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Apr 10th, 2008, 09:03 AM
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Re: undertermined formed with lhospital rule
The Limit of ln(x) is indeed 0 for x -> infinity. However, the question asks for the limit of ln(x)/x.
[d/dx][ln(x)/x]
= {x[1/x] - ln(x)}/x^2
=[1 - ln(x)]/x^2
As x -> infinity, ln(x) approaches infinity as well, meaning that the numerator approaches negative infinity. However, as the denominator is x^2, it approaches infinity much faster than the numerator, meaning that the limit is 0- for this function.
As for b)
[d/dx][x*ln(x)]
= x[1/x] + ln(x)
= 1 + ln(x)
As x -> 0+, ln(x) -> negative infinity, hence the limit of b) is negative infinity.
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