Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Practice Exercises - Page 440: 87

Answer

$$0$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \pi } \frac{{\tan x}}{x} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \pi } \frac{{\left( {\sin x/\cos x} \right)}}{x} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \pi } \left( {\frac{{\sin x}}{{\cos x}}} \right)\left( {\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \pi } \frac{1}{x}} \right) \cr & {\text{evaluating, we get:}} \cr & = \left( {\frac{{\sin \pi }}{{\cos \pi }}} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{\pi }} \right) \cr & = \left( {\frac{0}{{ - 1}}} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{\pi }} \right) \cr & = 0 \cr} $$
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