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Example Question #43 : L'hospital's Rule
Evaluate the following limit, if possible:
.
The limit does not exist
To calculate the limit we first plug the limit value into the numerator and denominator of the expression. When we do this we get , which is undefined. We now use L'Hopital's rule which says that if and are differentiable and
,
then
.
In this case we are calculating
so
and
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We calculate the derivatives and find that
and
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Thus
.
Example Question #42 : L'hospital's Rule
Evaluate the following limit, if possible:
The limit does not exist
If we plugged in the limit value, , directly we would get the indeterminate value . We now use L'Hopital's rule which says that if and are differentiable and
,
then
.
The limit we wish to evaluate is
,
so we have
and
.
We differentiate both functions and find
and
.
Now using L'Hopital's rule we find
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When we plug the limit value in to this expression we still get the indeterminate value . Thus we must use L'Hopital's rule again.
and
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Using L'Hopital's rule again we find
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Example Question #48 : L'hospital's Rule
Evaluate the following limit, if possible:
The limit does not exist
To calculate the limit we first plug the limit value into the numerator and denominator of the expression. When we do this we get , which is undefined. We now use L'Hopital's rule which says that if and are differentiable and
,
then
.
We are evaluating the limit
so we have
and
.
We differentiate these functions and find
and
.
Using L'Hopital's rule we see
.
Example Question #44 : L'hospital's Rule
Evaluate the following limit, if possible:
.
The limit does not exist
To calculate the limit we first plug the limit value into the numerator and denominator of the expression. When we do this we get , which is undefined. We now use L'Hopital's rule which says that if and are differentiable and
,
then
.
We are evaluating the limit
.
In this case we have
and
.
We differentiate both functions and get
and
.
Using L'Hopital's rule we find
.
Example Question #45 : L'hospital's Rule
Evaluate:
To evaluate the limit, we must compare the numerator and denominator. The numerator and denominator both have a term containing a third degree term. However, dividing their coefficients is not enough to determine the limit. There is an exponential term in the numerator, which grows faster than any polynomial terms. It dominates the function, and the limit goes to .
Example Question #51 : L'hospital's Rule
Evaluate:
When we evaluate the limit using normal methods (substitution), we get the indeterminate form . When this occurs, we must use L'Hopital's Rule to evaluate the limit. The rule states that
Using the rule for our limit, we get
We used the following rule to find the derivative:
Example Question #581 : Derivatives
Evaluate:
The limit does not exist
When evaluating the limit using normal methods, we receive the indeterminate form . When this occurs, we must use L'Hopital's Rule to solve the limit. The rule states that
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Using the rule, we get
Example Question #582 : Derivatives
Evaluate the limit:
The limit does not exist
When evaluating the limit using normal methods, we get the indeterminate form . When this occurs, we must use L'Hopital's Rule to evaluate the limit. The rule states that
.
Using the rule for our limit, we get
We used the following rules to find the derivatives:
,
Example Question #54 : L'hospital's Rule
Evaluate
Evaluating the limit to begin with gets us , which is undefined. We can solve this problem using L'Hospital's rule. Taking the derivative of the numerator and denominator with respect to n, we get . The limit is still undefined. Another application of the rule gets us , which evaluated at is in fact .
Example Question #52 : L'hospital's Rule
Evaluate
In evaluating the limit to begin with, you get , which is undefined. Applying L'Hospitals Rule, we take the derivative of both the numerator and denominator with respect to n. The first derivative gets us , which is still improper. Another application of the rule will get us , the correct solution.
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