stuck

[techtown]

I started this problem and quickly became stuck, the question asks for what value of "a" is the following true:

lim(x-->inf) of ((x+a)/(x-a))^x = e

I took the natural log of both sides to start and got this:

lim(x-->inf) of x*ln((x+a)/(x-a)) = 1

I've tried going on from here but nothing in the end makes sense and i don't know any other way to start the problem; any help is appriciated, thanks.

[Maxos]

The text is wrong:

\lim_{\substack{x\rightarrow 0}}f(x) = 1 , \forall a \in \mathbb{R}

whereas

\lim_{\substack{x\rightarrow \infty}}f(x) = e^{2a}

Ok?

[techtown]

ah, yes, i did mean for x to go to infinity; but how did you get e^2a?

[Maxos]

\lim_{\substack{ x \rightarrow \infty}} {(\frac {x+a}{x-a})}^x = \lim_{\substack{ x \rightarrow \infty}} {(1+ \frac {2a}{x-a})}^x = \\
\lim_{\substack{ y \rightarrow \infty}} {(1+ \frac {2a}{y})}^{y+a}=
\lim_{\substack{y \rightarrow \infty}} {(1+ \frac {2a}{y})}^y {(1+ \frac {2a}{y})}^a =
\\ \lim_{\substack{y\rightarrow \infty}}{(1+ \frac {2a}{y})}^y = e^{2a}

[techtown]

thank you, i think i have it now