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Question

Evaluate the following limit: $\lim\limits_{\text{x}\rightarrow0}\frac{\cos\text{ax}-\cos\text{bx}}{\cos\text{cx}-\cos\text{dx}}$

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Answer

$\lim\limits_{\text{x}\rightarrow0}\frac{\cos\text{ax}-\cos\text{bx}}{\cos\text{cx}-\cos\text{dx}}$ $=\lim\limits_{\text{x}\rightarrow0}\frac{{\Big(-2\sin\big(\frac{\text{a}+\text{b}}{2}\big)\times\sin\big(\frac{\text{a}+\text{b}}{2}\big)\text{x}\Big)}}{-2\sin\big(\frac{\text{c}+\text{d}}{2}\big)\times\big(\frac{\text{c}-\text{d}}{2}\big)\text{x}}$ $=\frac{\lim\limits_{\text{x}\rightarrow0}{\sin\big(\frac{\text{a}+\text{b}}{2}\big)\text{x}\sin\big(\frac{\text{a}+\text{b}}{2}\big)\text{x}}}{\lim\limits_{\text{x}\rightarrow0}{\sin\big(\frac{\text{c}+\text{d}}{2}\big)\text{x}\sin\big(\frac{\text{c}+\text{d}}{2}\big)\text{x}}}$ $=\frac{\Bigg(\lim\limits_{\text{x}\rightarrow0}\frac{\sin\big(\frac{\text{a}+\text{b}}{2}\big)\text{x}}{\big(\frac{\text{a}+\text{b}}{2}\big)\text{x}}\times\big(\frac{\text{a}+\text{b}}{2}\big)\text{x}\Bigg)\Bigg(\lim\limits_{\text{x}\rightarrow0}\frac{\sin\big(\frac{\text{a}-\text{b}}{2}\big)\text{x}}{\big(\frac{\text{a}-\text{b}}{2}\big)\text{x}}\times\big(\frac{\text{a}-\text{b}}{2}\big)\text{x}\Bigg)}{\Bigg(\lim\limits_{\text{x}\rightarrow0}\frac{\sin\big(\frac{\text{c}+\text{d}}{2}\big)\text{x}}{\big(\frac{\text{c}+\text{d}}{2}\big)\text{x}}\times\big(\frac{\text{c}+\text{d}}{2}\big)\text{x}\Bigg)\Bigg(\lim\limits_{\text{x}\rightarrow0}\frac{\sin\big(\frac{\text{c}-\text{d}}{2}\big)\text{x}}{\big(\frac{\text{c}-\text{d}}{2}\big)\text{x}}\times\big(\frac{\text{c}-\text{d}}{2}\big)\text{x}\Bigg)}$ $=\frac{(\text{a}+\text{b})(\text{a}-\text{b})}{(\text{c}+\text{d})(\text{c}-\text{d})}$ $\Big[\because\ \lim\limits_{\theta\rightarrow0}\frac{\sin\theta}{\theta}=1\Big]$ $=\frac{\text{a}^2-\text{b}^2}{\text{c}^2-\text{d}^2}$