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Using the method of L’ Hospital, evaluate the limit.

\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\log (\cos x)}{1-\cos x}

Option: 1

1


Option: 2

0


Option: 3

-1


Option: 4

Cannot be determined


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Apply the L' Hospital's Rule, when  \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=\frac{0}{0}, \frac{\infty}{\infty}, \text { etc. } [an intermediate form] in the following way

  • Differentiate   \\lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=\lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{f^{\prime}(x)}{g^{\prime}(x)} , provided that the limit \lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{f^{\prime}(x)}{g^{\prime}(x)}  exists.

  • Otherwise, go on differentiating till the limit with the determinate form is achieved.

The provided limit is

\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\log (\cos x)}{1-\cos x}=\frac{0}{0}

Here use the L’ Hospital rule and also refer to the following formula.

\begin{aligned} & \frac{d}{d x}(\cos x)=-\sin x \\ & \frac{d}{d x}\left(\log _e x\right)=\frac{1}{x} \end{aligned}

Now, derive the following:

\begin{aligned} & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\log (\cos x)}{1-\cos x} \\ & =\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\frac{d}{d x} \log (\cos x)}{\frac{d}{d x}(1-\cos x)} \end{aligned}

\begin{aligned} & =\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\frac{-\sin x}{\cos x}}{-(-\sin x)} \\ & =-\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{1}{\cos x} \quad[0 x \neq 0] \\ & =-\frac{1}{\cos 0} \\ & =-1 \end{aligned}

 

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