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$$ lim_{x geq 0}{frac{1-cos^3(x)}{xsin(2x)}}$$
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$$lim_{x geq 0}{{frac{1-cos^2(x)*cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)cos^2(x)}}}$$
$$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2x+sin^2x-cos^2(x)cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2x*cos^2(x)}}$$
$$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2(x)+sin^2(x)-(1-sin^2(x))cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)*cos^2(x)}}$$
$$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2(x)+sin^2(x)-cos(x)+sin^2(x)cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)*cos^2(x)}}$$
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    $$ lim_{x geq 0}{frac{1-cos^3(x)}{xsin(2x)}}$$
    I tried:
    $$lim_{x geq 0}{{frac{1-cos^2(x)*cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)cos^2(x)}}}$$
    $$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2x+sin^2x-cos^2(x)cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2x*cos^2(x)}}$$
    $$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2(x)+sin^2(x)-(1-sin^2(x))cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)*cos^2(x)}}$$
    $$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2(x)+sin^2(x)-cos(x)+sin^2(x)cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)*cos^2(x)}}$$
    Somewhere I over-complicated and I don't know how to continue or the other route that I should take...










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      $$ lim_{x geq 0}{frac{1-cos^3(x)}{xsin(2x)}}$$
      I tried:
      $$lim_{x geq 0}{{frac{1-cos^2(x)*cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)cos^2(x)}}}$$
      $$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2x+sin^2x-cos^2(x)cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2x*cos^2(x)}}$$
      $$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2(x)+sin^2(x)-(1-sin^2(x))cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)*cos^2(x)}}$$
      $$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2(x)+sin^2(x)-cos(x)+sin^2(x)cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)*cos^2(x)}}$$
      Somewhere I over-complicated and I don't know how to continue or the other route that I should take...










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      $$ lim_{x geq 0}{frac{1-cos^3(x)}{xsin(2x)}}$$
      I tried:
      $$lim_{x geq 0}{{frac{1-cos^2(x)*cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)cos^2(x)}}}$$
      $$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2x+sin^2x-cos^2(x)cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2x*cos^2(x)}}$$
      $$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2(x)+sin^2(x)-(1-sin^2(x))cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)*cos^2(x)}}$$
      $$lim_{x geq 0}{frac{cos^2(x)+sin^2(x)-cos(x)+sin^2(x)cos(x)}{2*x*sin^2(x)*cos^2(x)}}$$
      Somewhere I over-complicated and I don't know how to continue or the other route that I should take...







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          $$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{1-cos^3x}{xsin(2x)}$$
          Apply L'Hopital's Rule$$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{1-cos^3x}{xsin(2x)}=lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{3cos^2xsin x}{sin(2x)+2xcos(2x)}$$
          Again apply L'Hopital's Rule
          $$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{3(-sin(2x)sin x+cos^3x)}{4cos(2x)-4xsin(2x)}=dfrac34$$






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            Hint: Write
            $$frac{(1-cos(x))(1+cos(x))(cos^2(x)+cos(x)+1)}{2xsin(x)cos(x)(1+cos(x))}$$






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              begin{align}lim_{x to 0}frac{1-cos^3x}{x sin (2x)}&= lim_{x to 0}frac{1-left( 1-frac{x^2}2right)^3}{2x^2}\
              &= lim_{x to 0} frac{1-(1-frac{3x^2}2)}{2x^2} \
              &= lim_{x to 0} frac{frac32x^2}{2x^2}\
              &= frac34end{align}






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                taylor series, just drop the higher order terms.
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                I always suggest to include remainder terms (in little-o or big-O form) when using Taylor's expansion, especialy when we introduce to the method not expert student.
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              $${frac{1-cos^3(x)}{xsin(2x)}}={frac{1-cos(x)}{x^2}}cdot(1+cos x+cos^2(x))cdotfrac12{frac{2x}{sin(2x)}}$$



              then refer to standard limits




              • $frac{1-cos(x)}{x^2}to frac12$

              • $frac{2x}{sin(2x)}to 1$


              and simply




              • $1+cos x+cos^2(x)to 3$






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                Let's write the expression under limit as $$frac{1-cos ^3x}{1-cos x} cdotfrac{1-cos x} {x^2}cdotfrac{2x}{sin 2x}cdotfrac{1}{2}$$ The first fraction tends to $3$, the second one tends to $1/2$, and the third one tends to $1$ and therefore the desired limit is $3/4$.






