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: 82

Answer

$${\text{Limit is not in the form }}\frac{0}{0}{\text{ or }}\frac{\infty }{\infty }$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } x\cos \left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right) \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{\cos \left( {1/x} \right)}}{{\left( {1/x} \right)}}{\text{ }}\left( {{\text{Step 1}}} \right) \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{\left[ { - \sin \left( {1/x} \right)} \right]\left( {1/{x^2}} \right)}}{{ - \left( {1/{x^2}} \right)}}{\text{ }}\left( {{\text{Step 2}}} \right) \cr & = 0{\text{ }}\left( {{\text{Step 3}}} \right) \cr & {\text{From the step 2 the L'Hopital's rule is used incorrectly}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{\cos \left( {1/x} \right)}}{{\left( {1/x} \right)}} = \frac{{\cos \left( {1/\infty } \right)}}{{1/\infty }} = \frac{1}{0} = \infty \cr & {\text{The result is not in the form }}\frac{0}{0},\frac{\infty }{\infty },{\text{ }} \cr & {\text{then the L'Hopital's Rule does not apply}}{\text{.}} \cr} $$
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