Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Section 7.6 - Inverse Trigonometric Functions - Exercises 7.6 - Page 421: 92

Answer

$$1$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {1^ + }} \frac{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}{{{{\sec }^{ - 1}}x}} \cr & {\text{evaluating the limit, we get:}} \cr & = \frac{{\sqrt {{{\left( 1 \right)}^2} - 1} }}{{{{\sec }^{ - 1}}\left( 1 \right)}} \cr & = \frac{0}{0} \cr & {\text{The limit is }}\frac{0}{0}{\text{, so}}{\text{ we can apply l'Hopital's Rule}} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {1^ + }} \frac{{d/dx\left( {\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} } \right)}}{{d/dx\left( {{{\sec }^{ - 1}}x} \right)}} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {1^ + }} \frac{{\frac{{2x}}{{2\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}}}{{\frac{1}{{x\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}}} \cr & {\text{simplify:}} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {1^ + }} \left( {\frac{{2x}}{{2\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}} \right)\left( {x\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} } \right) \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to {1^ + }} {x^2} \cr & {\text{evaluating the limit, we get}} \cr & = {\left( 1 \right)^2} \cr & = 1 \cr} $$
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