Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 3 - The Derivative In Graphing And Applications - 3.6 Rectilinear Motion - Exercises Set 3.6 - Page 245: 17

Answer

$\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{x^{100}}{e^{x}} =0$

Work Step by Step

$\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{x^{100}}{e^{x}} =\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{ \frac{d(x^{100})}{dx} }{ \frac{d(e^{x})}{dx}} $ $\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{x^{100}}{e^{x}} =\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{100x^{99}}{e^{x}} $ Applying L’Hôpital’s rule repeatedly $\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{x^{100}}{e^{x}} =\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{100 \times 99 \times 98 \times ......1 x^{0}}{e^{x}} $ $\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{x^{100}}{e^{x}} =\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{100 \times 99 \times 98 \times ......1 x^{0}}{e^{x}} $ $\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{x^{100}}{e^{x}} =\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{100!}{e^{x}} $ $\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{x^{100}}{e^{x}} =(100!)\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{1}{e^{x}} $ $\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{x^{100}}{e^{x}} =(100!)\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \times 0 $ $\lim\limits_{x \to +\infty} \frac{x^{100}}{e^{x}} =(100!) \times 0=0$
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