Calculus Examples

Evaluate the Limit limit as x approaches infinity of (1+1/(x^2))^x
Step 1
Combine terms.
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Step 1.1
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 1.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2
Use the properties of logarithms to simplify the limit.
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Step 2.1
Rewrite as .
Step 2.2
Expand by moving outside the logarithm.
Step 3
Move the limit into the exponent.
Step 4
Rewrite as .
Step 5
Apply L'Hospital's rule.
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Step 5.1
Evaluate the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
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Step 5.1.1
Take the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
Step 5.1.2
Evaluate the limit of the numerator.
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Step 5.1.2.1
Move the limit inside the logarithm.
Step 5.1.2.2
Divide the numerator and denominator by the highest power of in the denominator, which is .
Step 5.1.2.3
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 5.1.2.3.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.1.2.3.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.2.3.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.1.2.3.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.1.2.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.2.3.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.1.2.3.3
Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 5.1.2.3.4
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 5.1.2.3.5
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 5.1.2.4
Since its numerator approaches a real number while its denominator is unbounded, the fraction approaches .
Step 5.1.2.5
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 5.1.2.5.1
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 5.1.2.5.2
Simplify the answer.
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Step 5.1.2.5.2.1
Divide by .
Step 5.1.2.5.2.2
Add and .
Step 5.1.2.5.2.3
The natural logarithm of is .
Step 5.1.3
Since its numerator approaches a real number while its denominator is unbounded, the fraction approaches .
Step 5.1.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 5.2
Since is of indeterminate form, apply L'Hospital's Rule. L'Hospital's Rule states that the limit of a quotient of functions is equal to the limit of the quotient of their derivatives.
Step 5.3
Find the derivative of the numerator and denominator.
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Step 5.3.1
Differentiate the numerator and denominator.
Step 5.3.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 5.3.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 5.3.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.3.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 5.3.3
Multiply by the reciprocal of the fraction to divide by .
Step 5.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.5
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 5.3.6
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 5.3.6.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.3.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.7
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.3.8
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 5.3.9
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.3.10
Add and .
Step 5.3.11
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.3.11.1
Move .
Step 5.3.11.2
Multiply by .
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Step 5.3.11.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.3.11.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.3.11.3
Add and .
Step 5.3.12
Move to the left of .
Step 5.3.13
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 5.3.14
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.15
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.16
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 5.3.16.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.16.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.16.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.17
Simplify.
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Step 5.3.17.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.3.17.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.3.17.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.3.17.4
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 5.3.17.4.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.3.17.4.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.3.17.4.1.1.1
Move .
Step 5.3.17.4.1.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 5.3.17.4.1.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.3.17.4.1.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.3.17.4.1.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.3.17.4.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.17.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.3.17.4.3
Subtract from .
Step 5.3.17.5
Combine terms.
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Step 5.3.17.5.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.3.17.5.1.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.3.17.5.1.2
Add and .
Step 5.3.17.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.17.5.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.3.17.6
Factor out of .
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Step 5.3.17.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.17.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.17.6.3
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.17.7
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 5.3.17.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.17.7.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 5.3.17.7.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.17.7.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.17.7.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.18
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.19
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 5.3.20
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 5.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 5.5
Combine factors.
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Step 5.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.3
Combine and .
Step 5.6
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 5.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.6.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 5.6.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.6.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 7
Divide the numerator and denominator by the highest power of in the denominator, which is .
Step 8
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 8.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 8.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 8.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 8.1.3
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 8.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.1.3.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.1.3.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 8.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 8.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 8.3
Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 9
Since its numerator approaches a real number while its denominator is unbounded, the fraction approaches .
Step 10
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 10.1
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 10.2
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 11
Since its numerator approaches a real number while its denominator is unbounded, the fraction approaches .
Step 12
Simplify terms.
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Step 12.1
Simplify the answer.
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Step 12.1.1
Add and .
Step 12.1.2
Divide by .
Step 12.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 12.2
Anything raised to is .