Answer
4
Work Step by Step
$x^{4}$ - 1 = (x - 1)(x³ + x² + x + 1), so:
$\frac{x^{4}-1}{x-1}$ = x³ + x² + x + 1. Now we have:
$\lim\limits_{x \to 1^{+}}\frac{x^{4}-1}{x-1}$ = $\lim\limits_{x \to 1^{+}}x³ + x² + x + 1$ = 1³ + 1² + 1 + 1 = 4
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