If \(\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left\{\frac{x^3+1}{x^2+1}-(\alpha x+\beta)\right\}\) exists and equal to 2…

If \(\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left\{\frac{x^3+1}{x^2+1}-(\alpha x+\beta)\right\}\) exists and equal to 2 , then the ordered pair \((\alpha, \beta)\) of real numbers is
  1. \((1,-1)\)
  2. \((-2,1)\)
  3. \((-1,1)\)
  4. \((1,-2)\)

Solution

It is given that, \(\begin{aligned} & \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left\{\frac{x^3+1}{x^2+1}-(\alpha x+\beta)\right\}=2 \\ & \Rightarrow \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{x^3+1-\alpha x^3-\beta x^2-\alpha x-\beta}{x^2+1}=2 \end{aligned}\) For the existance of limit, coefficient of \(x^3=0\) \(\begin{aligned} & \therefore \alpha=1 \\ & \therefore \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{-\beta x^2-x-\beta+1}{x^2+1}=2 \\ & \Rightarrow \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{-\beta-\frac{1}{x}-\frac{\beta}{x^2}+\frac{1}{x^2}}{1+\frac{1}{x^2}}=2 \Rightarrow-\beta=2 \Rightarrow \beta=-2 \\ & \therefore(\alpha, \beta)=(1,-2) \end{aligned}\) Hence, option (4) is correct.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2019 (20 Apr Shift 1)

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