Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 1 - Limits and Their Properties - Section Project - Graphs and Limits of Trigonometric Functions - Page 90: b

Answer

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$$f(x)=\frac{\sin x }{x}$$ $$f(1) \approx 0.841, \quad f(0.5) \approx 0.959, \quad f(0.25) \approx 0.990, \quad \quad f(0.1) \approx 0.998 \quad f(0.01) \approx 0.999$$ $$f(-1) \approx 0.841, \quad f(-0.5) \approx 0.959, \quad f(-0.25) \approx 0.990, \quad \quad f(-0.1) \approx 0.998 \quad f(-0.01) \approx 0.999$$ According to the table of values of the function $f(x)=\frac{\sin x}{x}$, we see that when $x$ approaches $0$ from both left and right, the values of the function approach $1$. Thus, we conclude that$$\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin x }{x}=1.$$
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