for a limit where x approaches negative infinity for a rational function with a square root in the denominator, to simplify can I multiply the top by 1/x and the bottom by 1/sqrt(x^2)? wouldn't that cancel the negative?

According to the 2008 u.s. census, california had a population of approximately 4 × 10^7 people and florida had a population of approximately 2 × 10^7 people. which of the following is true? a. the population of florida was approximately two times the population of california. b. the population of florida was approximately twenty times the population of california. c. the population of california was approximately twenty times the population of florida. d. the population of california was approximately two times the population of florida.