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This was the final bonus question on my first university and I made a serious attempt at it. I know this isn't technically a homework question, so I will understand if it goes unanswered, by founding out if I did this correctly would go a long way to alleviating some of my final exam anxieties.
f(x)= (1/x)∫0x((1-tan(2t))1/t)dt when x≠0 and k when x=0
Find the value of k that makes f(x) continuous
L'Hopital's Rule, definition of continuity
limx -> 0 (1/x)∫0x((1-tan(2t))1/t)dt = k
limx -> 0 (∫0x((1-tan(2t))1/t)dt)/x = k
By direct substitution, limx -> 0 (∫0x((1-tan(2t))1/t)dt)/x = 0/0
Since this is an indeterminant form, apply L'Hopital's Rule.
limx -> 0 ((1-tan(2x))1/x)/1 = k
limx -> 0 ln( ((1-tan(2x))1/x) ) = ln k
limx -> 0 (1/x)ln( 1-tan(2x) ) = ln k
limx -> 0 ln( 1-tan(2x) )/x = ln k
By direct substition again, limx -> 0 ln( 1-tan(2x) )/x = 0/0.
Apply L'Hopital's Rule.
limx -> 0 -(2)sec2(2x)/(1-tan(2x) = ln k
Direct substition:
-(2)sec2(0)/(1-tan(0)) = ln k
-2 = ln k
k = e-2
Thanks in advance.
Homework Statement
f(x)= (1/x)∫0x((1-tan(2t))1/t)dt when x≠0 and k when x=0
Find the value of k that makes f(x) continuous
Homework Equations
L'Hopital's Rule, definition of continuity
The Attempt at a Solution
limx -> 0 (1/x)∫0x((1-tan(2t))1/t)dt = k
limx -> 0 (∫0x((1-tan(2t))1/t)dt)/x = k
By direct substitution, limx -> 0 (∫0x((1-tan(2t))1/t)dt)/x = 0/0
Since this is an indeterminant form, apply L'Hopital's Rule.
limx -> 0 ((1-tan(2x))1/x)/1 = k
limx -> 0 ln( ((1-tan(2x))1/x) ) = ln k
limx -> 0 (1/x)ln( 1-tan(2x) ) = ln k
limx -> 0 ln( 1-tan(2x) )/x = ln k
By direct substition again, limx -> 0 ln( 1-tan(2x) )/x = 0/0.
Apply L'Hopital's Rule.
limx -> 0 -(2)sec2(2x)/(1-tan(2x) = ln k
Direct substition:
-(2)sec2(0)/(1-tan(0)) = ln k
-2 = ln k
k = e-2
Thanks in advance.