What is #lim_(xrarroo) (e^(2x)sin(1/x))/x^2 #?

2 Answers
Apr 8, 2016

#lim_(x->oo) (e^(2x)sin(1/x))/x^2 = oo#

Explanation:

Let #y= (e^(2x)sin(1/x))/x^2#

#lny=ln((e^(2x)sin(1/x))/x^2)#

#lny=lne^(2x)+ln(sin(1/x))-lnx^2#

#lny=2xlne+ln(sin(1/x))-2lnx#

#lny=2x+ln(sin(1/x))-2lnx#

#lim_(x->oo) [lny=2x+ln(sin(1/x))-2lnx]#

#lim_(x->oo)lny = lim_(x->oo)[2x+ln(sin(1/x))-2lnx]#

#lim_(x->oo)lny=oo#

#e^lny=e^oo#

#y=oo#

Apr 8, 2016

#lim_(xrarroo)(e^(2x)sin(1/x))/x^2 = oo#. Please see the explanation section below.

Explanation:

#lim_(xrarroo)(e^(2x)sin(1/x))/x^2#

Note that: #(e^(2x)sin(1/x))/x^2 = e^(2x)/x^3 * sin(1/x)/(1/x)#

Now, as #xrarroo#, the first ratio increases without bound, while the second goes to #1#.

#lim_(xrarroo)(e^(2x)sin(1/x))/x^2 = lim_(xrarroo)e^(2x)/x^3 * lim_(xrarroo)sin(1/x)/(1/x)#

# = oo#

Further Explanation

Here is the reasoning that led to the solution above.

#lim_(xrarroo)(e^(2x)sin(1/x))/x^2# has initial form #(oo*0)/oo#.

This is an indeterminate form, but we cannot apply l'Hospital's Rule to this form.

We could rewrite it as #(e^(2x))/(x^2/sin(1/x))# to get the form #oo/oo# to which we could apply l'Hospital. However, I don't particularly want to take the derivative of that denominator.

Recall that #lim_(thetararr0)sintheta/theta = 1#.

So that #lim_(xrarroo)sin(1/x)/(1/x) = 1#.

This is what motivates the rewriting used above.

#(e^(2x)sin(1/x))/x^2 = e^(2x)/x^3 * sin(1/x)/(1/x)#.

As #x# increases without bound, #e^x# goes to infinity much faster that #x^3# (faster than any power of #x#).
So, #e^(2x) = (e^x)^2# blows up even faster.

If you do not have this fact available, use l'Hospital's rule to get

#lim_(xrarroo)e^(2x)/x^3 = lim_(xrarroo)(2e^(2x))/(3x^2)#

# = lim_(xrarroo)(8e^(2x))/(6) = oo#