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: 31

Answer

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin ^{-1} x}{x}=1 $$

Work Step by Step

$$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin ^{-1} x}{x} $$ Since $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0}( \sin ^{-1} x)=0 $$ and $$ \lim _{x \rightarrow 0}( x)=0 $$ the limit is an indeterminate form of type $\frac{0}{0}$ so we can apply l’Hospital’s Rule: $$ \begin{aligned} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin ^{-1} x}{x} & \stackrel{\text { H }}{=} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{1 / \sqrt{1-x^{2}}}{1} \\ &=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}} \\ &=\frac{1}{1} \\ &=1 \end{aligned} $$ $$$$
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