Evaluating a limit of infinity/infinity form using L'Hopital's Rule
Evaluate the limit:
State the value of the limit.
Hint
First confirm that direct substitution gives the indeterminate form . Then differentiate the numerator and denominator separately (do not use the quotient rule) and simplify before taking the limit again.
Step-by-step solution
As , both the numerator and denominator tend to , so the limit has the indeterminate form . This confirms L'Hopital's Rule can be applied.
Differentiating numerator and denominator separately: the derivative of is , and the derivative of is . This gives the new limit .
As , , so the expression approaches . Therefore the original limit equals .
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