Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Continuity and Differentiability

Question:

$\underset{h→0}{\lim}\begin{Bmatrix}\frac{1}{h(8+h)^{1/3}}-\frac{1}{2h}\end{Bmatrix}$ is equal to:

Options:

$\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{-4}{3}$

$\frac{-16}{3}$

$\frac{-1}{48}$

Correct Answer:

$\frac{-1}{48}$

Explanation:

$\underset{h→0}{\lim}\begin{Bmatrix}\frac{2-(h+8)^{1/3}}{2h(h+8)^{1/3}}\end{Bmatrix}=\underset{h→0}{\lim}\begin{Bmatrix}\frac{[8^{1/3}-(h+8)^{2/3}]+[8^{2/3}+(h+8)^{2/3}+8^{1/3}(h+8)^{1/3}]}{2h(h+8)^{1/3}[8^{2/3}+(h+8)^{2/3}+8^{1/3}(h+8)^{1/3}]}\end{Bmatrix}$

$=\underset{h→0}{\lim}\begin{Bmatrix}\frac{[8-(h+8)]}{2h(h+8)^{1/3}[4+(→4)+(→2)(→2)]}=\frac{-1}{2(→2)(→2)}=\frac{-1}{48}\end{Bmatrix}$

$(Using:[x-y]=(x^{1/3}-y^{1/3}(x^{2/3}+y^{2/3}+(xy)^{1/3}))$