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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 1.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2
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
Step 5.1
Evaluate the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
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.
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.
Step 5.1.2.3.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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 .
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.
Step 5.1.2.5.1
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 5.1.2.5.2
Simplify the answer.
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.
Step 5.3.1
Differentiate the numerator and denominator.
Step 5.3.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.3.7
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 5.3.8
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.3.9
Add and .
Step 5.3.10
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.11
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 5.3.12
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.13
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.14
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.3.14.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.14.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.14.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.15
Simplify.
Step 5.3.15.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.3.15.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.3.15.3
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.3.15.3.1
Subtract from .
Step 5.3.15.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.3.15.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.15.4
Combine terms.
Step 5.3.15.4.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.3.15.4.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.3.15.4.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.3.15.4.4
Add and .
Step 5.3.15.4.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.15.4.6
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.3.15.5
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.15.5.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.15.5.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.3.15.5.3
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.15.5.4
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.16
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.17
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 5.3.17.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 5.3.17.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 5.3.17.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 5.3.18
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.3.19
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.3.20
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 5.3.21
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.22
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.3.23
Add and .
Step 5.3.24
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.25
Simplify.
Step 5.3.25.1
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 5.3.25.2
Combine terms.
Step 5.3.25.2.1
Combine and .
Step 5.3.25.2.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 5.5
Combine factors.
Step 5.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.6
Move to the left of .
Step 6
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 7
Step 7.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.3
Multiply by .
Step 8
Divide the numerator and denominator by the highest power of in the denominator.
Step 9
Step 9.1
Simplify each term.
Step 9.2
Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 9.3
Move the exponent from outside the limit using the Limits Power Rule.
Step 9.4
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 9.5
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 9.6
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 9.6.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.6.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 9.7
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 9.8
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 10
Since its numerator approaches a real number while its denominator is unbounded, the fraction approaches .
Step 11
Step 11.1
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 11.2
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 12
Since its numerator approaches a real number while its denominator is unbounded, the fraction approaches .
Step 13
Step 13.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 13.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 13.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 13.1.3
Add and .
Step 13.1.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.2
Add and .
Step 13.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 13.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 13.3.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.3.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 14
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