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Calculators have taken some of the mystery out of this once-challenging question. You can answer the question without a calculator, though.


a. Find an equation for the line through the origin tangent to the graph of y = ln x.image


b. Give an argument based on the graphs of y = ln x and the tangent line to explain why ln x


c. Show that ln (xe)


d. Conclude that xe


e. So which is bigger, πe or eπ?

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Thomas Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 9780321884077

13th Edition

Authors: Joel R Hass, Christopher E Heil, Maurice D Weir

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