Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32194-734-5

Chapter 3 - Derivatives - 3.3 Rules of Differentiation - 3.3 Exercises - Page 152: 68

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We have to compute $\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \left(\dfrac{1}{x}\right)^x$. We use a calculator to evaluate the function $f(x)=\left(\dfrac{1}{x}\right)^x$ for values of $x$ very close to 0. Let $x_1=0.000001,x_2=0.0000001, x_3=0.00000001$. $f(x_1)=f(0.000001)=\left(\dfrac{1}{0.000001}\right)^{0.000001}=1.00001381561$ $f(x_2)=f(0.0000001)=\left(\dfrac{1}{0.0000001}\right)^{0.0000001}=1.00000161181$ $f(x_3)=f(0.00000001)=\left(\dfrac{1}{0.00000001}\right)^{0.00000001}=1.00000018421$ Therefore we have: $\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \left(\dfrac{1}{x}\right)^x=1$
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