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Benny
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I've been looking at what I'm pretty sure is a standard result but I can't prove it. So can someone please help me out?
[tex]
\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{{\sin x}}{x} = 1
[/tex]
I think that it can be done using the squeeze theorem but I can't get to the answer. I started with [tex] - 1 \le \sin x \le 1[/tex]. At this point dividing through by x gets me nowhere since the limits won't be equal. So I try to divide by cos(x) which gives: [tex] - \sec x \le \tan x \le \sec x[/tex].
The left part of the inequality approaches negative one as x approaches zero and the right part of the inequality approaches positive one as x approaches zero. I can't go any further so can someone please help me out?
[tex]
\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{{\sin x}}{x} = 1
[/tex]
I think that it can be done using the squeeze theorem but I can't get to the answer. I started with [tex] - 1 \le \sin x \le 1[/tex]. At this point dividing through by x gets me nowhere since the limits won't be equal. So I try to divide by cos(x) which gives: [tex] - \sec x \le \tan x \le \sec x[/tex].
The left part of the inequality approaches negative one as x approaches zero and the right part of the inequality approaches positive one as x approaches zero. I can't go any further so can someone please help me out?