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Limits — MATHS STD 11 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceMATHSLimits4 Marks
Question
Evaluate the following limit: $\lim\limits_{\text{x}\rightarrow0}\frac{\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{1+\cos\text{x}}}{\sin^2\text{x}}$
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Answer

Given that: $\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow0}\frac{\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{1+\cos\text{x}}}{\sin^{2}\text{x}}$ $=\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow0}\frac{\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{1+\cos\text{x}}}{\sin^{2}\text{x}}\times\frac{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{1+\cos\text{x}}}{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{1+\cos\text{x}}}$ $=\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow0}\frac{2-(1+\cos\text{x})}{\sin^{2}\text{x}\big[\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{1+\cos\text{x}}\big]}$ $=\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow0}\frac{1+\cos\text{x}}{\sin^{2}\text{x}\Big[\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{1+\cos\text{x}}\Big]}$ $=\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow0}\frac{2\sin^{2}\frac{\text{x}}{2}}{(2\sin\frac{\text{x}}{2}\cos\frac{\text{x}}{2})^{2}}\times\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{1+\cos\text{x}}}$ $=\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow0}\frac{2\sin^{2}\frac{\text{x}}{2}}{4\sin^{2}\frac{\text{x}}{2}\cos^{2}\frac{\text{x}}{2}}\times\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{1+\cos\text{x}}}$ $=\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow0}\frac{2}{4\cos^{2}\frac{\text{x}}{2}}\times\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{1+\cos\text{x}}}$ Taking limit, we get: $=\frac{2}{4\cos^{2}0}\times\frac{1}{(\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{2})}$ $=\frac{1}{2}\times\frac{1}{2}\times\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}=\frac{1}{4\sqrt{2}}$ Hence, the required answer is $\frac{1}{4\sqrt{2}}.$

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