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Just one of these four is a legitimate use of L'Hopital's rule. Which?

  • A.applying it when only the numerator tends to zero
  • B.applying it a second time when the first application again gives \( 0/0 \)
  • C.applying it to a quotient whose limit is \( 2/3 \)
  • D.differentiating the quotient as a whole rather than top and bottom separately

Answer: B

Repeated application is standard and often necessary, as in \( (1-\cos x)/x^{2} \). The rule needs an indeterminate form, so a determinate quotient is out; it replaces \( f/g \) by \( f'/g' \), not by the derivative of the quotient; and if only the numerator vanishes the limit is simply zero

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