I just got a simple question regarding the use of L'Hopitals method for finding limits. Usually L'Hopitals method can be used to find limits like
limx→0sinxx=limx→0ddxsinxddxx=limx→0cosx
Here if we plug 0, we can find the limit of the original function sinxx at 0 using the cosx function. Put 0 in, and you will get 1, which is correct. However, if we replace x with ∞, we don't get the right limit.
cosx
cos(∞)
Which is not right for the limit of the original function, as limx→∞sinxx=0
Using the new function which we get via L'Hopital's method does not help get that. Is this like a special case? In what cases could then L'Hopital's way not work?
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