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Note that as x goes to infinity, 1/x goes to zero, right?

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Find the following limits as x approaches infinity:
1) x ^ (1/x)

(1/x) is the exponent. It may be easier to read in the attached Word doc.

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Let's assume it is this instead:
Lt 1^(1/x)
x-> Inf

Note that as x goes to infinity, 1/x goes to zero, right? so 1 to the
zero power is just 1.

I think it's pretty safe to assume that x^(1/x) also goes to 1 as x
goes to ...

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