Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Section 7.5 - Indeterminate Forms and L'Hopital's Rule - Exercises 7.5 - Page 409: 52

Answer

$e^{1}$

Work Step by Step

Here, we have $\ln f(x)=\ln (\dfrac{\ln x}{x-1}) \implies f(x)=e^{( \frac{\ln x}{x-1})}$ Now, $\lim\limits_{x \to 1} e^{(\lim\limits_{x \to 1} \frac{\ln x}{1-x})}=\dfrac{0}{0}$ This shows an indeterminate form of limit, thus we will apply L-Hospital's rule such as: $\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} f(x)=\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \dfrac{p'(x)}{q'(x)}$ $\lim\limits_{x \to 1} e^{(\lim\limits_{x \to 1} \frac{1/x}{1})}=e^{( \frac{1/1}{1})}=e^{1}$
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