Mathematical analysis

Calculus Level 3

Let I ( x ) = 0 x sin ( t ) d t \displaystyle I(x) = \int_0^x \sin \left(\sqrt t \right)\ dt . What is

lim x 0 3 I ( x ) 2 x x = ? \large \lim_{x \to 0} \frac {3I(x)}{2x\sqrt x} = ?

2 2 3 \frac 23 3 2 \frac 32 1

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1 solution

After noting that I ( x ) 0 I(x) \to 0 as x 0 x \to 0 , we see that the given limit is of the indeterminate form 0 / 0 0/0 , and so we can apply L'Hopital's rule. Now by the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus d d x I ( x ) = sin ( x ) \dfrac{d}{dx}I(x) = \sin(\sqrt{x}) , so

lim x 0 3 I ( x ) 2 x 3 / 2 = lim x 0 3 sin ( x ) 3 x = 1 \large \displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \dfrac{3 I(x)}{2 x^{3/2}} = \lim_{x \to 0} \dfrac{3 \sin(\sqrt{x})}{3 \sqrt{x}} = \boxed{1} , where we have used the fact that lim u 0 sin ( u ) u = 1 \displaystyle \lim_{u \to 0} \dfrac{\sin(u)}{u} = 1 .

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