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  • Apr 25, 2011, 02:15 PM
    ApoorvGoel
    Limits
    lim(x-->1/0) [(x^2+5x+3)/(x^2+x+2)]^x is equal to

    1.) e^4
    2.) e^2
    3.) e^3
    4.) e

    please give your answer with correct explanations...
  • Apr 25, 2011, 02:40 PM
    ebaines

    This is what you asked:



    What does x -->1/0 mean? It's pretty easy to show that the value of this for x =0 is 1, and the value for x = 1 is 2.25, so I suspect you meant to write something else.
  • Apr 25, 2011, 02:53 PM
    ApoorvGoel
    Comment on ebaines's post
    1/0 means infinite
  • Apr 25, 2011, 02:55 PM
    ApoorvGoel
    Comment on ebaines's post
    Now please give your answer with explanation
  • Apr 25, 2011, 03:10 PM
    ebaines

    I'll let you figure the full explanation, but here's a hint:

    If you divide (x^2 + 5x + 3) by (x^2 + x + 2) you get:



    What does this become for large values of x?

    Now recall that



    Can you take it from here?
  • Apr 26, 2011, 03:22 AM
    ApoorvGoel
    Comment on ebaines's post
    Sir I had already up to yhis point but after that I am not able to attempt anything
  • Apr 26, 2011, 05:49 AM
    ebaines

    Consider what happens to


    as x gets very large. The term goes to infinity much faster than , and goes to zero.

    Therefore approaches for large values of .

    So now you have



    The rest is straight forward, using the formula for that I gave you earlier.
  • Apr 26, 2011, 08:32 AM
    Unknown008

    Quote:

    sir I had already up to yhis point but after that I am not able to attempt anything
    That's why we are asking you to post your attempts so far. It might be difficult to type (but I don't see how more difficult that can be to post the question itself), but in the end, you're saving time for yourself and for us, to avoid the steps you already went through.
  • Apr 26, 2011, 01:35 PM
    ApoorvGoel
    Comment on ebaines's post
    Thanks a lot for your answer

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