Answer: Consider how evaluating the limit now would be impossible because the fraction's denominator would be 0. When dealing with radical expressions and other general nastiness, multiplying by a conjugate is a good strategy. We can try multiplying this by the numerator's conjugate.
In the numerator, we can recognize that this is really the difference of squares pattern in reverse, where .
Notice the terms in the numerator and denominator will cancel.
We can now calculate the limit by substituting 5 for x.
Even though the point at is undefined, it is very close to .