<s>[INST] How do I solve $\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sqrt{1+x}-\sqrt{1-x^2}}{\sqrt{1+x}-1}$ indeterminate limit without the L'hospital rule? I've been trying to solve this limit without L'Hospital's rule because I don't know how to use derivates yet. So I tried rationalizing the denominator and numerator but it didn't work.
$\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sqrt{1+x}-\sqrt{1-x^2}}{\sqrt{1+x}-1}$
What is wrong with $\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sqrt{1+x}-\sqrt{1-x^2}-1+1}{\sqrt{1+x}-1} = \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sqrt{1+x}-1}{\sqrt{1+x}-1} + \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{1-\sqrt{1-x^2}}{\sqrt{1+x}-1}$ = 1 + DIV?
 [/INST] Notice, use rationalization as follows $$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\sqrt{1+x}-\sqrt{1-x^2}}{\sqrt{1+x}-1}$$
$$=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{1+x-(1-x^2)}{1+x-1}\times \left(\frac{\sqrt{1+x}+1}{\sqrt{1+x}+\sqrt{1-x^2}}\right)$$
$$=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{x^2+x}{x}\left(\frac{\sqrt{1+x}+1}{\sqrt{1+x}+\sqrt{1-x^2}}\right)$$
$$=\lim_{x\to 0}(x+1)\left(\frac{\sqrt{1+x}+1}{\sqrt{1+x}+\sqrt{1-x^2}}\right)$$
$$=(0+1)\left( \frac{\sqrt{1+0}+1}{\sqrt{1+0}+\sqrt{1-0}}\right)$$
$$=1\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)=\color{red}{1}$$
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