Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
`lim_(x -> 1) (x^m - 1)/(x^n - 1)` is ______.
Options
1
`m/n`
`- m/n`
`m^2/n^2`
Advertisements
Solution
`lim_(x -> 1) (x^m - 1)/(x^n - 1)` is `m/n`.
Explanation:
Given, `lim_(x -> 1) (x^m - 1)/(x^n - 1)`
= `lim_(x -> 1) ((x^m - (1)^m)/(x - 1))/((x^n - (1)^n)/(x - 1))`
= `(m(1)^(m - 1))/(n(1)^(n - 1))`
= `m/n` .....`[because lim_(x -> a) (x^n - a^n)/(x - a) = na^(n - 1)]`
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Evaluate the following limit.
`lim_(x -> pi) (sin(pi - x))/(pi (pi - x))`
Evaluate the following limit.
`lim_(x -> 0) (ax + xcos x)/(b sin x)`
Evaluate the following limit.
`lim_(x -> 0) (cosec x - cot x)`
Evaluate the following limit :
`lim_(theta -> 0) [(sin("m"theta))/(tan("n"theta))]`
Evaluate the following limit :
`lim_(x -> 0) [(x*tanx)/(1 - cosx)]`
Evaluate the following limit :
`lim_(x -> pi/6) [(2sin^2x + sinx - 1)/(2sin^2x - 3sinx + 1)]`
Evaluate the following :
`lim_(x -> 0)[(secx^2 - 1)/x^4]`
Evaluate `lim_(x -> 2) 1/(x - 2) - (2(2x - 3))/(x^3 - 3x^2 + 2x)`
Evaluate `lim_(x -> pi/2) (secx - tanx)`
`lim_(x -> pi/2) (1 - sin x)/cosx` is equal to ______.
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> 0) ((x + 2)^(1/3) - 2^(1/3))/x`
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> sqrt(2)) (x^4 - 4)/(x^2 + 3sqrt(2x) - 8)`
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> 3) (x^3 + 27)/(x^5 + 243)`
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> 0) (sin 3x)/(sin 7x)`
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> 0) (1 - cos mx)/(1 - cos nx)`
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> pi/3) (sqrt(1 - cos 6x))/(sqrt(2)(pi/3 - x))`
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> pi/4) (sin x - cosx)/(x - pi/4)`
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> pi/6) (sqrt(3) sin x - cos x)/(x - pi/6)`
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> pi/6) (cot^2 x - 3)/("cosec" x - 2)`
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> 0) (sqrt(2) - sqrt(1 + cos x))/(sin^2x)`
Evaluate: `lim_(x -> 0) (sin x - 2 sin 3x + sin 5x)/x`
cos (x2 + 1)
`x^(2/3)`
Show that `lim_(x -> 4) |x - 4|/(x - 4)` does not exists
`lim_(x -> 0) (x^2 cosx)/(1 - cosx)` is ______.
`lim_(x -> 0) ("cosec" x - cot x)/x` is equal to ______.
`lim_(x -> pi/4) (sec^2x - 2)/(tan x - 1)` is equal to ______.
If `f(x) = {{:(sin[x]/[x]",", [x] ≠ 0),(0",", [x] = 0):}`, where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then `lim_(x -> 0) f(x)` is equal to ______.
`lim_(x -> 0) |sinx|/x` is ______.
If `f(x) = {{:(x^2 - 1",", 0 < x < 2),(2x + 3",", 2 ≤ x < 3):}`, the quadratic equation whose roots are `lim_(x -> 2^-) f(x)` and `lim_(x -> 2^+) f(x)` is ______.
`lim_(x -> 0) (tan 2x - x)/(3x - sin x)` is equal to ______.
If `lim_(x→∞) 1/(x + 1) tan((πx + 1)/(2x + 2)) = a/(π - b)(a, b ∈ N)`; then the value of a + b is ______.
If `lim_(n→∞)sum_(k = 2)^ncos^-1(1 + sqrt((k - 1)(k + 2)(k + 1)k)/(k(k + 1))) = π/λ`, then the value of λ is ______.
The value of `lim_(x rightarrow 0) (4^x - 1)^3/(sin x^2/4 log(1 + 3x))`, is ______.
