Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4 - Section 4.4 - Indeterminate Forms and l''Hospital''s Rule - 4.4 Exercises - Page 312: 61

Answer

$\lim\limits_{x \to 1^+}x^{1/(1-x)}= \frac{1}{e}$

Work Step by Step

$\lim\limits_{x \to 1^+}x^{1/(1-x)}=\lim\limits_{x \to 1^+}(e^{ln~x})^{1/(1-x)}=\lim\limits_{x \to 1^+}e^{\frac{1}{(1-x)}~ln~x}$ $\lim\limits_{x \to 1^+}\frac{ln~x}{1-x} = \lim\limits_{x \to 1^+}\frac{(1/x)}{-1} = -1$ Therefore: $\lim\limits_{x \to 1^+}e^{\frac{1}{(1-x)}~ln~x} = e^{-1} = \frac{1}{e}$
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