Evaluate the limit. Be sure to show your reasoning. limit as x approaches 0 (sin7x / tan3x) ?

I know that the bottom turns to sin3x/cos3x and then i multiply the recipricol in which I get the limit as x approaches 0 (sin x7)(cos3x / sin 3x) but I don't know where to go from here :(

3 Answers
Mar 6, 2018

7/3

Explanation:

sin(7x)/tan(3x)
=((7x)+(7x)^3/3!...)/((3x)+(1/3)(3x)^3)...(Maclaurin series)
=(7+O(x^2))/(3+O(x^2)) (canceling x's throughout)
to 7/3 as x to 0

Mar 6, 2018

7/3

Explanation:

use L'Hôpital's Rule (also known as hospital's rule in English)
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=lhopital+rule&ie=&oe=

what this rule basically means is, if we have a limit for the division of two functions which looks like 0/0 or oo/oo which are indeterminate forms, we can divide the derivatives of the two functions to get the answer of the limit

therefore,
lim_(x->c) f(x)/g(x) = lim_(x->c) (f'(x))/(g'(x)) if f(x) and g(x) would both be 0 or infinity or negative infinity if evaluated at c

therefore, taking the derivative of both the functions, we get
lim_(x->0) sin(7x)/tan(3x) =lim_(x->0) (d/dx sin(7x))/(d/dx tan(3x))
=

which is equal to

lim_(x->0) (7cos(7x)) /(3 sec^2 (3x))

now since x goes to 0 ,7x and 3x would also approach 0

= (7cos(0)) /(3 sec^2 (0))

and cos(0) and sec^2(0) are both 1

therefore, the limit is
7/3
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Mar 6, 2018

Without using derivatives, see below.

Explanation:

As you have said:

(sin7x)/(tan3x) = (sin7x)/((sin3x)/(cos3x))

= (sin7x)/1 1/(sin3x) (cos3x)/1

Now we'll write this so we can use
lim_(trarr0)sint/t=1 and lim_(trarr0)1/sint=1

= (sin7x)/(7x) * (7x)/(3x) (3x)/(sin3x) (cos3x)/1

=7/3 (sin7x)/(7x) (3x)/(sin3x) (cos3x)/1

Now take limit as xrarr0 (so both 3x and 7x also go to 0)

lim_(xrarr00)(sin7x)/(tan3x) = lim_(xrarr0)(7/3 (sin7x)/(7x) (3x)/(sin3x) (cos3x)/1

= 7/3 (1) (1) 1/1 = 7/3