Calculating $\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{10^x - 2^x - 5^x + 1}{x \cdot \tan x}$

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$$\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{10^x - 2^x - 5^x + 1}{x \cdot \tan x}.$$

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$$\lim_{x\to0} \frac{(2^x-1)(5^x-1)}{x\tan(x)}$$

$$\lim_{x\to0} \frac{x(2^x-1)(5^x-1)}{x\cdot x\tan(x)}$$

$$\lim_{x\to0} \frac{(2^x-1)(5^x-1)}{x^2}\cdot\color{red}{\lim_{x\to0}\frac{x}{\tan(x)}}$$

The highlighted limit is $1$.

$$\lim_{x\to0} \frac{(2^x-1)(5^x-1)}{x^2}$$

$$\lim_{x\to0}\frac{2^x-1}{x}\cdot\lim_{x\to0}\frac{5^x-1}{x}$$

Which may be individually calculated using L'hospital's rule.