Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Inverse Functions - 6.8 Indeterminate Forms and I'Hospital's Rule - 6.8 Exercises - Page 500: 30

Answer

\[\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{x-\sin x}{x-\tan x}\right)=\frac{-1}{2}\]

Work Step by Step

Let \[l=\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{x-\sin x}{x-\tan x}\right)\] Which is $\frac{0}{0}$ form Using L'Hopital's rule \[l=\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{(x-\sin x)'}{(x-\tan x)'}\] \[l=\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{(1-\cos x)}{(1-\sec^2 x)}\] Which is again $\frac{0}{0}$ form Using L' Hopital's rule \[l=\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{(1-\cos x)'}{(1-\sec^2 x)'}\] \[\Rightarrow l=\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{\sin x}{(-2\sec^2 x\tan x)}\] \[\Rightarrow l=\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{\sin x\cos x}{(-2\sec^2 x\sin x)}\] \[\Rightarrow l=\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{\cos x}{(-2\sec^2 x)}\] \[\Rightarrow l=\frac{-1}{2}\] Hence , \[\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{x-\sin x}{x-\tan x}\right)=\frac{-1}{2}\]
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