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If \(\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{x^2-a x+b}{(x-1)}=5\), then \((a+b)\) is equal to

  1. A \(-3\)
  2. B \(-4\)
  3. C \(7\)
  4. D \(-7\)
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(D) \(-7\)

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\(\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{x^2-a x+b}{x-1}=5\)
Applying \(\Rightarrow a=-3\) Hospital's rule
\(\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow 2 \times 1-a=5 \\ & \Rightarrow a=-3\end{aligned}\)
from (1) \(b=-4\)
\(\Rightarrow a+b=-7\)