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OpenStudy (anonymous):

help! limits!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\lim_{x \rightarrow 0} (1-cosx)/x^2\]

OpenStudy (slaaibak):

multiply with (1+ cos x)/(1 + cos x) and use the sin x/x -> 1 as x tends to zero

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1st step :by applying l'hopital rule it will be limx→0((1−cosx)/x)/(x2/x) so it will be limx→0(sinx)/2x, 2nd step take half out so it will be : 1/2limx→0 sinx\x 3rd aproch to zero : 1/2 limx→0 (c0sx) the final answer is 1/2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Eyad - where exactly does this zero come from?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the zero come from the tendency ,and the under the limit u fint x tends to ... ,and in this equation x→0 ..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and does sinx/x = cosx

OpenStudy (anonymous):

finds

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok i see that part now

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sinx\x =1 ,and cos(0)=1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thats good :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so you just made sinx/x =1 then turned that one into cosine

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes ,thats right .

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if you didnt want to have to look at it that way would it also have been correct to take the 1/2(1) and done it this way

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea because u separated the half from the lim ,so at anyway it would give half .

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok,I g2g now bye

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