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If f ' is continuous, f(5) = 0, and f '(5) = 7, evaluate

lim x→0
f(5 + 5x) + f(5 + 6x)
x

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Correct question is;

If f ' is continuous, f(5) = 0, and f '(5) = 7, evaluate;

lim x→0 [f(5 + 5x) + f(5 + 6x)]/x

Answer:

The limit is 77

Explanation:

Since we want to evaluate;

lim x→0 [f(5 + 5x) + f(5 + 6x)]/x

Thus, let's plug in 0 for x to get;

lim x→0 [f(5 + 5x) + f(5 + 6x)]/x = [f(5) + f(5)]/0

Since we are told that f(5) = 0, thus we now have;

[f(5) + f(5)]/0 = 0/0

Since, we have a limit of both numerator and denominator as 0,thus let's apply L'Hospital's Rule which states that: if we have an indeterminate form of 0/0 or ∞/∞, we will differentiate the numerator and differentiate the denominator and then take the limit.

Thus, applying L'Hospital's rule and using chain rule in differentiating, we have;

lim x→0 [5f'(5 + 5x) + 6f'(5 + 6x)]/1 = 5f'(5) + 6f'(5) = 11f'(5)

We are given f'(5) = 7

Thus,we now have;

11 × 7 = 77

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