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Ch. 3 - Derivatives
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 3, Problema 82b

The following limits represent f'(a) for some function f and some real number a.
b. Evaluate the limit by computing f'(a).
lim x🠂0 e^x-1 / x

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Step 1: Recognize that the given limit represents the derivative of a function at a point. Specifically, it is the definition of the derivative of the function f(x) = e^x at the point a = 0.
Step 2: Recall the definition of the derivative: f'(a) = lim_{x \(\to\) a} \(\frac{f(x) - f(a)}{x - a}\). In this case, f(x) = e^x and a = 0, so f(0) = e^0 = 1.
Step 3: Substitute the function and the point into the derivative definition: f'(0) = lim_{x \(\to\) 0} \(\frac{e^x - 1}{x}\).
Step 4: Recognize that this is a standard limit that can be evaluated using L'Hôpital's Rule, which applies when the limit is in the indeterminate form 0/0. L'Hôpital's Rule states that lim_{x \(\to\) c} \(\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}\) = lim_{x \(\to\) c} \(\frac{f'(x)}{g'(x)}\) if the limit is indeterminate.
Step 5: Differentiate the numerator and the denominator: the derivative of e^x is e^x, and the derivative of x is 1. Apply L'Hôpital's Rule: lim_{x \(\to\) 0} \(\frac{e^x}{1}\). Evaluate this limit to find f'(0).

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