Find $\lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{(x-1)^2}{x+1}$ 
Find $\lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{(x-1)^2}{x+1}$

If I divide whole expression by maximum power i.e. $x^2$ I get,$$\lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{(1-\frac1x)^2}{\frac1x+\frac{1}{x^2}}$$
Numerator tends to $1$ ,Denominator tends to $0$
So I get the answer as $+\infty$
But when I plot the graph it tends to $-\infty$
What am I missing here? "Can someone give me the precise steps that I should write in such a case." Thank you very much!
NOTE: I cannot use L'hopital for finding this limit.
 A: The point is that the denominator not just tends to zero, but tends to zero from the left, i.e. from being negative.
Alternatively, rewrite like this:
$$\frac{(x-1)^2}{x+1} = \frac{(x+1)^2-4x}{x+1}=x+1-\frac{4}{1+\frac{1}{x}}$$
which clearly tends to $-\infty$ as $x \rightarrow -\infty$.
A: Hint: Write $$\frac{x^2\left(1-\frac{1}{x}\right)^2}{x\left(1+\frac{1}{x}\right)}$$
A: HINT
We have that
$$\lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{(x-1)^2}{x+1}=\lim_{x\to -\infty} (x-1)\cdot \frac{x-1}{x+1}$$
A: Hint
If $x<-1$ then $$\frac1x+\frac {1}{x^2}<0.$$
A: You are playing with dividing by $0$ 
To avoid that, notice $$\lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{(x-1)^2}{x+1} = \lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{x^2-2x +1}{x+1}$$
$$= \lim_{x\to -\infty} x-3+\frac {4}{x+1} = -\infty $$
A: First, I think it's better to divide top and bottom by the maximum power of the bottom.  In this case, by $x$, to get
$$\lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{\frac{1}{x}(x-1)^2}{1+\frac{1}{x}} = \lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{\frac{1}{x}(x^2-2x+1)}{1+\frac{1}{x}}$$
$$\lim_{x\to -\infty} \frac{x-2+\frac{1}{x}}{1+\frac{1}{x}}.$$
Now you can see that the top goes to minus infinity and the bottom goes to $1$.
A: $$\lim_{x \to -\infty} \frac{x^2-2x+1}{x+1} \implies \lim_{x \to -\infty} \frac{1-\frac{2}{x}+\frac{1}{x^2}}{\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{x^2}}$$
As you mentioned, the numerator tends to $1$. However, notice that the denominator tends to $0^-$.
$$\vert x\vert > 1 \implies \biggr\vert \frac{1}{x}\biggr\vert > \biggr\vert\frac{1}{x^2}\biggr\vert$$
$$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{x^2} < 0$$
Hence, the denomitor tends to $0^-$ ($0$ from the negative side). Therefore, the limit is $-\infty$.
