(a) What is wrong with the following use of l'Hopital's rule? x° + x – lim +1 х2 — Зх +2 3x2 +1 = lim +1 2х — 6x = lim = 3. 3 x→1 2 - (b) Find the actual limit.

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(a) What is wrong with the following use of l'Hopital's rule?
х3 +х — 2
lim
x→1 x²
3x2
lim
x→1 2x
+1
6x
lim
%3D
Зх + 2
3
x→1 2
(b) Find the actual limit.
3.
Transcribed Image Text:(a) What is wrong with the following use of l'Hopital's rule? х3 +х — 2 lim x→1 x² 3x2 lim x→1 2x +1 6x lim %3D Зх + 2 3 x→1 2 (b) Find the actual limit. 3.
(L’Hopital's Rule). Suppose I is an open interval containing a, and f, g : I → R
are differentiable on I, except possibly at a. Then, if
lim f(x) = 0 and
lim g(x) = 0,
or if
lim f(x)
to and
lim g(x) = ±o,
then
f(x)
f'(x)
lim
lim
g(x)
x→a g'(x)'
f'(x)
provided the limit lim
exists.
g'(x)
Transcribed Image Text:(L’Hopital's Rule). Suppose I is an open interval containing a, and f, g : I → R are differentiable on I, except possibly at a. Then, if lim f(x) = 0 and lim g(x) = 0, or if lim f(x) to and lim g(x) = ±o, then f(x) f'(x) lim lim g(x) x→a g'(x)' f'(x) provided the limit lim exists. g'(x)
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