University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.5 - Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's Rule - Exercises - Page 249: 85

Answer

$e^r$

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, $\lim\limits_{k \to \infty} f(k)=e^{\lim\limits_{k \to \infty}k\ln(1+\dfrac{r}{k})}$ and $e^{\lim\limits_{k \to \infty}k\ln(1+\dfrac{r}{k})}=e^{\lim\limits_{k \to \infty}\dfrac{\ln(1+\dfrac{r}{k})}{1/k}}=\dfrac{0}{0}$ This shows an indeterminate form of the limit, so we need to use L'Hospital's rule. $e^{\lim\limits_{k \to \infty}\dfrac{\ln(1+\dfrac{kr}{k+1})}{1/k}}=e^{\lim\limits_{k \to \infty}\dfrac{\ln(1+\dfrac{r}{1+1/k})}{1/k}}=e^{r}$
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