What is the limit as x approaches infinity of 1.001^x?

1 Answer
Dec 18, 2014

its +oo. (I am assuming you mean x approaches positive infinity)

You can find this simply by looking at the graph of the function. You first have to notice that it's an exponential function (a^x). You know this by noticing that there's an x in the exponent. For exponential functions, there are two possible forms.

0 < a < 1:
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1 < a
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In this case a = 1.001, which is bigger than 1
=> The function looks like the second function.

When x \to +oo, the function also keeps rising. The function also goes to +oo, thus:

lim_{x \to +oo} 1.001^x = +oo