Calculus Examples

Evaluate Using L'Hospital's Rule limit as x approaches 1 of (3cos(2x-2)-3x^2)/(3 natural log of 3-2x)
Step 1
Evaluate the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
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Step 1.1
Take the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
Step 1.2
Evaluate the limit of the numerator.
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Step 1.2.1
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.2.2
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.2.3
Move the limit inside the trig function because cosine is continuous.
Step 1.2.4
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.2.5
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.2.6
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 1.2.7
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.2.8
Move the exponent from outside the limit using the Limits Power Rule.
Step 1.2.9
Evaluate the limits by plugging in for all occurrences of .
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Step 1.2.9.1
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.2.9.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.2.10
Simplify the answer.
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Step 1.2.10.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.2.10.1.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.2.10.1.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.10.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.10.1.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.2.10.1.3
The exact value of is .
Step 1.2.10.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.10.1.5
One to any power is one.
Step 1.2.10.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.10.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.3
Evaluate the limit of the denominator.
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Step 1.3.1
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 1.3.1.1
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.3.1.2
Move the limit inside the logarithm.
Step 1.3.1.3
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.3.1.4
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 1.3.1.5
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.3.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.3.3
Simplify the answer.
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Step 1.3.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.3.3.3
The natural logarithm of is .
Step 1.3.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.3.5
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.3.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 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 3
Find the derivative of the numerator and denominator.
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Step 3.1
Differentiate the numerator and denominator.
Step 3.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3
Evaluate .
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Step 3.3.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.3.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.3.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.3.3
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.5
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.6
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.7
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.8
Add and .
Step 3.3.9
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.10
Multiply by .
Step 3.4
Evaluate .
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Step 3.4.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.4.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.5
Reorder terms.
Step 3.6
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.7
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.7.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.7.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.7.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.8
Combine and .
Step 3.9
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.10
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.11
Add and .
Step 3.12
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.13
Combine and .
Step 3.14
Multiply by .
Step 3.15
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.16
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.17
Multiply by .
Step 4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 5
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 6
Split the limit using the Product of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 7
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 8
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 9
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 10
Move the limit inside the trig function because sine is continuous.
Step 11
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 12
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 13
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 14
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 15
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 16
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 17
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 18
Evaluate the limits by plugging in for all occurrences of .
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Step 18.1
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 18.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 18.3
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 19
Simplify the answer.
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Step 19.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 19.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 19.1.2
Simplify each term.
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Step 19.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 19.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 19.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 19.1.4
The exact value of is .
Step 19.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 19.2
Add and .
Step 19.3
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 19.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 19.3.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 19.3.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 19.4
Multiply by .
Step 19.5
Multiply by .
Step 19.6
Multiply by .
Step 19.7
Subtract from .