Differentiation Question 205

Question: The value of $ \underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}{{\tan }^{2}}x(\sqrt{2{{\sin }^{2}}x+3\sin x+4} $

$ -\sqrt{{{\sin }^{2}}x+6\sin x+2)} $ is equal to

Options:

A) $ \frac{1}{10} $

B) $ \frac{1}{11} $

C) $ \frac{1}{12} $

D) $ \frac{1}{8} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

[c] $ \underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}{{\tan }^{2}}x(\sqrt{2{{\sin }^{2}}x+3\sin x+4}-\sqrt{{{\sin }^{2}}x+6\sin x+2}) $

$ =\underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}{{\tan }^{2}}x\frac{(2sin^{2}x+3sinx+4-sin^{2}x-6\sin x-2)}{\sqrt{2{{\sin }^{2}}x+3\sin x+4}+\sqrt{{{\sin }^{2}}x+6\sin x+2}} $

$ =\underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{{{\tan }^{2}}x(sin^{2}x-3sinx+2)}{\sqrt{2{{\sin }^{2}}x+3\sin x+4}+\sqrt{{{\sin }^{2}}x+6\sin x+2}} $

$ =\underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{{{\sin }^{2}}x(sinx-1)(sinx-2)}{(1-sin^{2}x)(\sqrt{2{{\sin }^{2}}x+3\sin x+4}+\sqrt{{{\sin }^{2}}x+6\sin x+2})} $

$ \underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{-{{\sin }^{2}}x(sinx-2)}{(1+sinx)(\sqrt{2{{\sin }^{2}}x+3\sin x+4}+\sqrt{{{\sin }^{2}}x+6\sin x+2})} $

$ =\frac{1}{2(\sqrt{9}+\sqrt{9})}=\frac{1}{12}. $