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L'Hopital's Rule

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L'Hopital's Rule is a method used to evaluate limits of indeterminate forms, such as 0/0 or ∞/∞. It states that if the limit of the ratio of two functions is an indeterminate form, then taking the derivative of both functions and evaluating the limit again can help determine the original limit.

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