Limit of a function

Find the limit(x→π/2) (sinx)tanx

8 Answers

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Avik ·

Is it =1, Manish sir ?

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Avik ·

y = (Sinx)tanx

ln(y) = SinxCosx. ln [1+ (sinx-1)]

Taking the limit & using series expansion fr ln(1+x)-
RHS= Lim(x→π/2) 1Cos(x)x [ (Sinx-1) - (Sinx-1)22 +....]

= Lim(x→π/2) (Sinx-1)Cosx + (Sinx-1)22.Cosx +....

After using L Hs'ptl,
Lim(x→π/2) ln(y) = Lim(x→π/2) -CosxSinx = 0

=> LIm(x→π/2) (y) = 1

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katoch ·

THIS IS 1 POWER INFINITY FORM. OR P POWER Q FORM.
THEN e power Q(P-1)

ans is i think so is 1

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Manish Shankar ·

try without using L'Hospital rule

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Pritish Chakraborty ·

Let x = π/2 - h where h is a very small positive number.

When x→π/2, h→0.

Therefore the limit changes accordingly as :
Limh→0(cos(h))cot(h)
= Limh→0[(1 + (cos(h) - 1))(cos(h)-1) ]cot(h)cos(h) - 1

= [ 1 ]Limh→0(cot(h)cos(h) - 1)

How can I avoid L'Hospital rule here? lol

I have no idea what I've done btw lola

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Avik ·

Yeah, i was thinking of the substitution too... x = π/2+h (h→0)

So, the expression-
ln(y) = tan(90+h). ln [1+ (cosh-1)]
= -cot(h). [ (cosh-1) - (cosh-1)22 +....]

=-1tan(h).[ (cosh-1) - (cosh-1)22 +....]

Finally using series Exp. again-

= -1(h + h3/3+..). [ (1-h2/2 +...-1) +...]

Which makes it come dwn to the form ≈ h/1 which again turns out 0 when (h-->0)

So, the Limit is =1.

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Ricky ·

I can give a rather theoretical explanation . Continuing from Avik's post no. 3 , line 2 ,

ln y = tan x ( ln sinx )

Observe that " tan x " is a much slower increasing function than log ( sin x ) , which you can check by derivatives .

So , " tan x " approaches infinity much late than " log ( sin x ) " reaching zero ,when x tends to pi / 2 .

Hence , ln y = 0

Hence , y = 1

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Avik ·

Had myself used the same approach fr the answer, before getting dwn to pen it. ;)
Quick & confirming....gud u mentioned it Gallardo.

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