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 410: 85

Answer

$e^{r}$

Work Step by Step

$\lim\limits_{k \to \infty} f(k)=e^{\lim\limits_{k \to \infty}k\ln(1+\dfrac{r}{k})}$ Re-arrange as: $e^{\lim\limits_{k \to \infty}k\ln(1+\dfrac{r}{k})}=e^{\lim\limits_{k \to \infty}\dfrac{\ln(1+\dfrac{r}{k})}{1/k}}=\dfrac{0}{0}$ This shows an indeterminate form of limit, thus we will apply L-Hospital's rule such as: $\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} f(x)=\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \dfrac{p'(x)}{q'(x)}$ $e^{\lim\limits_{k \to \infty}\dfrac{\ln(1+\dfrac{kr}{k+1})}{1/k}}=e^{\lim\limits_{k \to \infty}\dfrac{\ln(1+\dfrac{r}{1+1/k})}{1/k}}$ and $e^{\dfrac{\ln(1+r)}{0}}=e^{r}$
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