EJERCICIOS DE LÍMITES PROPUESTOS EN EXÁMENES BI (UNIDAD OPCIONAL)

1 1 
1. Calculate lim  .
x 0 x sin x 
(Total 6 marks)

2. Find the value of

1  x 1 lim x ln x. (6)
(a) lim ;(3) (b) x 0
x0 x
(Total 9 marks)

n 2  3n +
3. The general term of a sequence is given by the formula an = , n .
2
2 n 1

(a) Given that nlim


a n = L, where L , find the value of L.
(3)

such that a n  L  10 for all n  N.

+ –3
(b) Find the smallest value of N
(6)
(Total 9 marks)

an x dx
4. (a) (i) Find In =  n 1 x2
, where  is a positive constant and n is a positive integer.

(ii) Determine nlim


In .
(6)

(b) Using l’Hôpital’s Rule find

 tan β x  β tan x 
lim   ,
x  
 sin β x  β sin x 

where  is a non-zero constant different from 1.

(9)
(Total 15 marks)

5. (a) Use l’Hôpital’s Rule to find

ln x 2 tan 2 x
(i) lim ; (ii) lim .
x 1 x – 1 x0 1  cos x
(8)

(b) Giving a reason, state whether the following argument is correct or incorrect.

x 3 1 1
“Using l’Hôpital’s Rule, lim 2
 lim  .”
x 1 x –3 x 3 2x 6
(2)
(Total 10 marks)

1
6. Calculate the following limits

1  x 
3
2 x 1 2 2
1 (5)
(a) lim ; (3) (b) lim .
x 0 x x 0 ln 1  x   x

(Total 8 marks)

7. (a) Using l’Hopital’s Rule, show that lim xe  x = 0.

x 
(2)

a
(b) Determine  0
xe  x dx.
(5)


(c) Show that the integral  0
xe  x dx is convergent and find its value.
(2)
(Total 9 marks)

 ln x 
8. (a) Find the value of lim .
x 1 sin 2
 x 
(3)

 1 e x 2 
(b) By using the series expansions for e x 2 and cos x evaluate lim .
x 1  1  cos x 
 
(7)
(Total 10 marks)

 ln ( a 2  x 2 ) 
9. (a) Determine lim  , where a is a positive constant, not equal to 1. (3)
x  0 ln ( a  x 3 ) 
 

 ln (1  x 2 
(b) Calculate lim .

x  0 ln (1  x 2
 
(3)

 2  x 2  2 cos x 
(c) Show that lim x  = 1.
x 0 e  e  x  2 cos x 
 
(4)
(Total 10 marks)

10. Find

 s  3s  4 
(a) lim  
s4  4  s 
 
(4)

2
  cos x  1 
(b) lim  
s 0
 x sin x 
(5)
(Total 9 marks)