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 565: 72

Answer

$$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^2}}}{{{x^3}}} = 0$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^2}}}{{{x^3}}} \cr & {\text{Evaluate the limit when }}x \to \infty \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^2}}}{{{x^3}}} = \frac{{{{\left( {\ln \infty } \right)}^2}}}{{{{\left( \infty \right)}^3}}} = \frac{\infty }{\infty } \cr & {\text{Use L'Hopital's Rule}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^2}}}{{{x^3}}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^2}} \right]}}{{\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {{x^3}} \right]}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{2\left( {\ln x} \right)}}{{3{x^2}}}\left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right) \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{2\left( {\ln x} \right)}}{{3{x^3}}} = \frac{\infty }{\infty } \cr & {\text{Use L'Hopital's Rule}} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {2\left( {\ln x} \right)} \right]}}{{\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {3{x^3}} \right]}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{2}{{9{x^2}}}\left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{2}{{9{x^3}}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{2}{{9{x^3}}} = \frac{2}{{9{{\left( \infty \right)}^3}}} = 0 \cr & {\text{Therefore,}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^2}}}{{{x^3}}} = 0 \cr} $$
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