<s>[INST] Find $\lim_{x \to 0 }\frac{(1+x)^{(1/2)} -1}{(1+x)^{(1/3)} -1}$ Find the limit without using L'hopital 
$$\lim_{x \to 0 }\frac{(1+x)^{(1/2)} -1}{(1+x)^{(1/3)} -1}$$
I have tried multiply by the conjugate of the denominator and numerator but didn't work 
Any hint would be appreciated 
Thank you
 [/INST] Using that $t^2-1=(t-1)(t+1)$ and $t^3-1=(t-1)(t^2+t+1)$ we have
$$\lim_{x \to 0}\dfrac{\sqrt{x+1}-1}{\sqrt[3]{x+1} -1}=\lim_{x \to 0}\left[\dfrac{\sqrt{x+1}-1}{\sqrt[3]{x+1} -1}\cdot \dfrac{\sqrt{x+1}+1}{\sqrt{x+1}+1}\cdot \dfrac{\sqrt[3]{(x+1)^2}+\sqrt[3]{x+1}+1}{\sqrt[3]{(x+1)^2}+\sqrt[3]{x+1}+1}\right]$$ and thus
$$\lim_{x \to 0}\dfrac{\sqrt{x+1}-1}{\sqrt[3]{x+1} -1}=\lim_{x \to 0}\left[\dfrac{\sqrt[3]{(x+1)^2}+\sqrt[3]{x+1}+1}{\sqrt{x+1}+1}\right]=\dfrac 32.$$
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