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Calculus Level 2

lim x ( 4 x + 1 ) 1 x = ? \Large \lim_{x\to\infty} \left(4^x+1\right)^{\frac1x} = \ ?

Try to solve this without using L'hopital Rule.

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The answer is 4.

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3 solutions

Moustafa Dragon
Jun 27, 2015

the correct solution without use L'hopital Rule.

lim x ( 4 x + 1 ) 1 x = e l i m x 1 x l n ( 4 x + 1 ) = e l i m x 1 x l n ( 4 x ) = \large \lim_{x\to\infty} (4^{x} + 1)^{\frac{1}{x}} = \large e^{lim_{x\to\infty} \frac{1}{x} \cdot ln (4^{x} +1)} = e^{lim_{x\to\infty} \frac{1}{x} \cdot ln(4^{x})} = = e l i m x x x l n 4 = e l n 4 = 4 = \large e^{lim_{x\to\infty} \frac{x}{x} \cdot ln 4} = \large e^{ln 4} = \large \boxed{4}

Josh Banister
Jun 26, 2015

As x x gets large, 4 x 4 x + 1 4^x \approx 4^x + 1 when you compare their magnitude. Since the inverse power primarily deals with the property of magnitude, the limit approximates to be ( 4 x ) 1 x (4^x)^\frac{1}{x} which is equal to 4.

not exact i'll put the solution through few days

moustafa dragon - 5 years, 11 months ago

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I know it isn't. It's the way I thought of doing it though.

Josh Banister - 5 years, 11 months ago

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