# Math Help - Infiniate Limit of a Natural Log

1. ## Infiniate Limit of a Natural Log

How do I find the limit as x goes to +infinity for (ln 2x)/(ln 3x)?

Also, how do I find the limit as x approaches 1 from the negative direction for ln (1-x)?

Thank You.

Jeannine

2. For the first question, writing that $\ln(2x)=\ln 2 + \ln x= \left(\frac{\ln 2}{\ln x} + 1\right)\ln x$ may help you.

For the second one, notice that if $x$ tends to 1 from the left, then $1-x$ tends to 0 from the right, so that the limit you are looking for is in fact the limit of $\ln y$ when $y$ tends to 0 from the right.

Laurent.

3. Try using l'hopital rule for the 1st problem

4. ## Infinite Limit of a Natural Log, Part Two

Thanks. I get the first one.

For the second, I'm still unclear. I notice that:

ln(1-x) = ln 1 - ln x = 0 - ln x = -ln x.

Does this help? How do I find the limit as x approaches 1 from the negative direction for -ln x?

Sorry for my clouded mind!

Jeannine

5. Originally Posted by jbecker007
I notice that:
ln(1-x) = ln 1 - ln x = 0 - ln x = -ln x.
No you don't. You have $\ln (ab)=\ln a+\ln b$... Logarithms turns multiplications into additions (by the way, log was first introduced to simplify computations, since additions are easier).

What I suggested in my first post may be called "composition of limits". The limit of $1-x$, as $x$ tends to 1 from the right, is $0^+$ (0, reached by upper values). And the limit of $\ln(y)$ when $y$ tends to 0 from the right is $-\infty$. So, composing these results, the limit of $\ln(1-x)$ when $x$ tends to 1 from the left is $-\infty$.

Is it clearer now?

Laurent.