Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1285740629
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 6 - Inverse Functions - 6.8 Indeterminate Forms and I'Hospital's Rule - 6.8 Exercises - Page 500: 28

Answer

$\frac{1}{6}$

Work Step by Step

Given $$\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sinh x-x}{x^3}$$ Since $$\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sinh x-x}{x^3}= \frac{0}{0}$$ Apply L'Hopital's rule , we get \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sinh x-x}{x^3}&= \lim _{x\to \:0}\left(\frac{\cosh \left(x\right)-1}{3x^2}\right)\\ &= \frac{0}{0} \end{aligned} apply L'Hopital's rule again, we get \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sinh x-x}{x^3}&= \lim _{x\to \:0}\left(\frac{\cosh \left(x\right)-1}{3x^2}\right)\\ &= \lim _{x\to \:0}\left(\frac{\sinh \left(x\right)}{6x}\right)=\frac{0}{0} \end{aligned} Apply L'Hopital's rule again, we get \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sinh x-x}{x^3}&= \lim _{x\to \:0}\left(\frac{\cosh \left(x\right)-1}{3x^2}\right)\\ &= \lim _{x\to \:0}\left(\frac{\sinh \left(x\right)}{6x}\right)\\ &=\lim _{x\to \:0}\left(\frac{\cosh \left(x\right)}{6}\right)\\ &=\frac{1 }{6}\end{aligned}
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