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Exercise 52Calculus › Single-variable calculus › LimitsL1Added 8 Nov 2026

Three more classical limits

#squeeze theorem#logarithm#exponential form

Statement

Compute the following limits:

a) lim⁡x→0x(2+sin⁡1x)\displaystyle\lim_{x\to0}x\left(2+\sin\frac1x\right);
b) lim⁡x→0+ln⁡(1+3x)2x\displaystyle\lim_{x\to0^+}\frac{\ln(1+3x)}{2x};
c) lim⁡x→0+(1+x)ln⁡x\displaystyle\lim_{x\to0^+}(1+x)^{\ln x}.

Hint

a) Squeeze −1≤sin⁡(1/x)≤1-1\le\sin(1/x)\le1. b) Use ln⁡(1+u)/u→1\ln(1+u)/u\to1 with u=3xu=3x. c) Write as exp⁡(ln⁡x⋅ln⁡(1+x))\exp(\ln x\cdot\ln(1+x)) and use ln⁡(1+x)∼x\ln(1+x)\sim x.

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Solution

a) For x≠0x\neq0, −1≤sin⁡(1/x)≤1-1\le\sin(1/x)\le1, so 1≤2+sin⁡(1/x)≤31\le 2+\sin(1/x)\le3. Multiplying by x>0x>0 gives x≤x(2+sin⁡(1/x))≤3xx\le x(2+\sin(1/x))\le3x; both bounds tend to 00, so the right limit is 00. Multiplying by x<0x<0 reverses the inequalities; again both bounds tend to 00. The limit is 00.

b) Write
ln⁡(1+3x)2x=32⋅ln⁡(1+3x)3x⟶32⋅1=32.\frac{\ln(1+3x)}{2x}=\frac{3}{2}\cdot\frac{\ln(1+3x)}{3x}\longrightarrow\frac{3}{2}\cdot1=\frac{3}{2}.

c) Write (1+x)ln⁡x=exp⁡(ln⁡x⋅ln⁡(1+x))(1+x)^{\ln x}=\exp(\ln x\cdot\ln(1+x)). As x→0+x\to0^+,
ln⁡x⋅ln⁡(1+x)=xln⁡x⋅ln⁡(1+x)x→0.\ln x \cdot \ln(1+x) = x \ln x \cdot \dfrac{\ln(1+x)}{x} \rightarrow 0.
Hence the limit is e0=1e^0=1.