Evaluate the following limit (1)

Calculus Level pending

lim x 0 4 x tan ( x ) = ? \large \lim_{x \to 0} \frac {4x}{\tan (x)} = \ ?


The answer is 4.

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2 solutions

We have an indeterminate 0 0 \dfrac{0}{0} situation, so applying L'Hôpital's rule,

lim x 0 4 x tan x = lim x 0 4 sec 2 x = 4 cos 2 0 = 4 \begin{aligned}\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{4x}{\tan x}&=\lim_{x\to 0} \frac{4}{\sec^2 x}\\&=4\cos^2 0\\&=\color{#20A900}{\boxed{4}}\end{aligned}

James Watson
Jul 27, 2020

lim x 0 4 x tan ( x ) = lim x 0 d d x ( 4 x ) d d x ( tan ( x ) ) ( L’Hopital’s rule: 0 0 ) = lim x 0 4 sec 2 ( x ) \lim\limits_{x\to 0}\frac{4x}{\tan(x)} = \lim\limits_{x\to 0}\frac{\frac{d}{dx}(4x)}{\frac{d}{dx}(\tan(x))}\: \left( \textrm{L'Hopital's rule: }\frac{0}{0}\right) = \lim\limits_{x\to 0}\frac{4}{\sec^2(x)} lim x 0 4 sec 2 ( x ) = 4 1 2 = 4 \lim\limits_{x\to 0}\frac{4}{\sec^2(x)} = \frac{4}{1^2} = \boxed{4}

I definitely need to study L'Hopital's rule now... Observing in so many solutions

Mahdi Raza - 10 months, 2 weeks ago

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yes it crops up everywhere!

James Watson - 10 months, 2 weeks ago

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