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OpenStudy (anonymous):

lim x-0 tanx/x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

try to rewrite tan and then use a famous property ;)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\( \tan x = \sin x/ \cos x\)

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

simple substitution yields 0/0, which isnt a number so use L'Hôpital's rule, differentiate the numerator and the denominator , then try subsitution again

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i havent gotten there yet

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[ \frac{\tan x}{x} = \frac{\sin x}{x}\left(\frac{1}{\cos x}\right) \]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\large \lim_{x \to 0 } \frac{\sin x}{x}=1 \]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You should know \[ \frac{\sin x}{x} \]And \(1/\cos x\) is continuous.

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

\[\lim_{x\to0}\frac{\tan x}x \leadsto\frac00\\ \stackrel{\text{l'H}} =\lim_{x\to0}\frac{\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}{(\tan x)}}{\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}(x)}\\ =\lim_{x\to0}\frac{\sec^2x}{1}\\={\sec^2(0)}\\=\frac1{\cos^2(0)}\\=\]

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