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                  $$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{1-cos^3x}{xsin(2x)}$$
                  Apply L'Hopital's Rule$$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{1-cos^3x}{xsin(2x)}=lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{3cos^2xsin x}{sin(2x)+2xcos(2x)}$$
                  Again apply L'Hopital's Rule
                  $$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{3(-sin(2x)sin x+cos^3x)}{4cos(2x)-4xsin(2x)}=dfrac34$$






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                    $$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{1-cos^3x}{xsin(2x)}$$
                    Apply L'Hopital's Rule$$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{1-cos^3x}{xsin(2x)}=lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{3cos^2xsin x}{sin(2x)+2xcos(2x)}$$
                    Again apply L'Hopital's Rule
                    $$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{3(-sin(2x)sin x+cos^3x)}{4cos(2x)-4xsin(2x)}=dfrac34$$






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                      $$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{1-cos^3x}{xsin(2x)}$$
                      Apply L'Hopital's Rule$$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{1-cos^3x}{xsin(2x)}=lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{3cos^2xsin x}{sin(2x)+2xcos(2x)}$$
                      Again apply L'Hopital's Rule
                      $$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{3(-sin(2x)sin x+cos^3x)}{4cos(2x)-4xsin(2x)}=dfrac34$$






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                      $$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{1-cos^3x}{xsin(2x)}$$
                      Apply L'Hopital's Rule$$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{1-cos^3x}{xsin(2x)}=lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{3cos^2xsin x}{sin(2x)+2xcos(2x)}$$
                      Again apply L'Hopital's Rule
                      $$lim_{xrightarrow0}dfrac{3(-sin(2x)sin x+cos^3x)}{4cos(2x)-4xsin(2x)}=dfrac34$$







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                          $$frac{(1-cos(x))(1+cos(x))(cos^2(x)+cos(x)+1)}{2xsin(x)cos(x)(1+cos(x))}$$






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                            Hint: Write
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                              Hint: Write
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                              Hint: Write
                              $$frac{(1-cos(x))(1+cos(x))(cos^2(x)+cos(x)+1)}{2xsin(x)cos(x)(1+cos(x))}$$







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                              answered Dec 8 '18 at 16:33









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                                  begin{align}lim_{x to 0}frac{1-cos^3x}{x sin (2x)}&= lim_{x to 0}frac{1-left( 1-frac{x^2}2right)^3}{2x^2}\
                                  &= lim_{x to 0} frac{1-(1-frac{3x^2}2)}{2x^2} \
                                  &= lim_{x to 0} frac{frac32x^2}{2x^2}\
                                  &= frac34end{align}






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                                    What is the step in between the first computation, where you get rid of trigonometric identities
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                                    – Bili Debili
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                                    taylor series, just drop the higher order terms.
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                                    – Siong Thye Goh
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 16:47






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                                    $begingroup$
                                    I always suggest to include remainder terms (in little-o or big-O form) when using Taylor's expansion, especialy when we introduce to the method not expert student.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – gimusi
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 17:00
















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                                  begin{align}lim_{x to 0}frac{1-cos^3x}{x sin (2x)}&= lim_{x to 0}frac{1-left( 1-frac{x^2}2right)^3}{2x^2}\
                                  &= lim_{x to 0} frac{1-(1-frac{3x^2}2)}{2x^2} \
                                  &= lim_{x to 0} frac{frac32x^2}{2x^2}\
                                  &= frac34end{align}






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                                  • $begingroup$
                                    What is the step in between the first computation, where you get rid of trigonometric identities
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                                    – Bili Debili
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 16:44












                                  • $begingroup$
                                    taylor series, just drop the higher order terms.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Siong Thye Goh
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 16:47






                                  • 1




                                    $begingroup$
                                    I always suggest to include remainder terms (in little-o or big-O form) when using Taylor's expansion, especialy when we introduce to the method not expert student.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – gimusi
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 17:00














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                                  begin{align}lim_{x to 0}frac{1-cos^3x}{x sin (2x)}&= lim_{x to 0}frac{1-left( 1-frac{x^2}2right)^3}{2x^2}\
                                  &= lim_{x to 0} frac{1-(1-frac{3x^2}2)}{2x^2} \
                                  &= lim_{x to 0} frac{frac32x^2}{2x^2}\
                                  &= frac34end{align}






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                                  begin{align}lim_{x to 0}frac{1-cos^3x}{x sin (2x)}&= lim_{x to 0}frac{1-left( 1-frac{x^2}2right)^3}{2x^2}\
                                  &= lim_{x to 0} frac{1-(1-frac{3x^2}2)}{2x^2} \
                                  &= lim_{x to 0} frac{frac32x^2}{2x^2}\
                                  &= frac34end{align}







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                                  • $begingroup$
                                    What is the step in between the first computation, where you get rid of trigonometric identities
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Bili Debili
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 16:44












                                  • $begingroup$
                                    taylor series, just drop the higher order terms.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Siong Thye Goh
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 16:47






                                  • 1




                                    $begingroup$
                                    I always suggest to include remainder terms (in little-o or big-O form) when using Taylor's expansion, especialy when we introduce to the method not expert student.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – gimusi
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 17:00


















                                  • $begingroup$
                                    What is the step in between the first computation, where you get rid of trigonometric identities
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Bili Debili
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 16:44












