Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 3 - Determining Change: Derivatives - 3.7 Activities - Page 244: 7

Answer

$$\lim _{n \rightarrow 1} \frac{\ln n}{n-1} =1$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$\lim _{n \rightarrow 1} \frac{\ln n}{n-1}$$ using the Limit Rules and replacement, leads to the indeterminate form $$\lim _{n \rightarrow 1} \frac{\ln 1}{1-1}=\frac{0}{0}$$ Applying L'Hôpital's Rule \begin{align*} \lim _{n \rightarrow 1} \frac{\ln n}{n-1}&=\lim _{n \rightarrow 1} \frac{\frac{1}{ n}}{1}\\ &= \lim _{n \rightarrow 1} \frac{1}{ n}\\ &= \lim _{n \rightarrow 1} \frac{1}{ 1}\\ &=1 \end{align*}
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