Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 8 - Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals - 8.7 Exercises - Page 564: 46

Answer

$$1$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } x\tan \left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right) \cr & {\text{Rewrite the limit}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{\tan \left( {1/x} \right)}}{{1/x}} \cr & {\text{Evaluate the limit}} \cr & = \frac{{\tan \left( {1/\infty } \right)}}{{1/\infty }} = \frac{{\tan 0}}{0} = \frac{0}{0} \cr & {\text{Apply L'Hopital's Rule}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{\tan \left( {1/x} \right)}}{{1/x}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\tan \left( {1/x} \right)} \right]}}{{\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {1/x} \right]}} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{{{\sec }^2}\left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right)\left( { - 1/{x^2}} \right)}}{{\left( { - 1/{x^2}} \right)}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } {\sec ^2}\left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right) \cr & {\text{Evaluate the limit}} \cr & = {\sec ^2}\left( {\frac{1}{\infty }} \right) \cr & = {\sec ^2}\left( 0 \right) \cr & = 1 \cr & {\text{Therefore,}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } x\tan \left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right) = 1 \cr} $$
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