Question

$\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow0}\frac{\text{cosec}-\cot\text{x}}{\text{x}}$ is equal to:

  1. $-\frac{1}{2}$ 

  2. $1$ 

  3. $\frac{1}{2}$ 

  4. $-1$

Answer

  1. $\frac{1}{2}$

Solution:

Given $​​\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow 0}\frac{\text{cosec}\text{x}-\cot\text{x}}{\text{x}}=\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow 0}\frac{\frac{1}{\sin\text{x}}-\frac{\cos\text{x}}{\sin\text{x}}}{\text{x}}$ 

$ =\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow 0}\frac{1-\cos\text{x}}{\text{x}\sin\text{x}}=\frac{2\sin^{2}\frac{\text{x}}{2}}{\text{x}\cdot\sin\frac{\text{x}}{2}\cos\frac{\text{x}}{2}}$

$=\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow1}\frac{\sin\frac{\text{x}}{2}}{\text{x}\cos\frac{\text{x}}{2}} =\frac{\tan\frac{\text{x}}{2}}{\text{x}}=\lim\limits_{\text{x} \rightarrow 0}\frac{\tan\frac{\text{x}}{2}}{2\times\frac{\text{x}}{2}}$

$=\frac{1}{2}\times1=\frac{1}{2}$

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