Calculus Examples

Evaluate the Limit limit as x approaches 1 of (1-x+ natural log of x)/(1+cos(5pix))
Step 1
Apply L'Hospital's rule.
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Step 1.1
Evaluate the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
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Step 1.1.1
Take the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
Step 1.1.2
Evaluate the limit of the numerator.
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Step 1.1.2.1
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.1.2.2
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 1.1.2.3
Move the limit inside the logarithm.
Step 1.1.2.4
Evaluate the limits by plugging in for all occurrences of .
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Step 1.1.2.4.1
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.2.4.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.2.5
Simplify the answer.
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Step 1.1.2.5.1
The natural logarithm of is .
Step 1.1.2.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.2.5.3
Add and .
Step 1.1.3
Evaluate the limit of the denominator.
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Step 1.1.3.1
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 1.1.3.1.1
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.1.3.1.2
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 1.1.3.1.3
Move the limit inside the trig function because cosine is continuous.
Step 1.1.3.1.4
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.1.3.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.3.3
Simplify the answer.
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Step 1.1.3.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.1.3.3.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.3.1.2
Subtract full rotations of until the angle is greater than or equal to and less than .
Step 1.1.3.3.1.3
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because cosine is negative in the second quadrant.
Step 1.1.3.3.1.4
The exact value of is .
Step 1.1.3.3.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.3.3.3
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.1.3.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.1.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.2
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 1.3
Find the derivative of the numerator and denominator.
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Step 1.3.1
Differentiate the numerator and denominator.
Step 1.3.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4
Evaluate .
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Step 1.3.4.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.5
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.6
Simplify.
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Step 1.3.6.1
Subtract from .
Step 1.3.6.2
Reorder terms.
Step 1.3.7
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.8
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.9
Evaluate .
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Step 1.3.9.1
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 1.3.9.1.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.3.9.1.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.9.1.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.3.9.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.9.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.9.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.9.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.10
Simplify.
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Step 1.3.10.1
Subtract from .
Step 1.3.10.2
Reorder the factors of .
Step 1.4
Combine terms.
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Step 1.4.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.4.2
Combine and .
Step 1.4.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 2.1
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 2.2
Simplify the limit argument.
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Step 2.2.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3
Apply L'Hospital's rule.
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Step 3.1
Evaluate the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
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Step 3.1.1
Take the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
Step 3.1.2
Evaluate the limit of the numerator.
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Step 3.1.2.1
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 3.1.2.2
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 3.1.2.3
Simplify the expression.
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Step 3.1.2.3.1
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.1.2.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 3.1.3
Evaluate the limit of the denominator.
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Step 3.1.3.1
Split the limit using the Product of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 3.1.3.2
Move the limit inside the trig function because sine is continuous.
Step 3.1.3.3
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 3.1.3.4
Evaluate the limits by plugging in for all occurrences of .
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Step 3.1.3.4.1
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.1.3.4.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.1.3.5
Simplify the answer.
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Step 3.1.3.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3.5.3
Subtract full rotations of until the angle is greater than or equal to and less than .
Step 3.1.3.5.4
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant.
Step 3.1.3.5.5
The exact value of is .
Step 3.1.3.5.6
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 3.1.3.6
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 3.1.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 3.2
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 3.3
Find the derivative of the numerator and denominator.
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Step 3.3.1
Differentiate the numerator and denominator.
Step 3.3.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.4
Evaluate .
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Step 3.3.4.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.4.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.5
Subtract from .
Step 3.3.6
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 3.3.7
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.3.7.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.3.7.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.7.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.3.8
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.9
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.10
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.11
Move to the left of .
Step 3.3.12
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.13
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.14
Reorder terms.
Step 4
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 4.1
Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 4.2
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 4.3
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 4.4
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 4.5
Split the limit using the Product of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 4.6
Move the limit inside the trig function because cosine is continuous.
Step 4.7
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 4.8
Move the limit inside the trig function because sine is continuous.
Step 4.9
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 5
Evaluate the limits by plugging in for all occurrences of .
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Step 5.1
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 5.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 5.3
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 6
Simplify the answer.
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Step 6.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.2
Simplify the denominator.
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Step 6.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.3
Subtract full rotations of until the angle is greater than or equal to and less than .
Step 6.2.4
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because cosine is negative in the second quadrant.
Step 6.2.5
The exact value of is .
Step 6.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.8
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.9
Subtract full rotations of until the angle is greater than or equal to and less than .
Step 6.2.10
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant.
Step 6.2.11
The exact value of is .
Step 6.2.12
Add and .
Step 6.3
Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
Step 6.4
Multiply .
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Step 6.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.4.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.4.5
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.4.6
Add and .
Step 7
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form: