Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Section 7.5 - Indeterminate Forms and L'Hopital's Rule - Exercises 7.5 - Page 409: 23

Answer

$3$

Work Step by Step

Let $\lim\limits_{t \to 0}f(t)=\lim\limits_{t \to 0}\dfrac{\ln [t(1-\cos t)]}{(t-\sin t)}$ But $f(0)=\dfrac{0}{0}$ This shows that the limit has an indeterminate form, so we need to apply L-Hospital's rule as follows: $\lim\limits_{m \to n}f(x)=\lim\limits_{m \to n}\dfrac{p'(x)}{q'(x)}$ This implies that $\lim\limits_{t \to 0}\dfrac{(1-\cos t+t \sin t)}{(1-\cos t)}=\dfrac{0}{0}$ This shows that the limit has an indeterminate form, so we need to apply L-Hospital's rule as follows: $\lim\limits_{m \to n}f(x)=\lim\limits_{m \to n}\dfrac{p'(x)}{q'(x)}$ Thus, $\lim\limits_{t \to 0}\dfrac{(3\cos t-t \sin t)}{\cos t}=\dfrac{3\cos (0)-0}{\cos (0)}=3$
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