University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Practice Exercises - Page 111: 48

Answer

$$\lim_{\theta\to\infty}\frac{\cos\theta-1}{\theta}=0$$

Work Step by Step

*Remember that $\lim_{x\to\pm\infty}\frac{a}{x^n}=a\lim_{x\to\pm\infty}\frac{1}{x^n}=a\times0=0$ $$A=\lim_{\theta\to\infty}\frac{\cos\theta-1}{\theta}$$ We know that $-1\le\cos \theta\le1$ So, $$-2\le\cos\theta-1\le0$$ $$\frac{-2}{\theta}\le\frac{\cos\theta-1}{\theta}\le0$$ (because we are considering $\theta\to\infty$, we assume that $\theta\gt0$) And, as $\theta\to\infty$, $$\lim_{\theta\to\infty}\frac{-2}{\theta}=\lim_{\theta\to\infty}0=0$$ So, according to the Sandwich Theorem, we can conclude that $$A=\lim_{\theta\to\infty}\frac{\cos\theta-1}{\theta}=0$$
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