Re: limits help please!!!
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Originally Posted by
ubhutto
i don't know how to prove the following limits
limit of ( 1 - cos x) / x^2 when x is +infinity
limit of (tan4x) / 6 when x is 0
limit of (sin x^2) / x
in the first equation i got to the point of multiplying by the reciprocal but i don't know what to do next
in the second equation i converted tan to sin/cos but i dont know where to go from there
In the first, $\displaystyle \displaystyle \begin{align*} 1 - \cos{x} \end{align*}$ is bounded between 0 and 2, and the denominator goes to $\displaystyle \displaystyle \begin{align*} \infty \end{align*}$, which makes the fraction go to 0.
For the second, surely you can just substitute in x = 0.
For the third, what is the value of x going to?
Re: limits help please!!!
Re: limits help please!!!
Well multiply top and bottom by x to give
$\displaystyle \displaystyle \begin{align*} \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{x\sin{\left(x^2\right)}}{x^2} = \lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot \lim_{x \to 0}\frac{\sin{\left(x^2\right)}}{x^2} \end{align*}$
Can you go from there?
Re: limits help please!!!
i dont understand what to do with the sinx^2 / x^2 , how do i simplify it, if you can help me with that part ill be able to do the rest of the problems i have
Re: limits help please!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
ubhutto
i dont understand what to do with the sinx^2 / x^2 , how do i simplify it, if you can help me with that part ill be able to do the rest of the problems i have
You should know that $\displaystyle \displaystyle \begin{align*} \lim_{X \to 0}\frac{\sin{X}}{X} = 1 \end{align*}$. Here your $\displaystyle \displaystyle \begin{align*} X \end{align*}$ just happens to be $\displaystyle \displaystyle \begin{align*} x^2 \end{align*}$.