How can one show that the limit of the following is $1$?
$$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\frac{1}{1-x}-1}{x}=1$$
By definition of derivative with
$$f(x)=\frac{1}{1-x}\implies f'(x)=\frac{1}{(1-x)^2}$$
we have
$$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\frac{1}{1-x}-1}{x-0}=f'(0)=1$$
$$\frac{\dfrac{1}{1-x}-1}{x}=\frac{\dfrac{1-(1-x)}{1-x}}{x}=\frac{1}{1-x}\xrightarrow{x\to 0}1$$
Hint:
$$ \frac{\frac{1}{1-x}-1}{x}=\frac{\frac{1-(1-x)}{1-x}}{x}=\frac{x}{x(1-x)}=\frac{1}{1-x}. $$
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By definition of derivative with
$$f(x)=\frac{1}{1-x}\implies f'(x)=\frac{1}{(1-x)^2}$$
we have
$$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\frac{1}{1-x}-1}{x-0}=f'(0)=1$$