Epsilon-delta proof of $\lim_{x\to\infty}\left(\sqrt{(x+a)(x+b)}-x\right)=\frac{a+b}{2}$ I have been doing $\varepsilon$-$\delta$ proofs for fun and I challenged myself to prove $$\displaystyle\lim_{x\to\infty}\left(\sqrt{(x+a)(x+b)}-x\right)=\frac{a+b}{2},\quad a,b\in\mathbb{R}$$
The definition says: We say that $\displaystyle\lim_{x\to\infty}f(x)=l$ if for any positive number $\varepsilon$ we can find a positive number $N$ (depending on $\varepsilon$ in general) such that $|f(x)-l|<\varepsilon$ whenever $x>N$.
So I started with: $\left|\sqrt{(x+a)(x+b)}-x-\dfrac{a+b}{2}\right|<\varepsilon$ whenever $x>N$.
Manipulating the first inequatlity
\begin{gather*}
-\varepsilon<\sqrt{(x+a)(x+b)}-x-\dfrac{a+b}{2}<\varepsilon\\
-\varepsilon+\dfrac{a+b}{2}<\sqrt{(x+a)(x+b)}-x<\varepsilon+\frac{a+b}{2}
\end{gather*}
At this point I thought about adding $x$, squaring the expressions and then expanding them. I did it and I got: $$\frac{a^2}{4}+\frac{ab}{2}+\frac{b^2}{4}+ax+bx+x^2-a\varepsilon-b\varepsilon-2x\varepsilon+\varepsilon^2<x^2+ax+bx+ab<\frac{a^2}{4}+\frac{ab}{2}+\frac{b^2}{4}+ax+bx+x^2+a\varepsilon+b\varepsilon+2x\varepsilon+\varepsilon^2$$
And here I'm not sure how to proceed. Am I on the right track? 
Thanks for any help / hints. 
Note: There might be other ways to prove this, but I'd like to do it using just algebra if possible, even if it's not the best method. 

This is not an epsilon delta proof, but here it goes:
$$\left(\sqrt{(x+a)(x+b)}-x\right)= x(\sqrt{(1+\frac{a}{x})(1+\frac{b}{x})}-1) = x(f(x) -1)$$
expanding $g(z) := f(\frac{1}{x})$ around $z=0$: $g(z) = 1 + \frac{a+b}{2}z +\mathcal{O}(z^2)$ therfore
$$ x(f(x) -1) = x(1 + \frac{a+b}{2}\frac{1}{x} + \mathcal{O}(\frac{1}{x^2}) -1) = \frac{a+b}{2} + \mathcal{O}(\frac{1}{x}) \overset{x\rightarrow \infty}{\longrightarrow} \frac{a+b}{2} $$
Ok just now I read your note. Please don't down vote because I'm unable to read posts till the end :)
