limits of trig functions

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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

lim
x->0 x^3/tan^3(2x)

lim
x->o (x/tan2x)^3


..then im not sure if i leave the tan or make in sin2x/cos2x.



edit: Crap! I put this in the wrong forum. Sorry!!!
 
For the first one:

\(\displaystyle \L \frac{x^3}{tan^3(x)} = \frac{x^3}{\frac{sin^3(x)}{cos^3(x)}} = (\frac{x}{sin(x)})(\frac{x}{sin(x)})(\frac{x}{sin(x)})cos^3(x)\)

By AOL (Algebra Of Limits), you can take the limit of each factor seperately and multiply them.

For the second:

\(\displaystyle \L

(\frac{x}{tan(2x)})^3 = \frac{x^3}{\frac{sin^3(2x)}{cos^3(2x)}} = (\frac{x}{sin2x})(\frac{x}{sin2x})(\frac{x}{sin2x})cos^3(2x)\)

Now multiply each \(\displaystyle (\frac{x}{sin(2x)})\) by 2. You are actually multiplying the entire term by 8 (2*2*2), so also divide by 8. This way you aren't actually changing the term, just making it look like something familiar:

\(\displaystyle \L
(\frac{x}{sin2x})(\frac{x}{sin2x})(\frac{x}{sin2x})cos^3(2x) = \frac{1}{8}(\frac{2x}{sin2x})(\frac{2x}{sin2x})(\frac{2x}{sin2x})cos^3(2x)\)

Hope that helps,
-Daon
 
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