Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 2 - Derivatives - Review - Exercises - Page 199: 89

Answer

$\frac{1}{4}$

Work Step by Step

$\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\frac{\sqrt {1+\tan x}-\sqrt {1+\sin x}}{x^{3}}$ = $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\frac{\sqrt {1+\tan x}-\sqrt {1+\sin x}}{x^{3}}\times\frac{{\sqrt {1+\tan x}+\sqrt {1+\sin x}}}{{\sqrt {1+\tan x}+\sqrt {1+\sin x}}}$ = $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\frac{ {1+\tan x}- {1-\sin x}}{x^{3}[{\sqrt {1+\tan x}+\sqrt {1+\sin x}}]}$ = $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\frac{ {\tan x}-\sin x}{x^{3}[{\sqrt {1+\tan x}+\sqrt {1+\sin x}}]}\times\frac{\cos x}{\cos x}$ = $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\frac{\sin x(1-\cos x)}{x^{3}\cos x[{\sqrt {1+\tan x}+\sqrt {1+\sin x}}]}$ = $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\frac{\sin x(1-\cos x)}{x^{3}\cos x[{\sqrt {1+\tan x}+\sqrt {1+\sin x}}]}\times\frac{1+\cos x}{1+\cos x}$ = $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\frac{\sin x\sin^{2}x}{x^{3}\cos x(1+\cos x)[{\sqrt {1+\tan x}+\sqrt {1+\sin x}}]}$ = $[\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\frac{\sin x}{x}]^{3}$$\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\frac{1}{\cos x(1+\cos x)[{\sqrt {1+\tan x}+\sqrt {1+\sin x}}]}$ =$1^{3}\times\frac{1}{(\sqrt 1+\sqrt 1)\times1\times(1+1)}$ = $\frac{1}{4}$
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