JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Functions Question Bank Limits

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    The value of \[\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\cos \left( \frac{x}{2} \right)\cos \left( \frac{x}{4} \right)\cos \left( \frac{x}{8} \right)...\cos \left( \frac{x}{{{2}^{n}}} \right)\] is

    A)                 1

    B)                 \[\frac{\sin x}{x}\]

    C)                 \[\frac{x}{\sin x}\]

    D)                 None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                       We know that            \[\cos A\cos 2A\cos 4A....\cos {{2}^{n-1}}A=\frac{\sin {{2}^{n}}A}{{{2}^{n}}\sin A}\]            Taking \[A=\frac{x}{{{2}^{n}}},\] we get            \[\cos \,\left( \frac{x}{{{2}^{n}}} \right)\,\cos \,\left( \frac{x}{{{2}^{n-1}}} \right)\,...\cos \left( \frac{x}{4} \right)\cos \,\left( \frac{x}{2} \right)=\frac{\sin x}{{{2}^{n}}\sin \left( \frac{x}{{{2}^{n}}} \right)}\]            \[\therefore \,\,\,\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\,\cos \,\left( \frac{x}{2} \right)\cos \,\left( \frac{x}{4} \right)...\cos \,\left( \frac{x}{{{2}^{n-1}}} \right)\,\cos \,\left( \frac{x}{{{2}^{n}}} \right)\]                 \[=\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\frac{\sin x}{{{2}^{n}}\sin \,\left( \frac{x}{{{2}^{n}}} \right)}=\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\frac{\sin x}{x}\frac{(x/{{2}^{n}})}{\sin \,(x/{{2}^{n}})}=\frac{\sin x}{x}\].


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