It's just derivative of sine, right?

Calculus Level 3

lim x 0 [ d d x ( 1 cos 2 x ) ] \large \displaystyle \lim_{x \rightarrow 0} \left[ \frac{d}{dx} \left( \sqrt{1-\cos^{2}x } \right) \right]

+ + \infty - \infty DNE 0 0 1 -1 1 1

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For 0 x π 0 \le x \le \pi we have that 1 cos 2 ( x ) = sin ( x ) , \sqrt{1 - \cos^{2}(x)}= \sin(x), and thus the right-sided limit is

lim x 0 + ( d d x 1 cos 2 ( x ) ) = lim x 0 + ( d d x sin ( x ) ) = lim x 0 + cos ( x ) = 1. \large \lim_{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \left( \dfrac{d}{dx}\sqrt{1 - \cos^{2}(x)} \right) = \lim_{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \left(\dfrac{d}{dx} \sin(x) \right) = \lim_{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \cos(x) = 1.

For π x 0 -\pi \le x \le 0 we have that 1 cos 2 ( x ) = sin ( x ) , \sqrt{1 - \cos^{2}(x)} = -\sin(x), and thus the left-sided limit is

lim x 0 ( d d x ( sin ( x ) ) ) = lim x 0 ( cos ( x ) ) = 1. \large \lim_{x \rightarrow 0^{-}} \left( \dfrac{d}{dx} (-\sin(x)) \right) = \lim_{x \rightarrow 0^{-}} (-\cos(x)) = -1.

Since the right-sided and left-sided limits are different, the given two-sided limit does not exist, i.e., the correct answer is D N E . \boxed{DNE}.

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