                                  • $begingroup$
                                    taylor series, just drop the higher order terms.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – Siong Thye Goh
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 16:47






                                  • 1




                                    $begingroup$
                                    I always suggest to include remainder terms (in little-o or big-O form) when using Taylor's expansion, especialy when we introduce to the method not expert student.
                                    $endgroup$
                                    – gimusi
                                    Dec 8 '18 at 17:00
















                                  $begingroup$
                                  What is the step in between the first computation, where you get rid of trigonometric identities
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Bili Debili
                                  Dec 8 '18 at 16:44






                                  $begingroup$
                                  What is the step in between the first computation, where you get rid of trigonometric identities
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Bili Debili
                                  Dec 8 '18 at 16:44














                                  $begingroup$
                                  taylor series, just drop the higher order terms.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Siong Thye Goh
                                  Dec 8 '18 at 16:47




                                  $begingroup$
                                  taylor series, just drop the higher order terms.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – Siong Thye Goh
                                  Dec 8 '18 at 16:47




                                  1




                                  1




                                  $begingroup$
                                  I always suggest to include remainder terms (in little-o or big-O form) when using Taylor's expansion, especialy when we introduce to the method not expert student.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – gimusi
                                  Dec 8 '18 at 17:00




                                  $begingroup$
                                  I always suggest to include remainder terms (in little-o or big-O form) when using Taylor's expansion, especialy when we introduce to the method not expert student.
                                  $endgroup$
                                  – gimusi
                                  Dec 8 '18 at 17:00











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                                  We have that



                                  $${frac{1-cos^3(x)}{xsin(2x)}}={frac{1-cos(x)}{x^2}}cdot(1+cos x+cos^2(x))cdotfrac12{frac{2x}{sin(2x)}}$$



                                  then refer to standard limits




                                  • $frac{1-cos(x)}{x^2}to frac12$

                                  • $frac{2x}{sin(2x)}to 1$


                                  and simply




                                  • $1+cos x+cos^2(x)to 3$






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                                    We have that



                                    $${frac{1-cos^3(x)}{xsin(2x)}}={frac{1-cos(x)}{x^2}}cdot(1+cos x+cos^2(x))cdotfrac12{frac{2x}{sin(2x)}}$$



                                    then refer to standard limits




                                    • $frac{1-cos(x)}{x^2}to frac12$

                                    • $frac{2x}{sin(2x)}to 1$


                                    and simply




                                    • $1+cos x+cos^2(x)to 3$






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                                      We have that



                                      $${frac{1-cos^3(x)}{xsin(2x)}}={frac{1-cos(x)}{x^2}}cdot(1+cos x+cos^2(x))cdotfrac12{frac{2x}{sin(2x)}}$$



                                      then refer to standard limits




                                      • $frac{1-cos(x)}{x^2}to frac12$

                                      • $frac{2x}{sin(2x)}to 1$


                                      and simply




                                      • $1+cos x+cos^2(x)to 3$






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                                      We have that



                                      $${frac{1-cos^3(x)}{xsin(2x)}}={frac{1-cos(x)}{x^2}}cdot(1+cos x+cos^2(x))cdotfrac12{frac{2x}{sin(2x)}}$$



                                      then refer to standard limits




                                      • $frac{1-cos(x)}{x^2}to frac12$

                                      • $frac{2x}{sin(2x)}to 1$


                                      and simply




                                      • $1+cos x+cos^2(x)to 3$







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                                          Let's write the expression under limit as $$frac{1-cos ^3x}{1-cos x} cdotfrac{1-cos x} {x^2}cdotfrac{2x}{sin 2x}cdotfrac{1}{2}$$ The first fraction tends to $3$, the second one tends to $1/2$, and the third one tends to $1$ and therefore the desired limit is $3/4$.






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                                            Let's write the expression under limit as $$frac{1-cos ^3x}{1-cos x} cdotfrac{1-cos x} {x^2}cdotfrac{2x}{sin 2x}cdotfrac{1}{2}$$ The first fraction tends to $3$, the second one tends to $1/2$, and the third one tends to $1$ and therefore the desired limit is $3/4$.






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                                              Let's write the expression under limit as $$frac{1-cos ^3x}{1-cos x} cdotfrac{1-cos x} {x^2}cdotfrac{2x}{sin 2x}cdotfrac{1}{2}$$ The first fraction tends to $3$, the second one tends to $1/2$, and the third one tends to $1$ and therefore the desired limit is $3/4$.






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                                              Let's write the expression under limit as $$frac{1-cos ^3x}{1-cos x} cdotfrac{1-cos x} {x^2}cdotfrac{2x}{sin 2x}cdotfrac{1}{2}$$ The first fraction tends to $3$, the second one tends to $1/2$, and the third one tends to $1$ and therefore the desired limit is $3/4$.







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