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Calculus Level 2

Evaluate lim x x n e x \displaystyle\large\lim_{x\rightarrow\infty} \frac{x^n}{e^x} for some constant n n .

\infty 0 1 Limit does not exist

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3 solutions

Rohit Ner
Feb 8, 2016

Applying L'Hôpital's Rule n n times, we get lim x n ! e x = 0 \begin{aligned}\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow\infty} \frac{n! }{{e}^{x}}\\ \huge\color{#3D99F6}{=\boxed{0}}\end{aligned}

Is n an integer?

Aareyan Manzoor - 5 years, 4 months ago

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Need not be.

Rohit Ner - 5 years, 4 months ago

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apply l hopital rue π \pi times.

Aareyan Manzoor - 5 years, 4 months ago

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@Aareyan Manzoor Not π \pi times but 4 times so that exponent of x x turns negative. :) Ps. I would like to apply it π \pi times if you let me know how to.

Rohit Ner - 5 years, 4 months ago

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@Rohit Ner Exactly, now add this to your solution, nice one btw.

Aareyan Manzoor - 5 years, 4 months ago
Matthew Voris
Feb 8, 2016

I saw it as e^x grows faster than any other polynomial. It would approach 0 as the denominator grows faster than the numerator.

Aditya Kumar
Feb 8, 2016

There are many ways to do this problem. I did it by repeated use of L'hospital.

Let L = lim x x n e x \displaystyle L =\lim _{ x\rightarrow \infty }{ \frac { { x }^{ n } }{ { e }^{ x } } }

On differentiating the numerator and denominator n times, we get

L = lim x n ! e x = 0 \displaystyle L =\lim _{ x\rightarrow \infty }{ \frac { n! }{ { { e }^{ x } } } } \\ \quad \quad =0


For MCQ lovers:

Since n is any constant, you can take n = 1 n=1 . Then you'll have to differentiate it only once.


Now the problem arises if n is very large. Then the limit would be infinity.


For MCQ lovers: The answer becomes obvious if n n is negative ;)

Nihar Mahajan - 5 years, 4 months ago

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yes u r right,

Aditya Kumar - 5 years, 4 months ago

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