Calculus Examples

Evaluate Using L'Hospital's Rule limit as x approaches infinity of cube root of x^3-8x^2-x
Step 1
Multiply to rationalize the numerator.
Step 2
Simplify.
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Step 2.1
Expand the numerator using the FOIL method.
Step 2.2
Simplify.
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Step 2.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 2.2.2
Add and .
Step 2.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.2.4
Add and .
Step 3
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 3.1.1
Factor out of .
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Step 3.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.3
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.1.4
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 3.1.4.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 3.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5
Rewrite as .
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Step 3.1.5.1
Factor out .
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Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.5.3
Add parentheses.
Step 3.1.6
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 3.1.7
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.8
Factor out of .
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Step 3.1.8.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.8.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.8.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.9
Multiply .
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Step 3.1.9.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 3.1.10
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.1.11
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.12
Multiply by .
Step 3.2
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 4
Divide the numerator and denominator by the highest power of in the denominator.
Step 5
Simplify terms.
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Step 5.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2
Simplify each term.
Step 5.3
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.3.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.3.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.4
Rewrite as .
Step 6
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 6.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 7.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.4
Multiply .
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Step 7.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.4.3
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 7.1.4.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.1.4.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.1.4.7
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.1.4.8
Add and .
Step 7.2
Subtract from .
Step 8
Simplify each term.
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Step 8.1
Multiply .
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Step 8.1.1
Combine and .
Step 8.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 9
Apply the distributive property.
Step 10
Simplify.
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Step 10.1
Multiply by .
Step 10.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 10.3
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 10.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 10.3.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 10.3.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 11
Simplify each term.
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Step 11.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 11.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 11.1.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 11.1.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 11.2
Multiply by .
Step 12
Apply the distributive property.
Step 13
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 13.1
Multiply by .
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Step 13.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 13.2
Add and .
Step 14
Move to the left of .
Step 15
Since its numerator approaches a real number while its denominator is unbounded, the fraction approaches .
Step 16
Multiply by .