JCECE Engineering JCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2005

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    If\[\underset{x\to a}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{{{a}^{x}}-{{x}^{a}}}{{{x}^{x}}-{{a}^{a}}}=-1\]¸then\[a\]equals:

    A) \[1\]                                     

    B) \[0\]

    C) \[e\]                                     

    D) \[(1/e)\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Given that,\[\underset{x\to a}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{{{a}^{x}}-{{x}^{a}}}{{{x}^{x}}-{{a}^{a}}}=1\] Using L? Hospital?s rule \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\underset{x\to a}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{{{a}^{x}}{{\log }_{e}}a-{{x}^{a-1}}}{(1+{{\log }_{e}}x)-0}=-1\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{{{a}^{a}}{{\log }_{e}}a-{{a}^{a}}}{{{a}^{a}}({{\log }_{e}}a+1)}=\frac{{{\log }_{e}}a-1}{{{\log }_{e}}a+1}=-1\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{\log }_{e}}a-1=-{{\log }_{e}}a-1\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[2{{\log }_{e}}a=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[a=1\]


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