Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity - Section 2.5 - Continuity - Exercises 2.5 - Page 84: 32

Answer

$$\lim\limits _{t \rightarrow 0} \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cos (\tan t)\right)=1 $$ The function is continuous at $ t=0$.

Work Step by Step

Given $$\lim\limits _{t \rightarrow 0} \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cos (\tan t)\right) $$ So, \begin{aligned}a)\lim\limits _{t \rightarrow 0} \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cos (\tan t)\right)&= \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cos (\tan 0)\right)\\ &= \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cos 0\right)\\ &= \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\\ &=1\\ \end{aligned} Since $$ f(t)= \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cos (\tan t)\right)$$ \begin{aligned}b) f(0)&= \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cos (\tan 0)\right)\\ &= \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} \cos 0\right)\\ &= \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\\ &=1 \end{aligned} From (a), (b) since $\lim \limits_{t \rightarrow 0} f(t)=f(0)=1,$ the function is continuous at $ t=0$.
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