Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 1 - Limits and Continuity - 1.6 Continuity of Trigonometric Functions - Exercises Set 1.6 - Page 106: 27

Answer

$$2$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$\lim_{\theta\to 0 }\frac{\theta^2}{1-\cos\theta}$$ Then \begin{align*} \lim_{\theta\to 0 }\frac{\theta^2}{1-\cos\theta}&=\lim_{\theta\to 0 }\frac{\theta^2}{2\sin^2(\theta/2)}\\ &=\frac{1}{2}\frac{\lim_{\theta\to 0 }(1)}{ \lim_{\theta\to 0 }\frac{\sin^2(\theta/2)}{\theta^2 } }\\ &=\frac{1}{2}\frac{\lim_{\theta\to 0 }(1)}{ \frac{1}{4} \lim_{\theta\to 0 }\left(\frac{\sin(\theta/2)}{\theta/2 }\right)^2 }\\ &=\frac{1/2}{1/4}\\ &=2 \end{align*}
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