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: 47

Answer

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} x^{3} e^{-x^{2}}=0 $$

Work Step by Step

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} x^{3} e^{-x^{2}} $$ We can deal with it by writing the product $ x^{3} e^{-x^{2}} $ as a quotient $\frac{x^{3} }{e^{x^{2}} }$. Since $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} ( x^{3})=\infty $$ and $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty } (e^{x^{2} })=\infty $$ So, we find that, this convert the given limit into an indeterminate form of type $\frac{\infty}{\infty }$ and we can apply l’Hospital’s Rule: $$ \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} x^{3} e^{-x^{2}} & =\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{x^{3}}{e^{x^{2}}} \rightarrow \frac{\infty}{\infty} \\ & \stackrel{\mathrm{H}}{=} \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{3 x^{2}}{2 x e^{x^{2}}} \\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{3 x}{2 e^{x^{2}}} \rightarrow \frac{\infty}{\infty} \\ & \stackrel{\mathrm{H}}{=} \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{3}{4 x e^{x^{2}}} \\ &=0 \end{aligned} $$
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