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Functions: Simplifying an expression and limits

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Let f(x) = sqrt of x, and show that in this case (f(x+h)-f(x))(f(x+h)+f(x))=h.
Use this result to give a simplified expression for f(x+h)-f(x)/h.
When f(x) = sqrt x what is lim h-->0 f(x+h)-f(x)/h ?

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