Mathematics · Limits, Continuity and Differentiability

JEE Main 2025 — 22 January, Evening Shift — Question 7

If lim⁡x→∞((e1−e)(1e−x1+x))x=α\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(\left(\frac{e}{1-e}\right)\left(\frac{1}{e}-\frac{x}{1+x}\right)\right)^{x}=\alpha, then the value of log⁡eα1+log⁡eα\frac{\log _{\mathrm{e}} \alpha}{1+\log _{\mathrm{e}} \alpha} equals :

  1. Option A:

    e

    Correct
  2. Option B:

    e−2e^{-2}

  3. Option C:

    e2e^{2}

  4. Option D:

    e−1e^{-1}

Answer: A

Step-by-step solution

α=lim⁡x→∞((e1−e)(1e−x1+x))x(1∞\alpha=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(\left(\frac{e}{1-e}\right)\left(\frac{1}{e}-\frac{x}{1+x}\right)\right)^{x} \quad\left(1^{\infty}\right. form ))

∴α=eL\therefore \alpha=\mathrm{e}^{\mathrm{L}}

Where L=lim⁡x→∞x((e1−e)(1e−x1+x)−1)\mathrm{L}=\lim _{\mathrm{x} \rightarrow \infty} \mathrm{x}\left(\left(\frac{\mathrm{e}}{1-\mathrm{e}}\right)\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}-\frac{\mathrm{x}}{1+\mathrm{x}}\right)-1\right)

⇒L=lim⁡x→∞(e1−e)x(1e−x1+x−(1−ee))\Rightarrow \mathrm{L}=\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(\frac{\mathrm{e}}{1-\mathrm{e}}\right) \mathrm{x}\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}-\frac{\mathrm{x}}{1+\mathrm{x}}-\left(\frac{1-\mathrm{e}}{\mathrm{e}}\right)\right)

⇒L=e1−elim⁡x→∞x(1−x1+x)\Rightarrow L=\frac{e}{1-e} \lim _{x \rightarrow \infty} x\left(1-\frac{\mathrm{x}}{1+\mathrm{x}}\right)

⇒L=e1−elim⁡x→∞xx+1\Rightarrow \mathrm{L}=\frac{\mathrm{e}}{1-\mathrm{e}} \lim _{\mathrm{x} \rightarrow \infty} \frac{\mathrm{x}}{\mathrm{x}+1}

⇒L=e1−e.1\Rightarrow \mathrm{L}=\frac{\mathrm{e}}{1-\mathrm{e}} .1

⇒L=e1−e\Rightarrow \mathrm{L}=\frac{\mathrm{e}}{1-\mathrm{e}}

∴α=ee1−e⇒log⁡α=e1−e\therefore \alpha=\mathrm{e}^{\frac{\mathrm{e}}{1-\mathrm{e}}} \Rightarrow \log \alpha=\frac{\mathrm{e}}{1-\mathrm{e}}

∴\therefore Required value =e1−e1+e1−e=e=\frac{\frac{\mathrm{e}}{1-\mathrm{e}}}{1+\frac{\mathrm{e}}{1-\mathrm{e}}}=\mathrm{e}

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Exam
JEE Main 2025
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Limits, Continuity and Differentiability
Topic
Indeterminate forms & its solving methods