Name:
Anonymous
2008-05-07 19:40
lim (e^x + x)^(1/x)
x->0+
and
lim (x-pi/2)tanx
x->pi/2+
Name:
Anonymous
2008-05-07 22:54
1st one:
lim (e^x + x)^(1/x)
x->0+
lim exp( ln( (e^x + x)^(1/x)))
x->0+
Can push the limit inside exp since it's continuous:
exp( lim ln( (e^x + x)^(1/x)))
x->0+
=
exp( lim (1/x) ln(e^x + x))
x->0+
Is 0/0, so w/ l'hopital:
exp( lim e^x+1/e^x+x/1)
x->0+
= exp(2) = e^2