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lim x 0 2 x tan x = ? \large \displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \left\lfloor \dfrac{-2x}{\tan x} \right\rfloor = \ ?


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-1 None of the given. -2 -3 doesn't exist.

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3 solutions

Daniel Ferreira
Jun 28, 2015

lim x 0 2 x tan x = lim x 0 2 x sin x cos x = lim x 0 2 cos x x sin x = lim x 0 2 cos x ( sin x x ) 1 = \\ \lim_{x \to 0} \left \lfloor \frac{-2x}{\tan x} \right \rfloor = \\\\\\ \lim_{x \to 0} \left \lfloor \frac{- 2x}{\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}} \right \rfloor = \\\\\\ \lim_{x \to 0} \left \lfloor - 2 \cdot \cos x \cdot \frac{x}{\sin x} \right \rfloor = \\\\\\ \lim_{x \to 0} \left \lfloor - 2 \cdot \cos x \cdot \left (\frac{\sin x}{x} \right )^{- 1} \right \rfloor =

Do limite fundamental, lim x 0 sin x x = 1 \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin x}{x} = 1 . Temos que:

lim x 0 2 cos x ( sin x x ) 1 = 2 cos 0 o ( 1 ) 1 = 2 1 1 = 2 \\ \lim_{x \to 0} \left \lfloor - 2 \cdot \cos x \cdot \left (\frac{\sin x}{x} \right )^{- 1} \right \rfloor = \\\\\\ - 2 \cdot \cos 0^o \cdot (1)^{- 1} = \\\\ - 2 \cdot 1 \cdot 1 = \\\\ \boxed{- 2}

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jan 26, 2016

Let L = 2 x tan x L = \dfrac{-2x}{\tan x} , then:

lim x 0 L = lim x 0 2 x tan x = lim x 0 2 x x + 1 3 x 3 + 2 15 x 5 + 17 315 x 7 + . . . Maclaurin series = lim x 0 2 1 + 1 3 x 2 + 2 15 x 4 + 17 315 x 6 + . . . \begin{aligned} \lim_{x \to 0} \lfloor L \rfloor & = \lim_{x \to 0} \left \lfloor \frac{-2x}{\color{#3D99F6}{\tan x}} \right \rfloor \\ & = \lim_{x \to 0} \left \lfloor \frac{-2x}{\color{#3D99F6}{x+\frac{1}{3}x^3+\frac{2}{15}x^5+\frac{17}{315}x^7+...}} \right \rfloor \quad \quad \small \color{#3D99F6}{\text{Maclaurin series}} \\ & = \lim_{x \to 0} \left \lfloor \frac{-2}{1+\frac{1}{3}x^2+\frac{2}{15}x^4+\frac{17}{315}x^6+...} \right \rfloor \end{aligned}

We note that as x 0 x \to 0 , L 2 + > 2 L \to -2^+ > - 2 , therefore lim x 0 L = 2 \displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \lfloor L \rfloor = \boxed{- 2} .

Mayank Jha
Jun 11, 2015

As x tends to 0 ,x/tan x=1 so the limit is [-2] where [] denotes floor function & [-2]=-2

What about lim x 0 2 tan x x \displaystyle\lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \left\lfloor -2\dfrac{\tan x}{x} \right\rfloor ?

Pranjal Jain - 6 years ago

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I DONT KNOW ABOUT FLOOR FUNCTION

Rahul Jain - 6 years ago

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There is nothing much about floor function. Read Wiki here.

Pranjal Jain - 6 years ago

This one is -3..... Right??

Rishabh Jain - 5 years, 4 months ago

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Yup. Since tan x x 1 + \dfrac{\tan x}{x}\rightarrow 1^{+} as x 0 x\rightarrow 0 , the solution to mine is 3 -3

Pranjal Jain - 5 years, 4 months ago

So according to you, lim x 0 x = 0 \lim _{ x\rightarrow 0 }{ \left\lfloor x \right\rfloor } =0 ?

You better consider studying limits.

Abhishek Sharma - 6 years ago

when x tends to 0 from positive side the nature of x/tanx would be different from the nature of x/tanx when x approaches 0 from negative side

Siddharth Tripathi - 5 years, 12 months ago

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It would be same. x/tan(x) is even function.

Pranjal Jain - 5 years, 12 months ago

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