LIMITS

Tutorial–3

STUDY TARGETS

Revise Lecture Notes

Re-Solve the Problems Done In class.

1. Evaluate the following limits :

(a) lim (secx – tanx) ;

x
(b) xlim

 (x  2a) (2x  a)  x 2 
2

(c) xlim
 
x  x2  x 
 sinx 
2.  Using xlim =1 . Evaluate the following limits :
 0 x 

 tan x  3   (sin(cos x)) cos x 

(a) lim 
(b) x 
lim  
x /3  9x 2  2  /2  sinx-cosec x 
 

cos x  cos a  a sin x  x sina 

(c) xlim (d) xlim
a  
a xa ax 2  a 2 x 

1  cos 2nx tan x  sin x

(e) xlim (f) xlim
a 1  cos 2mx 0 sin3 x

cos Ax  cos Bx  (x  y)sec(x  y)  x sec x

(g) lim   (h) ylim
0
x 0  x2  y

1  cos  tan x  4 tan 2x  3 tan 3x

(i) lim (j) xlim
0 22 0 x 2 tan x

(k) lim 2sin2 x  sin x  1

x /6 2sin2 x  3sin x  1

ax 1
3. (Using lim  log e a) Evaluate the following limits :
x 0 x

x
2x  2 e e a
(a) lim
x 1 (b) xlim
a
x 1 (x  a)

6x  2x  3 x  1 3x  5 x
(c) xlim
0 (d) xlim
0
sin2 x x

2x  1 a x 1  1
(e) xlim
0
(f) lim
x 1
(1  x)  1 (sin x)

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4. (Using lim  na n1 ) Evaluate the following limits :
x a x a

xm  am (x  2)3/2  (a  2)3/2
(a) xlim
a (b) xlim
a (x  a)
xn  an

(1  x)6  1  x 2/3  a 2/3 

(c) xlim
0 (1  x)2  1
(d) xlim
a  x 3/4  a 3/4 
 

x9  a 9
(e) If xlim
a = xlim
5 (4+x), find all possible values of a.
(x  a)

 x n  3n  2 3 n
(f) If xlim
3  x  3  = 108, find value of n. (g) lim (x  x  x  ....  x )  n
  x 1 (x  1)
5. Evaluate the following (exponential & Logarithmic) Limits :

x 2  x log x  log x  1 log (1  3x)

(i) xlim
1 (ii) xlim
0 5x  1
(x  1)

log x  1 (ex  x)
(iii) lim
x e (x  e)
(iv) xlim
0 (1  cos x)

1  2  3  4  5  6  ...  2n
6. lim is equal to
n 
n2  1  4n2  1
(a) 1/3 (b) – 1/3 (c) – 1/5 (d) None of these
1/3 1/3

7. The value of lim

1  x   1  x 
is
x 0 x
(a) 2/3 (b) 1/3 (c) 1 (d) None of these

1  cos 2x
8. lim is
x 0
2x
(a)  (b) –1 (c) zero (d) Does not exist

 
9. The value of lim
x  
x  x  x  x  is
 
(a) 1/2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these

x  cos x
10. The value of lim is
x  x  sin x
(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of these

2x  23– x – 6
11. lim is equal to
x  2 2– x / 2 – 21– x

(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) None of these

2 x  33 x  55 x
12. The value of lim is
x 
3x  2  3 2x  3

(a) 2/ 3 (b) 3 (c) 1/ 3 (d) None of these

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13. The value of lim is
x  5x
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 0 (d) None of these

  x 
1  tan    1  sin x 
 2 
14. lim  is
x
 
 x  3
2
 1  tan      2x 
  2 
(a) 1/8 (b) 0 (c) 1/32 (d) 
log  3  x   log  3  x 
15. If lim  k, the value of k is
x 0 x
(a) 0 (b) – 1/3 (c) 2/3 (d) – 2/3
3
2 2   cos x  sin x 
16. The value of lim
x
 1  sin 2x is
4

(a) 3/ 2 (b) 2 /3 (c) 1/ 2 (d) 2

17. lim
x   sin x  1  sin x  is equal to
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 0 (d) None of these

18. lim 1  x  1  x 2  1  x 4  ... 1  x 2n  ,|x| 1, is equal to

n 

1 1
(a) (b) (c) 1 – x (d) x – 1
x 1 1 x
n
 2n n 1 n n  1 
19. lim 
The value of n 2n2  1 cos  . 
 2n  1 1  2n n2  1  is

(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 0 (d) None of these

ANSWER KEY
5a
1. (a) 0, (b) , (c) –1/2
2 2
 cos a sina  B2  A 2
2. (a) 2/3, (b) –1, (c) – sina, (d)   2 , (e) n2/m2, (f) 1/2, (g) ,
 a a  2
(cos x  x sin x)
(h) , (i) 1/4, (j) – 16, (k) – 3
cos2 x
e a  log e a
3. (a) 2log e 2 , (b) , (c) loge2 × loge 3, (d) loge3/5, (e) 2log e 2 , (f)
2 a 
m mn 3 1/2 8 1/12 n(n  1)
4. (a) a , (b) (a  2) , (c) 3, (d) a , (e) a = +1, –1, i , – i, (f) 4, (g)
n 2 9 2
3
5. (i) 2, (ii) log 5 , (iii) 1/e, (iv) (1) 6. (b) 7. (a)
e
8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (c)
14. (c) 15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (c)
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