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Ch. 7 - Transcendental Functions
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Capitolo 7, Problema 7.PE.109b

109. Does f grow faster, slower, or at the same rate as g as x→∞? Give reasons for your answers.
b. f(x)=x, g(x)=x + 1/x

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Identify the given functions: \(f(x) = x\) and \(g(x) = x + \frac{1}{x}\).
As \(x \to \infty\), analyze the behavior of each function. For \(f(x) = x\), the function grows without bound linearly.
For \(g(x) = x + \frac{1}{x}\), note that \(\frac{1}{x} \to 0\) as \(x \to \infty\), so \(g(x)\) behaves like \(x\) plus a very small positive term.
Compare the growth rates by considering the ratio \(\frac{f(x)}{g(x)} = \frac{x}{x + \frac{1}{x}}\). Simplify this expression to understand the limit as \(x \to \infty\).
Evaluate the limit \(\lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{f(x)}{g(x)}\) to determine if it approaches 0, a finite nonzero constant, or infinity, which tells us if \(f\) grows slower, at the same rate, or faster than \(g\) respectively.

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