Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Inverse Functions - Review - Exercises - Page 506: 75

Answer

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty}\left(x^{2}-x^{3}\right) e^{2 x} =0 $$

Work Step by Step

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty}\left(x^{2}-x^{3}\right) e^{2 x} $$ Rewrite this lime as the following: $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty}\left(x^{2}-x^{3}\right) e^{2 x} =\lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty} \frac{x^{2}-x^{3}}{e^{-2 x}} $$ Notice that the limit on the right side is now indeterminate of type $\frac{\infty}{\infty} $ we use l’Hospital’s Rule we have : l $$\begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty}\left(x^{2}-x^{3}\right) e^{2 x} &=\lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty} \frac{x^{2}-x^{3}}{e^{-2 x}} \quad\left[\frac{\infty}{\infty} \text { form }\right] \\ &\stackrel{\mathrm{H}}{=} \lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty} \frac{2 x-3 x^{2}}{-2 e^{-2 x}} \quad \left[\frac{\infty}{\infty} \text { form }\right] \\ & \stackrel{\mathrm{H}}{=} \lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty} \frac{2-6 x}{4 e^{-2 x}}\left[\frac{\infty}{\infty} \text { form }\right] \\ & \stackrel{\mathrm{H}}{=} \lim _{x \rightarrow-\infty} \frac{-6}{-8 e^{-2 x}} \\ &=0 \end{aligned}$$
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