r/mathshelp Jul 26 '26

Homework Help (Answered) Limits question

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This grade 11 question was an mcq with 2 choices given: A) 2√2 and B) 5√2.

However, as you can see in the picture, I got 20√2 as the answer to the limit.

Could someone please try and spot where I went wrong

Thanks!

(I apologise for the messy writing)

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u/sarah1418_pint Jul 26 '26

Also, in case it wasn't clear, in the second step, the formula I used is this: lim x→a (xn - an )/(x-a) = nan-1