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Calculus Level 1

Let f : ( 1 , ) ( 0 , ) f:(1,\infty) \rightarrow (0,\infty) be a continuous decreasing function with lim x f ( 4 x ) f ( 8 x ) = 1 \large \lim_{x\to\infty} \dfrac{f(4x)}{f(8x)} = \, 1

Then

lim x f ( 6 x ) f ( 8 x ) = ? \large \lim_{x\to\infty} \dfrac{f(6x)}{f(8x)} = \, ?

4/6 4/8 2 1

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Since f f is a continuous decreasing function,

f ( 8 ) f ( 6 ) f ( 4 ) f ( 8 ) f ( 8 ) f ( 6 ) f ( 8 ) f ( 4 ) f ( 8 ) lim x f ( 8 ) f ( 8 ) lim x f ( 6 ) f ( 8 ) lim x f ( 4 ) f ( 8 ) 1 lim x f ( 6 ) f ( 8 ) 1 \begin{aligned} f(8) \le & f(6) \le f(4) \\ \frac {f(8)}{f(8)} \le & \frac {f(6)}{f(8)} \le \frac {f(4)}{f(8)} \\ \implies \lim_{x \to \infty} \frac {f(8)}{f(8)} \le \lim_{x \to \infty} & \frac {f(6)}{f(8)} \le \lim_{x \to \infty} \frac {f(4)}{f(8)} \\ 1 \le \lim_{x \to \infty} & \frac {f(6)}{f(8)} \le 1 \end{aligned}

By squeeze or sandwich theorem , we have: lim x f ( 6 ) f ( 8 ) = 1 \displaystyle \implies \lim_{x \to \infty} \frac {f(6)}{f(8)} = \boxed{1}

Just to say that f is decreasing so the inequalities should be reversed

A Former Brilliant Member - 2 years, 3 months ago

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Thanks, how I made such a silly mistake.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 2 years, 3 months ago

nice solution

A Former Brilliant Member - 1 year, 1 month ago

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Glad that you like it

Chew-Seong Cheong - 1 year, 1 month ago

I think you forgot x inside each function

Halim Amran - 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Luv Mehrotra
Apr 28, 2021

Visualise f f as f ( x ) = 1 / l o g ( x ) f(x)=1/log(x) as it satisfies D f D_f , R f R_f , the decreasing nature and

lim x l o g 4 x l o g 8 x \lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \frac {log4x} {log8x} = lim x l o g 4 + l o g x l o g 8 + l o g x \lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \frac {log4+logx} {log8+logx} = lim x l o g 4 / l o g x + 1 l o g 8 / l o g x + 1 \lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \frac {log4/logx+1}{log8/logx+1} = 1 1

Similarly we can show that,

lim x l o g 6 x l o g 8 x \lim\limits_{x \to \infty} \frac {log6x} {log8x} = 1 1 .

Nand Lal Mishra
Jun 4, 2016

Its the sandwich theorem..

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