University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.5 - Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's Rule - Exercises - Page 248: 16

Answer

$\dfrac{-1}{6} $

Work Step by Step

Consider: $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}f(x)=\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\dfrac{\sin x-x}{x^3}$ Now, $f(0)=\dfrac{\sin (0)-0}{0^3}=\dfrac{0}{0}$ The limit shows an indeterminate form. Thus, apply L-Hospital's rule: $\lim\limits_{a \to b}f(x)=\lim\limits_{a \to b}\dfrac{g'(x)}{h'(x)}$ Thus: $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\dfrac{\cos x -1}{3x^2}=\dfrac{0}{0} $ Now, again apply L-Hospital's rule: we get $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\dfrac{-\sin x}{6x}=\dfrac{-\sin 0}{6(0)}=\dfrac{0}{0} $ Once again apply L-Hospital's rule: Thus, $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}\dfrac{-\cos x}{6}=\dfrac{-\cos 0}{6}=\dfrac{-1}{6} $
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