Functions Question 31

Question: $ \underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}(\sec \theta -\tan \theta )= $

[IIT 1976; AMU 1999]

Options:

A) 0

B) 1/2

C) 2

D) $ \infty $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

$ \underset{\theta \to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{1-\sin \theta }{\cos \theta }=\underset{\theta \to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{{{( \cos \frac{\theta }{2}-\sin \frac{\theta }{2} )}^{2}}}{( \cos \frac{\theta }{2}-\sin \frac{\theta }{2} )( \cos \frac{\theta }{2}+\sin \frac{\theta }{2} )}=0 $ .