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Calculus Level 3

Evaluate lim n 2 n sin ( 9 0 n ) \displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} \ 2n\sin \left (\frac{90^{\circ}}{n}\right) .

Give your answer to 2 decimal places.


The answer is 3.14.

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2 solutions

Md Zuhair
Mar 13, 2017

Here we know that l i m n 2 n s i n ( 9 0 n ) lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \ 2n\ sin(\frac{90^{\circ}}{n})

So now LaTeX: l i m n 2 s i n ( 9 0 n ) 1 n lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \ 2\dfrac{\ sin(\frac{90^{\circ}}{n})}{\dfrac{1}{n}}

Lets take 1 n = m \dfrac{1}{n} = m

So l i m m 0 2 s i n ( 9 0 m ) m lim_{m \rightarrow 0} \ 2\dfrac{\ sin({90^{\circ}m})}{m}

So Now 9 0 = π 2 90^{\circ} = \dfrac{\pi}{2}

So rewriting

l i m m 0 2 s i n ( π 2 m ) m lim_{m \rightarrow 0} \ 2\dfrac{\ sin({\dfrac{\pi}{2}m})}{m}

Now Multiplying π 2 \dfrac{\pi}{2} to denominator and numerator we get,

l i m m 0 2 π 2 s i n ( π 2 m ) π 2 m lim_{m \rightarrow 0} \ 2\dfrac{\pi}{2}\dfrac{\ sin({\dfrac{\pi}{2}m})}{\dfrac{\pi}{2}m}

Now we know that l i m x 0 sin x x lim_{x \rightarrow 0} \dfrac{\sin x}{x} = 1 1

So l i m m 0 2 π 2 s i n ( π 2 m ) π 2 m lim_{m \rightarrow 0} \ 2\dfrac{\pi}{2}\dfrac{\ sin({\dfrac{\pi}{2}m})}{\dfrac{\pi}{2}m} = 2. π 2 2 . \dfrac{\pi}{2}

So Limit = π = 3.14 \boxed{\pi}= \boxed{3.14} (Upto two decimal places)

Nice solution to m y first porblem I posted :) I am gonna write a solution later on today. I have used a more geometric approach.

Peter van der Linden - 4 years, 3 months ago

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Oh, Thats great .

Md Zuhair - 4 years, 3 months ago

This is the formula deduced by Archimedes to determine the value of π \pi .

Naren Bhandari - 3 years, 4 months ago

Hey, pi is not equal to 3.14.

. . - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Yeah true, you've got a point XD

Md Zuhair - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Let's take a look at the first quadrant of the unit circle. Let's divide the angle of 9 0 90^{\circ} into n equals angles. If we connect the sides of these n corners, we will find n congruent triangles with 2 legs of length 1. We want to calculate the area of one triangle. To do that we need to find a base and a height. Let's call the base the opposite of the known angel of 9 0 n \frac{90^{\circ}}{n} . Then with the sine rule we can calculate the length of the base: b a s e = s i n ( 9 0 n ) s i n ( 9 0 4 5 2 n ) base=\frac{sin(\frac{90^{\circ}}{n})}{sin(90^{\circ}-\frac{45^{\circ}}{2n}}) . For the height we draw a line perpendicalur on the base. Now we can calculate the height by using the formula for the sinus: s i n ( 9 0 4 5 2 n ) = h e i g h t 1 = h e i g h t sin(90^{\circ}-\frac{45^{\circ}}{2n}) = \frac{height}{1} = height . So the area of 1 triangle now is: 1 2 s i n ( 9 0 4 5 2 n ) s i n ( 9 0 n ) s i n ( 9 0 4 5 2 n ) = 1 2 s i n ( 9 0 n ) \frac{1}{2} \cdot sin(90^{\circ}-\frac{45^{\circ}}{2n})\cdot\frac{sin(\frac{90^{\circ}}{n})}{sin(90^{\circ}-\frac{45^{\circ}}{2n})} =\frac{1}{2}sin(\frac{90^{\circ}}{n}) . Now since we have n triangles in the first quarter, we have a total area of n 1 2 s i n ( 9 0 n ) n \cdot \frac{1}{2}sin(\frac{90^{\circ}}{n}) . Now it we take l i m n lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} we find the total area of the first quadrant. From the formula for the area if this quadrant we now that this equals π 4 \frac{\pi}{4} , so:

l i m n n 2 s i n ( 9 0 n ) = π 4 lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \frac{n}{2}sin(\frac{90^{\circ}}{n}) =\frac{\pi}{4} .

Now we know: l i m n 2 n s i n ( 9 0 n ) = 4 π 4 = π lim_{n\rightarrow \infty } 2n sin(\frac{90^{\circ}}{n}) = 4\cdot \frac{\pi}{4} = \pi .

Your title gave it away...

A Former Brilliant Member - 11 months, 3 weeks ago

You say that π = 3.14 \pi = 3.14 , but π \pi is not equal to 3.14 3.14 because it is irrational.

. . - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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