# Limits Help

• September 11th 2008, 03:49 PM
sleepiiee
Limits Help
1.) lim as x--> infinity (x - cube root of x)

2.) lim as x-->0+ ln(2x)

Anyone know how to solve these limit equations? Thanks.
• September 11th 2008, 04:10 PM
mr fantastic
Quote:

Originally Posted by sleepiiee
1.) lim as x--> infinity (x - cube root of x)

2.) lim as x-->0+ ln(2x)

Anyone know how to solve these limit equations? Thanks.

1.) x gets bigger a lot faster than cube root of x .......

2.) Do you know what the graph of y = ln(2x) looks like .....?
• September 11th 2008, 04:18 PM
skeeter
$x - x^{\frac{1}{3}} = x^{\frac{1}{3}}(x^{\frac{2}{3}} - 1)$

$\lim_{x \to \infty} x^{\frac{1}{3}}(x^{\frac{2}{3}} - 1)$

$\lim_{x \to \infty} x^{\frac{1}{3}} \cdot \lim_{x \to \infty} (x^{\frac{2}{3}} - 1)$

finish up

$\lim_{x \to 0^+} \ln(2x)$

$\lim_{x \to 0^+} (\ln{x} + \ln{2})$

$\lim_{x \to 0^+} \ln{x} + \lim_{x \to 0^+} \ln{2}$

finish up
• September 11th 2008, 06:37 PM
sleepiiee
I got the first one thanks. Still don't understand what to do next with the 2nd problem
• September 11th 2008, 06:39 PM
11rdc11
From the right hand side ln(2x) goes to negative infinity as it approaches 0