As the limit of x goes to 3 from the left find the limit of (x/ sqrt x^2 -9)

Verified Answer :

\(\displaystyle\lim_{x\to3^-}\frac x{\sqrt{x^2-9}}=\lim_{x\to3^-}\frac x{\sqrt{x^2}\sqrt{1-\frac9{x^2}}}=\lim_{x\to3^-}\frac x{|x|\sqrt{1-\frac9{x^2}}}\)

Since \(x>0\), you have \(|x|=x\) and the limand reduces to

\(\displaystyle\lim_{x\to3^-}\frac1{\sqrt{1-\frac9{x^2}}}\)

For \(x>3\), you have \(\sqrt{1-\frac9{x^2}}>0\) since \(\dfrac9{x^2}\) will always be smaller than 1, which means \(\dfrac1{\sqrt{1-\frac9{x^2}}}\to+\infty\)