Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32194-734-5

Chapter 4 - Applications of the Derivative - Review Exercises - Page 331: 43

Answer

$$\frac{2}{3}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\theta \to 0} 2\theta \cot 3\theta \cr & {\text{trigonometric identity cot}}\alpha = \frac{{\cos \alpha }}{{\sin \alpha }} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\theta \to 0} 2\theta \left( {\frac{{cos3\theta }}{{\sin 3\theta }}} \right) \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\theta \to 0} \frac{{2\theta cos3\theta }}{{\sin 3\theta }} \cr & {\text{evaluating the limit}} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\theta \to 0} \frac{{2\theta cos3\theta }}{{\sin 3\theta }} = \frac{0}{0} \cr & {\text{applying l'Hopital's rule}} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\theta \to 0} \frac{{\frac{d}{{d\theta }}\left[ {2\theta cos3\theta } \right]}}{{\frac{d}{{d\theta }}\left[ {\sin 3\theta } \right]}} \cr & {\text{use product rule in the numerator}} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\theta \to 0} \frac{{2\theta \frac{d}{{d\theta }}\left[ {cos3\theta } \right] + \cos 3\theta \frac{d}{{d\theta }}\left[ {2\theta } \right]}}{{\frac{d}{{d\theta }}\left[ {\sin 3\theta } \right]}} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\theta \to 0} \frac{{2\theta \left( { - 3\sin 3\theta } \right) + 2\cos 3\theta }}{{3\cos 3\theta }} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\theta \to 0} \frac{{ - 6\theta \sin 3\theta + 2\cos 3\theta }}{{3\cos 3\theta }} \cr & {\text{evaluating the limit}} \cr & = \frac{{ - 6\left( 0 \right)\sin 3\left( 0 \right) + 2\cos 3\left( 0 \right)}}{{3\cos 3\left( 0 \right)}} \cr & = \frac{2}{3} \cr} $$
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