Problem

$\lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{a^{x}+b^{x}+c^{x}}{3}\right)^{\frac{1}{x}}$

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Final Answer: $\boxed{\frac{\log(a) + \log(b) + \log(c)}{3}}$

Steps

Step 1 :Find the limit of the given expression as x approaches 0: $\lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{a^{x}+b^{x}+c^{x}}{3}\right)^{\frac{1}{x}}$

Step 2 :Find the derivative of the numerator and the denominator with respect to x:

Step 3 :numerator = $\frac{a^x}{3} + \frac{b^x}{3} + \frac{c^x}{3}$

Step 4 :denominator = x

Step 5 :numerator_derivative = $\frac{a^x \log(a)}{3} + \frac{b^x \log(b)}{3} + \frac{c^x \log(c)}{3}$

Step 6 :denominator_derivative = 1

Step 7 :Apply L'Hopital's rule to find the limit of the expression as x approaches 0:

Step 8 :limit_expression = $\frac{a^x \log(a)}{3} + \frac{b^x \log(b)}{3} + \frac{c^x \log(c)}{3}$

Step 9 :limit_result = $\frac{\log(a)}{3} + \frac{\log(b)}{3} + \frac{\log(c)}{3}$

Step 10 :Final Answer: $\boxed{\frac{\log(a) + \log(b) + \log(c)}{3}}$

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