Evaluate: \(\mathop {\lim }\limits_{{\rm{x\;}} \to 0} \frac{\tan x\, -\, \sin x}{\sin^{3}x}\)

  1. 1
  2. \(\frac{1}{2}\)
  3. \(\frac{1}{3}\)
  4. 2

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Option 2 : \(\frac{1}{2}\)
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We have,

\(\mathop {\lim }\limits_{{\rm{x\;}} \to 0} \frac{\tan x\, -\, \sin x}{\sin^{3}x}\)

\(\Rightarrow \mathop {\lim }\limits_{{\rm{x\;}} \to 0} \frac{\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}\, -\, \sin x}{\sin^{3}x}\)      (∵ tan x = sin x/cos x)

\(\Rightarrow \mathop {\lim }\limits_{{\rm{x\;}} \to 0} \frac{\sin x(1-\cos x)}{\cos x\, \sin^{3}x}\)

\(\Rightarrow \mathop {\lim }\limits_{{\rm{x\;}} \to 0} \frac{(1-\cos x)}{\cos x\, \sin^{2}x}\)

\(\Rightarrow \mathop {\lim }\limits_{{\rm{x\;}} \to 0} \frac{(1-\cos x)}{\cos x\, (1-\cos^{2}x)}\)      (∵ sin2 x = 1 - cos2 x)

\(\Rightarrow \mathop {\lim }\limits_{{\rm{x\;}} \to 0} \frac{(1-\cos x)}{\cos x\, (1+\cos x)(1-\cos x)}\)      

\(\Rightarrow \mathop {\lim }\limits_{{\rm{x\;}} \to 0} \frac{1}{\cos x\, (1+\cos x)}\)

\(\therefore \frac{1}{2}\) is the correct limit.

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