JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main - Mock Test - 5

  • question_answer
    \[\underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{\cot x-\cos x}{{{(\pi -2x)}^{3}}}\] equals

    A) \[\frac{1}{16}\]                      

    B) \[\frac{1}{8}\]

    C) \[\frac{1}{4}\]                        

    D) \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[\underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{\cot x-\cos x}{{{\left( \pi -2x \right)}^{3}}}=\underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{\cot x(1-\sin x)}{{{\left( \pi -2x \right)}^{3}}}\]
    \[=\,\,\underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{\tan (\pi /2-x)\,(1-\cos (\pi /2-x)}{{{(\pi -2x)}^{3}}}\]
    \[=\,\,\underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{\tan (\pi /2-x).2{{\sin }^{2}}(\pi /4-(x/2))}{2((\pi /2)-x).16{{((\pi /4)-(x/2))}^{2}}}\]
    \[=\frac{2}{32}\,\underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{\tan \,((\pi /2)-x)}{\pi /2-x}\times \underset{x\to \pi /2}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,{{\left[ \frac{\sin (\pi /4-(x/2))}{(\pi /4)-(x/2)} \right]}^{2}}\]
    \[=\frac{2}{32}=\frac{1}{16}\]      


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