Functions Question 97

Question: $ \underset{\theta \to 0}{\mathop{\lim }},\frac{1-\cos \theta }{{{\theta }^{2}}}= $

[AI CBSE 1981, 91; DSSE 1981, 83]

Options:

A) 1

B) 2

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

D) $ \frac{1}{4} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

$ \underset{\theta \to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\frac{2,{{\sin }^{2}}(\theta /2)}{{{\theta }^{2}}}=\frac{1}{2}. $ Aliter : Apply L-Hospital?s rule.