Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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ISBN 10: 0-47064-772-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47064-772-1

Chapter 6 - Exponential, Logarithmic, And Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 6.5 L'Hopital's Rule; Indeterminate Forms - Exercises Set 6.5 - Page 448: 34

Answer

$\dfrac{1}{2}$

Work Step by Step

Our aim is to evaluate the limit for $\lim\limits_{x \to 0} (\dfrac{1}{x}-\dfrac{1}{e^x-1})=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \dfrac{e^x-x-1}{x(e^x-1)}$ We can see that the numerator and denominator have a limit of $0$, so the limit shows the indeterminate form of type $\dfrac{0}{0}$. So, we will apply L-Hospital'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. $\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \dfrac{e^x-x-1}{x(e^x-1)}=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \dfrac{e^x-1}{xe^x+e^x-1}\\= \lim\limits_{x \to 0} \dfrac{1}{x+2}=\dfrac{1}{2}$
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