Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.5 - Continuity - 2.5 Exercises - Page 126: 65

Answer

Cosine is a continuous function.

Work Step by Step

According to (6): $\lim\limits_{\theta \to 0}sin~\theta = 0$ $\lim\limits_{\theta \to 0}cos~\theta = 1$ Choose any real number $a$ We can evaluate $\lim\limits_{h \to 0}cos(a+h)$: $\lim\limits_{h \to 0}cos(a+h)$ $=\lim\limits_{h \to 0}~(cos~a~cos~h-sin~a~sin~h)$ $=[cos~a~(1)-sin~a~(0)]$ $= cos~a$ For all real numbers, $\lim\limits_{h \to 0}cos(a+h) = cos~a$ Therefore, cosine is continuous for all numbers. Cosine is a continuous function.
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