Solving Limit with L'Hopital's Rule

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Homework Statement



lim [itex]_{x\rightarrow\infty}[/itex] [itex]\left(cos\frac{1}{x}\right)[/itex][itex]^{x}[/itex]

find the limit using L' Hopital's Rule

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The Attempt at a Solution



1[itex]^{\infty}[/itex] >> change form to 0/0 by taking ln both sides

ln(y) = lim [itex]_{x\rightarrow\infty}[/itex] x ln [itex]\left(cos\frac{1}{x}\right)[/itex]
ln(y) = lim [itex]_{x\rightarrow\infty}[/itex] [itex]\frac{ln \left(cos\frac{1}{x}\right)}{\frac{1}{x}}[/itex] ===> 0/0

Apply L' Hopital's Rule

ln(y) = lim [itex]_{x\rightarrow\infty}[/itex] [itex]\frac{\frac{1}{cos\frac{1}{2}}(-sin\frac{1}{x})}{\frac{-1}{x^{2}}}[/itex] ===> 0/0

the next step do i have to apply L' Hopital's Rule again or just rearrange the fraction and take exponential both sides.

please help thank you
 
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The math would come out much nicer if you define z=1/x and take limit z→0 instead, before using L'Hopital
 
You continue applying L'Hopital's until the limit becomes a determinate value. "0/0" is still indeterminate.
 
Hi all thanks for the comments :)
yes I didn't finish the chain rule yet. :P it will end up with lim -tan (1/x) which is equal 0 and e^0 = 1 thanks you guys again