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Monday, February 15, 2016

Evaluate lim.

Evaluate \displaystyle \large \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^4-12x^3-x+2}{x+2}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right).

My solution:

First, note that 6x^4-12x^3-x+2 can be factorized as 6(2)^4-12(2)^3-(2)+2=96-96-2+2=0, factorize it using the long polynomial division by the factor x-2, we get 6x^4-12x^3-x+2=(x-2)(6x^3-1).

So evaluating \displaystyle \large \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^4-12x^3-x+2}{x+2}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right) is equivalent in evaluating \displaystyle \large \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{(x-2)(6x^3-1)}{x+2}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right).

If we could think of another polynomial function of f, and multiply it to the top and bottom of the argument rational function inside the sixth root, which for certain the function of f also has a factor of x-2, then we could cross out the x-2 from top and bottom. But this function of f must fulfill another criterion, it has to be closely related to \sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}} and \sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}:

\displaystyle \large \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{(x-2)(6x^3-1)}{x+2}\cdot \frac{f(x)}{f(x)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right)

It's tempted to try out the option f(x)=x^6-x^2-60 since f(2)=2^6-2^2-60=64-4-60=0, and f(x)=(x-2)(x+2)(x^4+4x^2+15)

\displaystyle \large \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^4-12x^3-x+2}{x+2}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right)

\displaystyle =\large \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{(x-2)(6x^3-1)}{x+2}\cdot \frac{f(x)}{f(x)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right)

\displaystyle =\small \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{\cancel{(x-2)}(6x^3-1)}{x+2}\cdot \frac{x^6-x^2-60}{\cancel{(x-2)}(x+2)(x^4+4x^2+15)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right)

\displaystyle = \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^3-1}{x+2}\cdot \frac{x^6-x^2-60}{(x+2)(x^4+4x^2+15)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right)

\displaystyle = \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^3-1}{(x+2)^2(x^4+4x^2+15)}}\cdot \sqrt[6]{x^6-x^2-60}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right)

\displaystyle \small = \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^3-1}{(x+2)^2(x^4+4x^2+15)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt{x^6-x^2-60}}{\sqrt[3]{x^6-x^2-60}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right)\,\, \text{as $\frac{1}{6}=\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{3}$}

\displaystyle \small = \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^3-1}{(x+2)^2(x^4+4x^2+15)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt{(x^2)^3-\sqrt[3]{(x^2+60)^3}}}{\sqrt[3]{(x^3)^2-\sqrt{(x^2+60)^2}}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right)

\displaystyle =\small \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^3-1}{(x+2)^2(x^4+4x^2+15)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt{(x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60})}\sqrt{x^4+x^2\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}+\sqrt[3]{(x^2+60)^2}}}{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}\sqrt[3]{x^3+\sqrt{x^2+60}}}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right)

\displaystyle \small = \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^3-1}{(x+2)^2(x^4+4x^2+15)}}\cdot \frac{\cancel{\sqrt{(x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60})}}\sqrt{x^4+x^2\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}+\sqrt[3]{(x^2+60)^2}}}{\cancel{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}\sqrt[3]{x^3+\sqrt{x^2+60}}}\cdot \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\frac{\cancel{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}}{\cancel{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}}\right)

\displaystyle = \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^3-1}{(x+2)^2(x^4+4x^2+15)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt{x^4+x^2\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}+\sqrt[3]{(x^2+60)^2}}}{\sqrt[3]{x^3+\sqrt{x^2+60}}}\right)

Now, we can safely evaluate the limit by plugging in x=2 into the expression and get:

\displaystyle \lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^4-12x^3-x+2}{x+2}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt[3]{x^3-\sqrt{x^2+60}}}{\sqrt{x^2-\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}}}\right)

\displaystyle =\lim_{{x}\to{2}}\left(\sqrt[6]{\frac{6x^3-1}{(x+2)^2(x^4+4x^2+15)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt{x^4+x^2\sqrt[3]{x^2+60}+\sqrt[3]{(x^2+60)^2}}}{\sqrt[3]{x^3+\sqrt{x^2+60}}}\right)

\displaystyle =\sqrt[6]{\frac{6(2)^3-1}{(2+2)^2(2^4+4(2)^2+15)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt{2^4+2^2\sqrt[3]{2^2+60}+\sqrt[3]{(2^2+60)^2}}}{\sqrt[3]{2^3+\sqrt{2^2+60}}}

\displaystyle =\sqrt[6]{\frac{47}{(4)^2(47)}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt{16+2^2(4)+(4)^2}}{\sqrt[3]{8+8}}

\displaystyle =\sqrt[6]{\frac{1}{4^2}}\cdot \frac{\sqrt{48}}{\sqrt[3]{16}}

\displaystyle =\frac{1}{2^{\frac{4}{6}}}\cdot \frac{4\sqrt{3}}{2^{\frac{4}{3}}}

\displaystyle =\frac{4\sqrt{3}}{4}

\displaystyle =\sqrt{3}



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