<s>[INST] Find limit (type 0/0) I'm struggling to find the limit 
$$I = \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{2\sqrt{1-x} - \sqrt[3]{8-x}}{x}$$
What I was trying:
$$ I = \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{1-x + 2\sqrt{1-x} + 1 - (1-x) - 1 - \sqrt[3]{8-x}}{x} $$
$$ = \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{(\sqrt{1-x}+1)^2 - (2-x)- \sqrt[3]{8-x}}{x} \qquad \quad  $$
$$ = \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{(\sqrt{1-x}+1)^2 - (2-x+ \sqrt[3]{8-x})}{x} \qquad \qquad  $$
$$ = \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{(\sqrt{1-x}+1)^2}{x} - \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{(2-x+ \sqrt[3]{8-x})}{x}  \qquad  $$
Thank all of you for your answers.
 [/INST] In case Taylor series are allowed, then by Taylor expansion around $x=0$:
$$
2\sqrt{1-x} = 2\left(1 - {x\over 2} + O(x^2)\right) \sim 2 - x\\
\sqrt[3]{8-x} = 2 - {x\over 12} + O(x^2)\sim2-{x\over 12}
$$
Thus your limit becomes:
$$
\lim_{x\to0} \frac{2\sqrt{1-x} - \sqrt[3]{8-x}}{x} \sim \lim_{x\to0} \frac{2-x - (2-{x\over 12})}{x} = \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{-x + {x\over 12}}{x} = -{11\over 12}
$$
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