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posted by  oobakanuba on 7/23/2008 7:45:51 PM  |  status: Closed  

Will rate lifesaver...can't figure out how to find this limit for the life of me!!!!

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Calculus Calculus (6th) by Stewart 4.4 40E
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Evaluate the limit. (If you need to use -infinity or infinity, enter -INFINITY or INFINITY.)





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posted by Altair on 7/23/2008 7:58:24 PM  |  status: Live
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oobakanuba's comment:
"that's wrong!"
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Don't forget give me good rating  to show your respect for my time to help you!
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posted by leettab on 7/23/2008 8:35:36 PM  |  status: Live
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oobakanuba's comment:
"You are correct...I was looking for negative infinity...and it goes to 0. Thanks again"
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Altair is correct.  Double check the problem.  Your instructor maybe incorrect

I will show that Altair is correct

write the problem like this




take the natural log of both sides



using the properties of logs we can write



again using the properties of logs we can write



now lne = 1







this is the limit of lny as x approaches infinity

we want y




as x goes to infinity



i double checked the answer with Maple.  It gives an answer of infinity
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