Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Power Series - 9.4 Working with Taylor Series - 9.4 Exercises - Page 702: 13

Answer

$\dfrac{2}{3}$

Work Step by Step

Our aim is to find the limit by using a Taylor's series. $L=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \dfrac{2 \cos 2 x-2+4x^2}{2x^4}$ Recall the series for $\cos x=\Sigma_{k =0}^{\infty} (-1)^k \dfrac{(x)^{2k}}{(2k)!}$ Now, $L=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \dfrac{2 \Sigma_{k =0}^{\infty} (-1)^k \dfrac{(2x)^{2k}}{(2k)!} -2+4x^2}{2x^4} \\=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} [ (-1)^k \dfrac{(2)^{2k}x^{2k-4}}{(2k)!}\dfrac{1}{x^4}+\dfrac{2}{x^2}] \\=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} ( \dfrac{1}{x^4}-\dfrac{2}{x^2}+ \dfrac{2^4}{4!}-.........-\dfrac{1}{x^4}+\dfrac{2}{x^2}] \\=\lim\limits_{x \to 0} [\dfrac{2^4}{4!}-\dfrac{2^6 x^2}{6!}+.......]\\=\dfrac{2}{3}-\dfrac{2^6 (0^2)}{6!}+.......]\\=\dfrac{2}{3}$
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