Question #bb82d

1 Answer
Oct 15, 2015

If you are trying to find lim_(xrarra)( x^(1/m) - a^(1/m) )/(x-a), see the explanation section.

Explanation:

I'm going to guess that this is what you mean by "solve".
If that's correct, we use

u^m-v^m = (u-v)(u^(m-1) + u^(m-2)v + u^(m-3)v + * * * uv^(m-2)+v^(m-1))

With u = x^(1/m) and v=a^(1/m) we can either factor the denominator

x-a=(x^(1/m))^m - (a^(1/m))^m = ( x^(1/m) - a^(1/m) )(x^((m-1)/m) + x^((m-2)/ma^(1/m)+ * * * + a^((m-1)/m) ))

Or multiply by (x^((m-1)/m) + x^((m-2)/ma^(1/m)+ * * * + a^((m-1)/m)))/ (x^((m-1)/m) + x^((m-2)/ma^(1/m)+ * * * + a^((m-1)/m) ) to make the numerator x-a.