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Ch. 2 - Limits
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 2, Problema 2.50

Determine the following limits.
limt→∞cos(t)e3t{\(\displaystyle\[\lim\)_{t\(\to\]\infty\)}\(\frac{\cos\left(t\right)}{e^{3t}\)}}

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Identify the limit expression: \( \lim_{t \to \infty} \frac{\cos(t)}{e^{3t}} \).
Recognize that \( \cos(t) \) oscillates between -1 and 1 for all \( t \).
Observe that \( e^{3t} \) grows exponentially as \( t \to \infty \).
Consider the behavior of the fraction: as the denominator \( e^{3t} \) becomes very large, the fraction \( \frac{\cos(t)}{e^{3t}} \) approaches zero.
Conclude that the limit is zero because the exponential growth in the denominator dominates the bounded oscillation of the numerator.

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