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  1. 1Limit of sin⁡(3x)/x\sin(3x)/x
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  4. 4L'Hopital's rule, limit
  5. 5Limit at infinity, rational function
  6. 6Limit of (1−cos⁡x)/x2(1 - \cos x)/x^2
  7. 7Limit of (tan⁡x−x)/x3(\tan x - x)/x^3
  8. 8Limit of xe−xx e^{-x}
  9. 9Derivative of a cubic
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  14. 14Chain rule, f(x)=(2x+1)5f(x) = (2x + 1)^5
  15. 15Implicit differentiation on circle
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  29. 29Integral of 2x/(x2+1)2x/(x^2 + 1)
  30. 30Integral of sin⁡2x\sin^2 x
  31. 31u-substitution integral
  32. 32Improper integral of 1/x21/x^2
  33. 33Improper integral of 1/x1/\sqrt{x}
  34. 34Improper integral of e−2xe^{-2x}
  35. 35Area between x2x^2 and xx
  36. 36Area under a parabola
  37. 37Volume by disk method
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  39. 39Average value of x2x^2
  40. 40Geometric series sum
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  45. 45Radius of convergence, ratio test
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  48. 48Double integral of x+yx + y
  49. 49Double integral, inner yy first
  50. 50Separable ODE dy/dx=2ydy/dx = 2y
  51. 51Solving dy/dx=xdy/dx = x

8Limit of xe−xx e^{-x}

Find lim⁡x→∞xe−x\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty} x e^{-x}.

This is an ∞·0 form, so rewrite xe^(−x) as x/eˣ and apply L'Hôpital's rule: differentiate top and bottom to get 1/eˣ, which goes to 1/∞ = 0. So the limit is 0, confirmed since 20/e²⁰ ≈ 4.1×10⁻⁸.

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