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Ch. 7 - Transcendental Functions
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Capitolo 7, Problema 7.5.9

Use l’Hôpital’s rule to find the limits in Exercises 7–52.


9. lim (t → -3) (t³ - 4t + 15) / (t² - t - 12)

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First, identify the limit expression: \(\lim_{t \to -3} \frac{t^{3} - 4t + 15}{t^{2} - t - 12}\).
Evaluate the numerator and denominator separately at \(t = -3\) to check if the limit is an indeterminate form. Calculate \((-3)^{3} - 4(-3) + 15\) and \((-3)^{2} - (-3) - 12\).
If both numerator and denominator evaluate to 0, then the limit is of the form \(\frac{0}{0}\), and l’Hôpital’s Rule can be applied.
Apply l’Hôpital’s Rule by differentiating the numerator and denominator separately with respect to \(t\): find \(\frac{d}{dt}(t^{3} - 4t + 15)\) and \(\frac{d}{dt}(t^{2} - t - 12)\).
After differentiation, substitute \(t = -3\) into the new expression \(\frac{\frac{d}{dt}(\text{numerator})}{\frac{d}{dt}(\text{denominator})}\) to find the limit.

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