I'm trying to solve evaluate this limit
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I've tried to rationalize the denominator but this is what I've got
\lim_{x\to\infty}(\sqrt{x-1} - \sqrt{x-2})({\sqrt{x-2} + \sqrt{x-3}})
and I don't know how to remove these indeterminate forms (\infty - \infty).
EDIT: without l'Hospital's rule (if possible).
Answer
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As \;x\to\infty\; we can assume \;x>0\; , so:
\frac{\sqrt{x-1}-\sqrt{x-2}}{\sqrt{x-2}-\sqrt{x-3}}=\frac{\sqrt{x-2}+\sqrt{x-3}}{\sqrt{x-1}+\sqrt{x-2}}=\frac{\sqrt{1-\frac2x}+\sqrt{1-\frac3x}}{\sqrt{1-\frac1x}+\sqrt{1-\frac2x}}\xrightarrow[x\to\infty]{}1
Further hint: the first step was multiplying by conjugate of both the numerator and the denominator.
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