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geerky42 (geerky42):

\[\large \displaystyle lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} x^5e^{-x}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do you expect its answer to be ?

geerky42 (geerky42):

I don't know. Do you expect me to know?

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

Both terms will approach infinity as x approaches infinity

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's usually no good practice to write lim .. = infinity. You can always write lim .. -> infinity. Eiher way, the person reading will most likely understand

geerky42 (geerky42):

What if one approaches zero and other one approaches infinity? What should I do with it?

geerky42 (geerky42):

Like \(\large \displaystyle lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} x^5e^{-x}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Wait did the question to e^-x? That goes to 0 because exponentials defeat polynomials

OpenStudy (anonymous):

L'Hopitals' rule.

OpenStudy (agent0smith):

The new one will approach zero

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