Thread: [SOLVED] Can anyone give me hints on how to do these problems?

Can anyone give me a hint on how to do these? Just tell me which methods to use, like can problem "a" be factored or can it be found finding the common denominator?

Just hints on which methods which can be used to solve the problems.



I have been having a hard time just figuring out how to solve the problems so if anyone can help me, it will be appreciated it, thanks.

Generally speaking, to find , where f and g are polynomials, first try setting x= a.

If g(a) is not 0, then the limit is just f(a)/g(a).

If g(a)= 0 and f(a) is not 0, then the limit does not exist.

If both f(a)= 0 and g(a)= 0, then, yes, x- a must be a factor of both. Just divide the polynomials by x-a to find the other factor and cancel the x-a in numerator and denominator.

For (c), "rationalize the denominator" by multiplying both numerator and denominator by

For (d), use the fact that has limit 1 as a goes to 0. (Of course, "a", here, is "5x".)

Originally Posted by Forum_User

Can anyone give me a hint on how to do these? Just tell me which methods to use, like can problem "a" be factored or can it be found finding the common denominator?

Just hints on which methods which can be used to solve the problems.



I have been having a hard time just figuring out how to solve the problems so if anyone can help me, it will be appreciated it, thanks.

In a abd b: Factoring will remove the problem.

In c: rationalize the denominator and simplify. You will see what to do after that.

In d: Devude every term by and note which ones will go to zero as w goes to infinity.

In e: If the numerator is always between -1 and 1, and the denominator just keeps getting bigger, what do you thinks gonna happen. Graph this and you will see.

In f: multiply numerator and denominator by five thirds. See anything familiar?

Thanks for the help everyone.

I did problem "a" successfully by factoring then plugging it in, it came out as 32/9 and I checked the answer sheet to find out that was the correct answer.

Thanks again guys,

For "b" I think I am stuck.


I factored it out to


If I plugged in 3, it would become 24/0. Is there anything else I can do?

I tried working out problem c, I managed to do it mostly right but I took a few peeks at the answer sheet.

There is one part that I don't understand:



So inside the circled part, it seems they canceled the on the top with the on the bottom.


I don't understand exactly how they went from the (inside the blue circle) part on the left to the part on the right, can anyone explain?

Also I don't understand why there it was on the left side, then suddenly a negative sign in front of it after they canceled the and .

Originally Posted by Forum_User

I tried working out problem c, I managed to do it mostly right but I took a few peeks at the answer sheet.

There is one part that I don't understand:



So inside the circled part, it seems they canceled the on the top with the on the bottom.


I don't understand exactly how they went from the (inside the blue circle) part on the left to the part on the right, can anyone explain?

Also I don't understand why there it was on the left side, then suddenly a negative sign in front of it after they canceled the and .

In the denominator, (2 - x) can be written as -(x - 2). Then the common factor of (x - 2) is cancelled, leaving a negative on the denominator.