Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 2 - Derivatives - 2.1 Derivatives and Rates of Change - 2.1 Exercises - Page 116: 60

Answer

$$0=f^{\prime}(0)$$

Work Step by Step

Recall that : \[ \begin{array}{c} \lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{x-a} =f^{\prime}(a)\\ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x^{2} \sin \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)-0}{x-0}=f^{\prime}(0) \\ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} x \sin \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=f^{\prime}(0) \end{array} \] If \[ h(x) \leq f(x) \leq g(x) \] , \[ L=\lim _{x \rightarrow a} h(x) \] , \[ L=\lim _{x \rightarrow a} g(x) \] Then \[ L=\lim _{x \rightarrow a} f(x) \] since $-1 \leq \sin \left(\frac{1}{x}\right) \leq 1$ Thus$-x \leq x \sin \left(\frac{1}{x}\right) \leq x$ since \[ 0=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0}-x \] , \[ 0=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} x \] By Squeeze Theorem, We have \[ \begin{array}{c} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} x \sin \left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=0 \\ \end{array} \]
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