University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.5 - Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's Rule - Exercises - Page 248: 52

Answer

$e^{1}$

Work Step by Step

L'Hospital's rule states that $\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} f(x)=\lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \dfrac{A'(x)}{B'(x)}$ Here, $\ln f(x)=\ln (\dfrac{\ln x}{x-1}) \implies f(x)=e^{( \frac{\ln x}{x-1})}$ 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 the limit, so we need to use L'Hospital's rule. $\lim\limits_{x \to 1} e^{(\lim\limits_{x \to 1} \frac{1/x}{1})}=e^{1}$
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