Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 3 - Differentiation - Chapter Review Exercises - Page 162: 16

Answer

$$f'(\pi)$$

Work Step by Step

Since $$f^{\prime}(a)=\lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{f(x)-f(a)}{x-a}\tag{1}$$ and if $f(\theta )= \cos \theta-\sin \theta $, then $f(\pi)=1$ Rewrite the limit as \begin{aligned} \lim _{\theta \rightarrow \pi} \frac{\cos \theta-\sin \theta+1}{\theta-\pi} &=\lim _{\theta \rightarrow \pi} \frac{\cos \theta-\sin \theta-(-1)}{\theta-\pi} \\ &=\frac{f(\theta)-f(\pi)}{\theta-\pi},\ \ \ \ \text{from }\ (1)\\ &=f'(\pi) \end{aligned}
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