Evaluate a limit at infinity using L'Hopital's Rule
Consider the function Evaluate Verify that the limit is in an indeterminate form before applying L'Hopital's Rule, then compute the limit.
Hint
Check that direct substitution gives the form . Then differentiate the numerator and denominator separately (do not use the quotient rule), and simplify the resulting expression before taking the limit again.
Step-by-step solution
As , and , so the limit has the indeterminate form . This justifies applying L'Hopital's Rule, which requires differentiating the numerator and denominator separately: and .
Applying the rule gives As , , so the original limit equals .
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