Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 3 - Applications of Differentiation - 3.4 Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes - 3.4 Exercises - Page 241: 5

Answer

$$\lim_{x\to \infty}\frac{x^2}{2^x}=0$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$\lim_{x\to \infty}\frac{x^2}{2^x}$$ Then by using the following data $f(0) = 0,\ $ $f(1)= 0.5,\ $ $f(2) = 1,$ $f(3) =1.125$ $f(4) = 1 $ $f(5 ) = 0.78125 $ $f(6 ) = 0.5625$ $f(7 ) = 0.3828125$ $f(8 ) = 0.25$ $f(9 ) = 0.158203125$ $f(10 ) = 0.09765625 $ $f(20 ) = 0.00038147 $ $f(50) = 2.22045 \times 10^{-12}$ $f(100 ) = 7.88861 \times 10^{-27}$ Then we conclude that $$\lim_{x\to \infty}\frac{x^2}{2^x}=0$$ The graph below also supports the conclusion from the table.
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