LIMITS INVOLVING

SINE AND COSINE

FUNCTIONS
REVIEW:
UNIT CIRCLE AND TRIGONOMETRIC
FUNCTIONS
 THE SQUEEZE THEOREM
If for all x in an open
h  x  f  x  g  x
interval containing c, except possibly at c
itself , and if lim h  x   L  lim g  x  then
x c x c
lim f  x 
x c exists and is equal to L.
SHOW THE FOLLOWING:

sin x 1  cos x
lim 1 lim 0
x 0 x x 0 x
EXERCISE:

tan x
1.lim
x 0 x
EXERCISE:

sin 4 x
2.lim
x 0 x
EXERCISE:

cos  tan 
3.lim
 0 
EXERCISE:

2
sin x
4.lim
x 0 x
EXERCISE:

2
tan x
5.lim
x 0 x
EXERCISE:

 1  cosh 
2

6.lim
h 0 h
EXERCISE:

sec   1
7.lim
 0  sec 
EXERCISE:

8. lim  sec 
 
EXERCISE:

cos x
9.lim
 cot x
x
2
EXERCISE:

1  tan x
10.lim
 sinx  cos x
x
4
EXERCISE:

2
sin t
11.lim 2
t 0 t
EXERCISE:

sin 2 x
12.lim
x 0 sin 3 x
EXERCISE:

2
cot x
13.lim 2
x 0 3 x
EXERCISE:

sin 3  2 x  1
14. lim
x 
1 2x 1
2
EXERCISE:

1  cos  x  1
15.lim
x 1 3x  3x
2