Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Inverse Functions - 6.8 Indeterminate Forms and I'Hospital's Rule - 6.8 Exercises - Page 500: 33

Answer

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x 3^{x}}{3^{x}-1} =\frac{1}{\ln 3} $$

Work Step by Step

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x 3^{x}}{3^{x}-1} $$ Since $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0}( x 3^{x})=0 $$ and $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0}( 3^{x}-1)=0 $$ the limit is an indeterminate form of type $\frac{0}{0}$ so we can apply l’Hospital’s Rule: $$ \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x 3^{x}}{3^{x}-1} & \stackrel{\mathrm{H}}{=} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x 3^{x} \ln 3+3^{x}}{3^{x} \ln 3} \\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{3^{x}(x \ln 3+1)}{3^{x} \ln 3} \\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x \ln 3+1}{\ln 3} \\ &=\frac{1}{\ln 3} \end{aligned} $$
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