Solving Limits with L'Hopital's Rule: Differentiating tan^-1(x-pi/4) for x->1

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Homework Statement


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x->1 [tex]\frac{tan^{-1} (x - pi/4)}{x -1}[/tex]

Homework Equations


None that I know of


The Attempt at a Solution


Indeterminate form, so use L'Hopital's rule

Differentiate the top, then differentiate the bottom.
The differential of the denominator is just 1.
However I have no idea how to differentiate the numerator.

Thanks for any help
 
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derivative of arctan(u) is: 1/(1+u^2)
 
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[tex]\frac{d}{dx}tan^{-1} (x) = \frac {1}{x^2+1}[/tex]