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Re: Help with limit problem?
Posted:
Sep 11, 2007 11:52 AM
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In article <s7ede3d44iftv6e0r72q0s6km4ihoc3d48@4ax.com>,
<me@privacy.net> wrote:
>Taking Calc 1
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>One problem I'm working on is to find Limit as x
>approaches zero for x raised to 4 power minus one over
>x raised to three power minus one
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>I'm stuck trying to factor it1
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>Advice?
Synthetic or long division. If a polynomial p(x) evaluates to 0 when
you plug in a number a, then x-a divides p(x).
In this case, both x^4 - 1 and x^3 - 1 evaluate to 0 when you plug in
1, so you can factor x-1 from both. Do long division to see what you
get, cancel the factor of x-1 from the quotient, lather, rinse, and
repeat.
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