L'Hopital's Rule

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Objective

I can determine when L'Hopital's Rule is applicable and use it to solve limit problems.

Part 1 of 3

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Part 2 of 3

Practice

7 questions

1

Explain in your own words what an indeterminate form is in the context of limits, and give two examples of indeterminate forms that can be evaluated using L'Hopital's Rule.

2

Determine whether L'Hopital's Rule can be directly applied to evaluate the following limit. If so, explain why. If not, explain why not: lim (x→2) (x² - 4) / (x - 2)

Part 3 of 3

Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Evaluate the following limit using L'Hopital's Rule: lim (x→0) (sin(3x)) / (2x) Evaluate the following limit using L'Hopital's Rule: lim (x→∞) (ln(x)) / (x)

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