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There are numerous ways to solve a limit based problem. My favorite has always been expansion.You always have the power to change any function into algebric function as f ( x ) = f ( 0 ) + x f ′ ( 0 ) + 2 ! f ′ ′ ( 0 x 2 + 3 ! f ′ ′ ′ ( 0 ) x 3 + …
In this solution, the dots will mean higher powers of x . We know that 1 + x 2 = 1 + 2 x 2 + …
Hence, 1 + x 2 − x = 1 + ( − x + 2 x 2 + … )
Also ln ( 1 + z ) = z − 2 z 2 + 3 z 3 …
Thus our expression becomes :
x → 0 lim ( x − 2 x 2 + … 1 + ( − x + 2 x 2 + … ) − 2 ( − x + 2 x 2 + … ) 2 … 1 )
x → 0 lim ( x − 2 x 2 + … 1 + − x + 0 x 2 + … 1
= x → 0 lim − x 2 + … x − 2 x 2 − x + 0 x 2 + …
= 2 1 . Hence, our answer is 5 0