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Q.Which of the following equals lim⁡x→0ex−1x\displaystyle\lim_{x\to 0}\dfrac{e^{x}-1}{x}?

(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) ee
(d) does not exist
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Why (a) is wrong: substituting x=0x=0 directly gives e0−10=00\frac{e^0-1}{0}=\frac{0}{0}, an indeterminate form, not literally 0 — the fraction never actually reaches value 0 as x→0x\to0; it approaches 1 instead, as the formula and the series expansion of exe^x both confirm.

Why (c) is wrong: ee is the value produced by the different standard limit lim⁡n→∞(1+1n)n=e\lim_{n\to\infty}\left(1+\frac1n\right)^n=e, not by this exponential-ratio limit — the two formulas are easy to confuse but test different expressions entirely. …

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