What is the limit as x approaches 0 of #tan(x)/(3x)#?

1 Answer
Dec 14, 2014

The limit should give a 0/0 indeterminate form but using de l'Hospital Rule you should get 1/3 as result.

You can derive the numerator and denominator and do the limit of the new fraction obtained
Deriv. Num = 1/ #cos^2(x)#

Deriv. Denom. = 3

Now you are left with:
Lim[( 1/ #cos^2(x)#)/3] when x->0
you get 1/3