basic application of limits

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evaluate lim[ f(2h+2+h^2)-f(2)/f(h-h^2+1) -f(1)] [h tends to zero] given: f '(2)=6 ,f '(1)=4


The answer is 3.

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2 solutions

Mrugesh Joshi
Mar 6, 2014

Divide and multiply the limit by (2h+h^2) and (h-h^2). By putting(2h+h^2) tends to 0 in numerator and (h-h^2) in denominator, we get (f'(2)/f'(1))(2h+h^2)/(h-h^2)=6x2/4=3

Nishant Arya
Jan 10, 2014

We have the following limit lim h 0 f ( 2 h + 2 + h 2 ) f ( 2 ) f ( h h 2 + 1 ) f ( 1 ) \lim_{h \to 0} \frac {f(2h+2+h^2)-f(2)}{f(h-h^2+1)-f(1)}

and directly substituting h = 0 h=0 we get f ( 2 0 + 2 + 0 2 ) f ( 2 ) f ( 0 0 2 + 1 ) f ( 1 ) \frac {f(2*0+2+0^2)-f(2)}{f(0-0^2+1)-f(1)} which evaluates to f ( 2 ) f ( 2 ) f ( 1 ) f ( 1 ) \frac {f(2)-f(2)}{f(1)-f(1)} 0 0 \Rightarrow \frac{0}{0}

That is not something we want.

The first thing that comes to my mind now is L'Hôpital's rule We differentiate numerator and denominator with respect to h h lim h 0 d d h f ( 2 h + 2 + h 2 ) f ( 2 ) d d h f ( h h 2 + 1 ) f ( 1 ) \lim_{h \to 0} \frac {\frac{d}{dh}f(2h+2+h^2)-f(2)}{\frac{d}{dh} f(h-h^2+1)-f(1)}

Using the chain rule, d d x f ( g ( x ) ) = d d g ( x ) f ( g ( x ) ) d d x g ( x ) \frac{d}{dx}f(g(x))=\frac{d}{d g(x)}f(g(x)) * \frac{d}{dx}g(x)

lim h 0 f ( 2 h + 2 + h 2 ) ( 2 + 2 h ) 0 f ( h h 2 + 1 ) ( 1 2 h ) 0 \lim_{h \to 0} \frac {f'(2h+2+h^2) * (2+2h) - 0}{f'(h-h^2+1) * (1-2h) - 0} Substituting h=0 f ( 2 0 + 2 + 0 2 ) ( 2 + 2 0 ) f ( 0 0 2 + 1 ) ( 1 2 0 ) \frac {f'(2*0+2+0^2) * (2+2*0)}{f'(0-0^2+1) * (1-2*0)} = f ( 2 ) 2 f ( 1 ) 1 =\frac {f'(2) * 2}{f'(1) * 1} Putting values for f'(2) and f'(1)

6 2 4 \frac{6*2}{4} = 3 =\boxed{3}

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