Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 6 - Exponential, Logarithmic, And Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 6.5 L'Hopital's Rule; Indeterminate Forms - Exercises Set 6.5 - Page 448: 28

Answer

$e^{ab}$

Work Step by Step

Our aim is to evaluate the limit for $\lim\limits_{x \to \infty}(1+\dfrac{a}{x})^{bx}$ Let us consider that $y=(1+\dfrac{a}{x})^{bx} \implies \ln y=bx \ln (1+\dfrac{a}{x})$ But $\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \dfrac{b \ln (1+\dfrac{a}{x})}{1/x}=\dfrac{0}{0}$ We can see that the numerator and denominator have a limit of $\infty$, so the limit shows the indeterminate form of type $\dfrac{0}{0}$. So, we will apply L'Hopital's rule which can be defined as: $\lim\limits_{x \to a} \dfrac{P(x) }{Q(x)}=\lim\limits_{x \to a}\dfrac{P'(x)}{Q'(x)}$ where, $a$ can be any real number, infinity or negative infinity. $\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \ln y=\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \dfrac{b}{(1+a/x)} \times \dfrac{(-a/x^2)}{(-1/x^2)}\\= ab$ So, $\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \ln y=ab \implies \lim\limits_{x \to \infty} y=e^{ab}$
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