Wednesday, May 4, 2011

I need to evaluate the limit of function y=(1-cos2x)/x^2, using trigonometric identities. x approaches to 0.

We'll use the half angle identity to
numerator:


1 - cos 2x = 2 (sin
x)^2


We'll substitute 1 - cos 2x by 2 (sin x)^2 and we'll
get the equivalent fraction:


(1-cos2x)/x^2 = 2 (sin
x)^2/x^2


We'll evaluate the limit of the function 2 (sin
x)^2/x^2, if x approaches to 0.


lim 2 (sin
x)^2/x^2


We'll create remarkable limit: lim (sin x)/x =
1


According to this, we'll
get:


lim 2 (sin x)^2/x^2 = 2lim (sin
x)^2/x^2


2lim (sin x)^2/x^2 = 2lim (sin x)/x*lim (sin
x)/x


2lim (sin x)^2/x^2 =2*1*1 =
2


The limit of the function y =
(1-cos2x)/x^2, if x approaches to 0, is: lim (1-cos2x)/x^2 =
2.

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