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Help me finish finding this limit.

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 11-05-25] [Hit: ]
..when you use lhopitals rule,hope this helps!......
lim (1-2x)^(1/x) (reads (1-2x) to the 1 over x
x->0

1. set y = (1-2x)^(1/x)
2. take ln of both sides :
lny = ln(1-2x)^(1/x)
simplify
lny = (1/x)(ln 1-2x)
lny = (ln(1-2x)) / x
3. seeing if i do limits it is 0/0 i can use l'hopitals rule and take derivatives
lny = -2 / ln(1-2x)

now using x->0 i get -infinity, but thats not the answer, i must be missing a step, not sure what to do next...

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lny = (ln(1-2x)) / x
when you use l'hopital's rule, you get:
[1/(1-2x)](-2)/1 =
-2/(1-2x)

So now plug in 0 for x:
-2/(1-0) = -2/1 = -2
So lny = -2
So e^(-2) = y
so you answer is 1/(e^2)


hope this helps! :)
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