Calculate the limit: $\lim_{n\to\infty}n^2\left(\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^8-\left(1+\frac{2}{n}\right)^4\right)$ Calculate the limit:
$\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}n^2\left(\left(1+\dfrac{1}{n}\right)^8-\left(1+\dfrac{2}{n}\right)^4\right)$
My first suggestion was that $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty} = 0$. As in both brackets as ${n\to\infty}$: $\dfrac{1}{n}$ and $\dfrac{2}{n}$ will ${\to0}$, so it was going to be $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}n^2\left(\left(1\right)^8-\left(1\right)^4\right) => \lim\limits_{n\to\infty} = 0$.
My second suggestion was using the properties of $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}\left(1+\dfrac{1}{n}\right)^n = e$ and $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}\left(1+\dfrac{k}{n}\right)^n = e^k$ to find limits of enclosing brackets expressions:
1. $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}(1+\dfrac{1}{n})^8 => \lim\limits_{n\to\infty}((1+\dfrac{1}{n})^n)^{\frac{8}{n}} => e^{\frac{8}{n}}$
2. $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}(1+\dfrac{2}{n})^4 => \lim\limits_{n\to\infty}((1+\dfrac{2}{n})^n)^{\frac{4}{n}} => (e^2)^{\frac{4}{n}} => e^{\frac{8}{n}}$
It brought me again to $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}n^2 *(e^{\frac{8}{n}} - e^{\frac{8}{n}}) => \lim\limits_{n\to\infty} = 0$
However, $0$ is a wrong answer. How to find the limit?  
P.S. I am self-study calculus newbie, so please answer as easy as possible (don't know L'Hôpital's rule yet).

Let $x=1+\frac{1}{n}$ and  $y=1+\frac{2}{n}$ then 
$$x^8-y^4=(x^2-y)(x^2+y)(x^4+y^2)$$ and 
$$x^2-y=\frac{1}{n^2}$$
Thus the limit is 
$$(x^2+y)(x^4+y^2) \to 4$$
