Evaluating Limits by Rationalizing | Calculus 1

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[@jan-willemreens9010]

...Good day to you, Thank you for your clear presentation. After watching I want to share with you an alternative way to solve the same two indeterminate limits: 1) For your limit: lim(x-->0)((sqrt(x+1) - 1)/x) I first start by rewriting the denominator x as follows: x = (x + 1) - 1, then I treat this expression as a difference of squares: x = (x + 1) - 1 = (sqrt(x + 1) - 1)(sqrt(x + 1) + 1), and finally after replacing the denominator x in your original limit by this last factored expression, we can cancel the common factors of top and bottom, resulting in the solvable limit: lim(x-->0)(1/(sqrt(x+1) + 1)) = 1/2, and 2) For lim(x-->3)((sqrt(x+1) - 2)/(x - 3)), first rewrite the denominator x - 3 as follows: x - 3 = (x + 1) - 4, again think of difference of squares = (sqrt(x+1) - 2)(sqrt(x+1) +2), resulting after cancelling common factors of top and bottom in the following solvable limit: lim(x-->3)(1/(sqrt(x+1) + 2)) = 1/(2 + 2) = 1/4; the same outcome! I hope you appreciate this way of solving too. Finally, this was my Wrath ON Math (lol)... Thank you for your math efforts, and take care, Jan-W

[@Ixzumix]

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[@WrathofMath]

I'm glad to help - thank you for watching!

[@infectedswarm3078]

thank you so much for this wonderful video.. You nicely explained the concept..and plz post more videos about calculus.

[@WrathofMath]

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[@evelynnjoroge3859]

Really helpful

[@kakuluandrew-nq1vk]

hi, hw can i come up with a conclusion of how rationalisation helps in solving limits

[@RachaelAnike]

Please when do we know if we're to rationalize the numerator or denominator....and hoe do we know when to use the differentiation method or rationalization method in an equation?

[@RuthChikapa-bk8yn]

Thanks sir🥺✨

[@WrathofMath]

Most welcome!

[@AAT-s2p]

Thanks👍🏻

[@WrathofMath]

Glad to help, thanks for watching!

[@ftbex9224]

nice.Thanks!

[@JosephMutua-tv7bs]

Understood 👍

[@punditgi]

I thought real square roots had both a positive and a negative solution. Why ignore the negative root?

[@itzz_just_me2984]

because its an equation not an expression, you write it as is, not with a plus/minus

[@VinayakTupkari-je3wn]

Kon kon hindi samjata hai 😂😂😂😂