Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 6 - Exponential, Logarithmic, And Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 6.5 L'Hopital's Rule; Indeterminate Forms - Exercises Set 6.5 - Page 449: 61

Answer

$I=\dfrac{V t}{L} $

Work Step by Step

Our aim is to evaluate the limit for $I=\dfrac{V}{R} (1-e^{-Rt/L})$ But $I=\lim\limits_{R \to 0^{+}} \dfrac{V(1-e^{-Rt/L})}{R} =\dfrac{0}{0}$ We can see that the given function shows the indeterminate form of type $\dfrac{0}{0}$. So, we will apply L'Hospital'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. $I=\lim\limits_{R \to 0^{+}} \dfrac{V(1-e^{-Rt/L})}{R} \\=V \lim\limits_{R \to 0^{+}} \dfrac{e^{-Rt/L}(t/L)}{1}\\=\dfrac{V t}{L} $
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