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: 67

Answer

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}}(1+\sin 3 x)^{1 / x}=e^{3} $$

Work Step by Step

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}}(1+\sin 3 x)^{1 / x} $$ Let $$ y= (1+\sin 3 x)^{1 / x} $$ Then $$ \ln y=\frac{1}{x} \ln (1+\sin 3 x)=\frac{\ln (1+\sin 3 x)}{x} $$ notice that as $ \quad x \rightarrow 0^{+} \quad $ we have $ \quad \ln (1+\sin 3 x) \rightarrow 0 \quad $ and $ \quad x \rightarrow 0 $ so l’Hospital’s Rule gives $$ \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \ln y &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \frac{\ln (1+\sin 3 x)}{x} \quad\quad \rightarrow \frac{0}{0}\\ &\stackrel{\mathrm{H}}{=} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \frac{[1 /(1+\sin 3 x)] \cdot 3 \cos 3 x}{1} \\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \frac{3 \cos 3 x}{1+\sin 3 x} \\ &=\frac{3 \cdot 1}{1+0} \\ &=3 \end{aligned} $$ Hence, we have $$ \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}}(1+\sin 3 x)^{1 / x} &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} e^{\ln y} \\ &=e^{3} \end{aligned} $$
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