Calculus Examples

$lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{\ln (x)}{x}$

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.

$\frac{lim_{x \to \infty} \ln (x)}{lim_{x \to \infty} x}$

Step 1.2

As log approaches infinity, the value goes to $\infty$ .

$\frac{\infty}{lim_{x \to \infty} x}$

Step 1.3

The limit at infinity of a polynomial whose leading coefficient is positive is infinity.

$\frac{\infty}{\infty}$

Step 1.4

Infinity divided by infinity is undefined.

Undefined

$\frac{\infty}{\infty}$

Step 2

Since $\frac{\infty}{\infty}$ 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.

$lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{\ln (x)}{x} = lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{\frac{d}{d x} [\ln (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x]}$

Step 3

Find the derivative of the numerator and denominator.

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Step 3.1

Differentiate the numerator and denominator.

$lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{\frac{d}{d x} [\ln (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x]}$

Step 3.2

The derivative of $\ln (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{1}{x}$ .

$lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\frac{d}{d x} [x]}$

Step 3.3

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{1}$

Step 4

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{1}{x} \cdot 1$

Step 5

Multiply $\frac{1}{x}$ by $1$ .

$lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{1}{x}$

Step 6

Since its numerator approaches a real number while its denominator is unbounded, the fraction $\frac{1}{x}$ approaches $0$ .

$0$