[Math] Solving limit of radicals without L’Hopital $\lim_{x\to 64} \frac{\sqrt x – 8}{\sqrt[3] x – 4} $

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I've been trying to solve this for some time now, but I cannot get any closer to the solution.

I need to solve this limit without using L'Hopital's rule.

$$\lim_{x\to 64} \dfrac{\sqrt x – 8}{\sqrt[3] x – 4} $$

By using L'Hopital I know the result should be 3, but I cannot get to it any other way…

How would I simplify this equation?

Best Answer

Let $x=t^6\;,$ Then when $x\rightarrow 64\;,$ Then $t\rightarrow 2$

So limit Convert into $$\displaystyle \lim_{t\rightarrow 2}\frac{t^3-8}{t^2-4} = \lim_{t\rightarrow 2}\frac{(t-2)\cdot (t^2+2t+4)}{(t-2)(t+2)}$$

So we get $$\displaystyle \lim_{t\rightarrow 2}\frac{t^2+2t+4}{t+2} =\frac{12}{4} = 3$$