Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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ISBN 10: 0-47064-772-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47064-772-1

Chapter 6 - Exponential, Logarithmic, And Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 6.5 L'Hopital's Rule; Indeterminate Forms - Exercises Set 6.5 - Page 448: 27

Answer

$e^2$

Work Step by Step

Our aim is to evaluate the limit for $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}(e^x+x)^{1/x}$ Re-write the given function as: $y=(e^x+x)^{1/x} \implies \ln y=\dfrac{\ln (e^x+x)}{x}$ But $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\dfrac{\ln (e^x+x)}{x}=\dfrac{0}{0}$ We can see that the numerator and denominator have a limit of $\infty$, so the limit shows the indeterminate form of type $\dfrac{0}{0}$. So, we will apply L'Hopital's rule which can be defined as: $\lim\limits_{x \to a} \dfrac{P(x) }{Q(x)}=\lim\limits_{x \to a}\dfrac{P'(x)}{Q'(x)}$ where, $a$ can be any real number, infinity or negative infinity. $\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \ln y=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \dfrac{1}{(e^x+x)}(e^x+1)\\= \dfrac{e^0+1}{e^0+0}\\=2$ So, $\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \ln y=2 \implies \lim\limits_{x \to 0} y=e^2$
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