Calculus Examples

Evaluate the Limit limit as x approaches 0 of (1-cos(mx))/(1-cos(nx))
Step 1
Apply L'Hospital's rule.
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Step 1.1
Evaluate the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
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Step 1.1.1
Take the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
Step 1.1.2
Evaluate the limit of the numerator.
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Step 1.1.2.1
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 1.1.2.1.1
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.1.2.1.2
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 1.1.2.1.3
Move the limit inside the trig function because cosine is continuous.
Step 1.1.2.1.4
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.1.2.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.2.3
Simplify the answer.
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Step 1.1.2.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.1.2.3.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.2.3.1.2
The exact value of is .
Step 1.1.2.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.2.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.3
Evaluate the limit of the denominator.
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Step 1.1.3.1
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 1.1.3.1.1
Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 1.1.3.1.2
Evaluate the limit of which is constant as approaches .
Step 1.1.3.1.3
Move the limit inside the trig function because cosine is continuous.
Step 1.1.3.1.4
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 1.1.3.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 1.1.3.3
Simplify the answer.
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Step 1.1.3.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.1.3.3.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.3.1.2
The exact value of is .
Step 1.1.3.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.3.3.3
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.1.3.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.1.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 1.2
Since is of indeterminate form, apply L'Hospital's Rule. L'Hospital's Rule states that the limit of a quotient of functions is equal to the limit of the quotient of their derivatives.
Step 1.3
Find the derivative of the numerator and denominator.
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Step 1.3.1
Differentiate the numerator and denominator.
Step 1.3.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4
Evaluate .
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Step 1.3.4.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 1.3.4.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.3.4.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.3.4.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.4.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.4.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.4.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.5
Simplify.
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Step 1.3.5.1
Add and .
Step 1.3.5.2
Reorder the factors of .
Step 1.3.6
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.7
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.8
Evaluate .
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Step 1.3.8.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.8.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 1.3.8.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.3.8.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.8.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.3.8.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.8.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.8.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.8.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.8.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.9
Simplify.
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Step 1.3.9.1
Add and .
Step 1.3.9.2
Reorder the factors of .
Step 2
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 3
Apply L'Hospital's rule.
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Step 3.1
Evaluate the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
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Step 3.1.1
Take the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.
Step 3.1.2
Evaluate the limit of the numerator.
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Step 3.1.2.1
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 3.1.2.1.1
Move the limit inside the trig function because sine is continuous.
Step 3.1.2.1.2
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 3.1.2.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.1.2.3
Simplify the answer.
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Step 3.1.2.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.2.3.2
The exact value of is .
Step 3.1.3
Evaluate the limit of the denominator.
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Step 3.1.3.1
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 3.1.3.1.1
Move the limit inside the trig function because sine is continuous.
Step 3.1.3.1.2
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 3.1.3.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 3.1.3.3
Simplify the answer.
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Step 3.1.3.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3.3.2
The exact value of is .
Step 3.1.3.3.3
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 3.1.3.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 3.1.4
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Step 3.2
Since is of indeterminate form, apply L'Hospital's Rule. L'Hospital's Rule states that the limit of a quotient of functions is equal to the limit of the quotient of their derivatives.
Step 3.3
Find the derivative of the numerator and denominator.
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Step 3.3.1
Differentiate the numerator and denominator.
Step 3.3.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.3.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.3.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.3.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.5
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.6
Reorder the factors of .
Step 3.3.7
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.3.7.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.3.7.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.7.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.3.8
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.9
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.10
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.11
Reorder the factors of .
Step 4
Evaluate the limit.
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Step 4.1
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 4.2
Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as approaches .
Step 4.3
Move the limit inside the trig function because cosine is continuous.
Step 4.4
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 4.5
Move the limit inside the trig function because cosine is continuous.
Step 4.6
Move the term outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to .
Step 5
Evaluate the limits by plugging in for all occurrences of .
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Step 5.1
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 5.2
Evaluate the limit of by plugging in for .
Step 6
Simplify the answer.
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Step 6.1
Multiply .
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Step 6.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.1.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.1.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.1.5
Add and .
Step 6.1.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.1.7
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.1.8
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.1.9
Add and .
Step 6.2
Combine.
Step 6.3
Separate fractions.
Step 6.4
Rewrite as a product.
Step 6.5
Write as a fraction with denominator .
Step 6.6
Simplify.
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Step 6.6.1
Divide by .
Step 6.6.2
Convert from to .
Step 6.7
Multiply by .
Step 6.8
Multiply by .
Step 6.9
Rewrite in terms of sines and cosines, then cancel the common factors.
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Step 6.9.1
Reorder and .
Step 6.9.2
Rewrite in terms of sines and cosines.
Step 6.9.3
Cancel the common factors.
Step 6.10
Multiply by .