Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Inverse Functions - 6.8 Indeterminate Forms and I'Hospital's Rule - 6.8 Exercises - Page 500: 46

Answer

\[-1\]

Work Step by Step

Let \[l=\lim_{x\rightarrow -\infty}x\;\ln\left(1-\frac{1}{x}\right)\] \[l=\lim_{x\rightarrow -\infty}\frac{\ln\left(1-\frac{1}{x}\right)}{\frac{1}{x}}\] Which is $\frac{0}{0}$ form By using L' Hopital's rule \[\Rightarrow l=\lim_{x\rightarrow -\infty}\frac{\{\ln\left(1-\frac{1}{x}\right)\}'}{(\frac{1}{x})'}\] \[l=\lim_{x\rightarrow -\infty}\frac{\left(\frac{\frac{1}{x^2}}{1-\frac{1}{x}}\right)}{\frac{-1}{x^2}}\] \[l=\lim_{x\rightarrow -\infty}\frac{-1}{1-\frac{1}{x}}=-1\] Hence \[l=-1\] Hence , \[\lim_{x\rightarrow -\infty}x\;\ln\left(1-\frac{1}{x}\right)=-1\]
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