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nice one, sir
@Albert Lau Ohhh WOW!!!!!! This is an AMAZING approach!! I only used the Binomial expansion.......But this was awesome, Sir!!!
First off, the problem with the question is that it fails to mention that the angle in the cosine is actually in degrees, converting it to radians, the question can be stated as:
n → ∞ lim 2 n × 2 − 2 cos n 2 π
= n → ∞ lim 2 n × 2 ( 1 − cos n 2 π )
Using 1 − cos ( 2 θ ) = 2 sin 2 ( θ ) :
= n → ∞ lim 2 n × 4 sin 2 n π
= n → ∞ lim 2 n × 2 sin n π
Substituting n 1 = h
= h → 0 + lim h sin ( π h )
= h → 0 + lim ( π h ) sin ( π h ) × π
Using x → 0 lim x sin x = 1 :
= π
The angle is in radian.
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Yes, it has now been corrected. The original problem had stated n 3 6 0 instead of n 2 π . It had received reports regarding it as well.
Similar solution with @Aryaman Maithani
\begin{aligned} L & = \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac n2 \sqrt{2-2\color{#3D99F6}\cos \frac {2\pi}n} & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Since }\cos (2\theta) = 1 - 2\sin^2 \theta \\ & = \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac n2 \sqrt{2-2\color{#3D99F6}\left(1-2\sin^2 \frac \pi n\right)} \\ & = \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac n2 \sqrt{4\sin^2 \frac \pi n} \\ & = \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac n \sin^2 \frac \pi n & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Multiply up and down by }\frac \pi n. \\ & = \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac {\pi \color{#3D99F6}\sin^2 \frac \pi n}{\color{#3D99F6}\frac \pi n} & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Note that }\lim_{x \to 0} \frac {\sin x}x = 1 \\ & = \boxed{\pi} \end{aligned}
Let u = n 2 , then
n → ∞ lim 2 n × 2 − 2 cos n 2 π = 2 × u → 0 lim u 1 − cos π u
Using sin 2 θ = 1 − cos 2 θ = ( 1 + cos θ ) ( 1 − cos θ ) , we get
2 × u → 0 lim u 1 − cos π u = 2 × u → 0 lim u 1 + cos π u sin π u = 2 × u → 0 lim 1 π cos π u × u → 0 lim 1 + cos π u 1
Finally
n → ∞ lim 2 n × 2 − 2 cos n 2 π = 2 × π × 2 1 = π
I believe it should be u=2/n, but otherwise great solution.
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the expression inside the limit is equal to half of perimeter of regular n-gon.
as n → ∞ , the limit of the shape is a circle with radius = 1, hence limit = 2 C = 2 2 π = π