Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity - Section 2.2 - Limit of a Function and Limit Laws - Exercises 2.2 - Page 59: 87

Answer

$\frac{1}{2}$

Work Step by Step

We have to find $\lim\limits_{{x \to 0}} \frac{1-\cos x }{x\sin x}$. If we put $x = 0$ we get zero in both the numerator and the denominator. We apply L'Hopital's Rule: $$\begin{aligned} \lim\limits_{{x \to 0}} \frac{1-\cos x }{x\sin x}&=\lim\limits_{{x \to 0}} \frac{\sin x }{\sin x+x\cos x}.\end{aligned}$$ As we get zero both in numerator and denominator we apply L'Hopital's Rule again: $$\begin{aligned} &\lim\limits_{{x \to 0}}\frac{\sin x }{\sin x+x\cos x}\\ &=\lim\limits_{{x \to 0}} \frac{\cos x }{2\cos x-x\sin x}\\ &=\frac{1}{2}.\end{aligned}$$
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