Evaluate LaTeX:  \displaystyle \lim_{x \to \infty} \left(1 + \frac{4}{x}\right)^{\frac{9 x}{5}}

This is an indeterminate form of the type LaTeX:  \displaystyle 1^\infty . Taking the natural logarithm of both sides gives: LaTeX:   \ln(L) = \ln\left( \lim_{x \to \infty} \left(1 + \frac{4}{x}\right)^{\frac{9 x}{5}} \right)  Pulling the limit out of the continuous function and using log properties gives: LaTeX:   \ln(L) = \lim_{x \to \infty}\frac{9 x}{5}\ln\left(1 + \frac{4}{x} \right)  This is an indeterminate form of the type LaTeX:  \displaystyle 0 \cdot \infty . Converting it to type LaTeX:  \displaystyle \frac{0}{0} and using L'Hospitials rule gives: LaTeX:   \ln(L) = \lim_{x \to \infty}\frac{\ln\left(1 + \frac{4}{x}\right)}{\frac{5}{9 x}} = \frac{- \frac{4}{x^{2}}}{- \frac{5}{9 x^{2}}} = \frac{36}{5}  Solving for LaTeX:  \displaystyle L gives LaTeX:  \displaystyle L = e^{\frac{36}{5}}