# Lim (cos x )^(1/x ) when x = 0

1. Oct 11, 2015

### goldfish9776

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
here's my working , but the correct ans is
1, which part i did wrongly ?
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2. Oct 11, 2015

### Ssnow

You can start considering $\lim_{x\rightarrow 0^{+}} (\cos{x})^{\frac{1}{x}}$, you have an indeterminate form of this kind $(1^{-})^{+\infty}$. In general with $\lim_{x\rightarrow 0^{+}} f(x)^{g(x)}$ you can consider $\lim_{x\rightarrow 0^{+}} e^{\log{ f(x)^{g(x)}}}$ and nothing change. The exponential function is monotone and by the properties of $\log$ you have to solve the internal limit:

$e^{ \lim_{x\rightarrow 0^{+}}g(x)\log{(f(x))}}$

3. Oct 11, 2015

### Staff: Mentor

@goldfish9776, the image you posted is sideways. Please start a new thread with your work shown in the post, not as an image. When you post an image we can't insert a comment at the location of an error -- we have to describe the location.

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