Differentiation Question 182

Question: What is $ \underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{x}{\sqrt{1-\cos x}} $ equal to-

Options:

A) $ \sqrt{2} $

B) $ -\sqrt{2} $

C) $ \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} $

D) Limit does not exist

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

[d] $ \underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{x}{\sqrt{1-\cos x}} $

$ =\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{x}{\sqrt{1-( 1-2{{\sin }^{2}}\frac{x}{2} )}} $

$ =\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{x}{\sqrt{2{{\sin }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}}}=\frac{1}{2}\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{x}{| \sin \frac{x}{2} |} $ L.H.L $ =f(0-0)=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{x}{| \sin \frac{x}{2} |} $

$ =-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{2( \frac{h}{2} )}{\sin \frac{h}{2}} $

$ =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\times 2\times 1 $

$ ( \because \underset{\theta \to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{\theta }{\sin \theta }=1 ) $

RHL $ =f(0+0)=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}f(0+h) $

$ =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{2( \frac{h}{2} )}{\sin \frac{h}{2}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\times 2\times 1 $

$ LHL\ne RHL=\sqrt{2} $ Therefore limit does not exist.