and .
Step 1.3.3.10
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.3.3.11
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 1.3.3.11.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.3.11.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.3.3.12
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.3.3.13
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.3.14
Add and .
Step 1.3.3.15
Combine and .
Step 1.3.3.16
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.3.4
Evaluate .
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Step 1.3.4.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 1.3.4.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4.3
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 1.3.4.3.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.3.4.3.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.4.3.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.3.4.4
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4.5
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.4.6
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4.7
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.4.8
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4.9
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.3.4.10
Combine and .
Step 1.3.4.11
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.3.4.12
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 1.3.4.12.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.4.12.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.3.4.13
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.3.4.14
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.4.15
Add and .
Step 1.3.4.16
Combine and .
Step 1.3.4.17
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.3.5
Reorder terms.
Step 1.3.6
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.7
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.8
Evaluate .
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Step 1.3.8.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.8.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.8.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.9
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.10
Add and .
Step 1.4
Convert fractional exponents to radicals.
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Step 1.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 1.5
Combine factors.
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Step 1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.6
Reduce.
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Step 1.6.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 1.6.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.6.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.6.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.6.1.4
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 1.6.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.6.1.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.6.1.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.6.2
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 1.6.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.6.2.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 1.6.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.6.2.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.6.2.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 2.1
Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 2.2
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 2.3
Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 2.4
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 2.5
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 2.6
Move the limit under the radical sign.
Step 2.7
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 2.8
Move the exponent from outside the limit using the Limits Power Rule.
Step 2.9
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 2.10
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 2.11
Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 2.12
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 2.13
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 2.14
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 2.15
Move the limit under the radical sign.
Step 2.16
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 2.17
Move the exponent from outside the limit using the Limits Power Rule.
Step 2.18
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 2.19
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 2.20
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 2.21
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 2.22
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 3
Evaluate the limits by plugging in for all occurrences of .
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Step 3.1
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.3
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.4
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.5
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.6
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.7
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 4
Simplify the answer.
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Step 4.1
Multiply the numerator and denominator of the fraction by .
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Step 4.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2
Combine.
Step 4.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3
Simplify by cancelling.
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Step 4.3.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 4.3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.3.1.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.5
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 4.3.5.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.5.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.3.5.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.3.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.4
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 4.4.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.4.2
Add and .
Step 4.4.3
Subtract from .
Step 4.4.4
Rewrite as .
Step 4.4.5
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
Step 4.4.6
Subtract from .
Step 4.4.7
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.8
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.4.9
Subtract from .
Step 4.4.10
Add and .
Step 4.4.11
Rewrite as .
Step 4.4.12
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
Step 4.4.13
Add and .
Step 4.4.14
Multiply .
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Step 4.4.14.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.14.2
Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
Step 4.5
Simplify the denominator.
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Step 4.5.1
Combine using the product rule for radicals.
Step 4.5.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.4
Subtract from .
Step 4.5.5
Add and .
Step 4.5.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.5.7
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.8
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.9
Add and .
Step 4.5.10
Subtract from .
Step 4.5.11
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.12
Rewrite as .
Step 4.5.13
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
Step 4.5.14
Multiply .
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Step 4.5.14.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.14.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.15
Combine using the product rule for radicals.
Step 4.5.16
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.5.17
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.18
Subtract from .
Step 4.5.19
Add and .
Step 4.5.20
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.5.21
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.22
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.23
Add and .
Step 4.5.24
Subtract from .
Step 4.5.25
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.26
Rewrite as .
Step 4.5.27
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
Step 4.5.28
Multiply .
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Step 4.5.28.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.28.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.29
Subtract from .
Step 4.6
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 4.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.6.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 4.6.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.6.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.6.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.7
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5
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