Evaluating $ \lim_{ x \to 1} \frac{\int_{1}^{x}\ln^2(t) dt}{(x-1)^3} $

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When I try to do it ,

$ \lim \limits_{ x \to 1} \frac{\int_{1}^{x}\ln^2(t) dt}{(x-1)^3}=\lim \limits_{ x \to 1} \frac{\ln^2(x)}{(x-1)^3} = \lim \limits_{ x \to 1} \frac{2\ln(x)}{3x(x-1)^2}= \lim \limits_{ x \to 1} \frac{2}{3x(2x(x-1)+(x-1)^2)} $ = $\frac{2}{0} = \infty$
(given three uses of L'Hopital).

I checked through an online computing website and the answer should be $\frac {1}{3}$.

I would love to get some help on my math and when deriving a definite integral, is there any importance to the $a$ and $b$ in $\int_{a}^{b}f(x)$ ?

Assuming I had $2$ as for $a$ in my equation for example , would that have any effect ?

Best Answer

When applying l'hospital, why didn't you derive $\left(x-1\right)^3$, that'd make de $1/3$ appear ?

It'd give

$$ \lim\limits_{x \rightarrow 1}\frac{\ln^2\left(x\right)}{3\left(x-1\right)^2} $$