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Ch. 3 - Derivatives
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 3, Problema 3.5.21

Use Theorem 3.10 to evaluate the following limits.
lim x🠂0 sin ax / sin bx, where a and b are constants with b ≠ 0.

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Theorem 3.10 is the standard limit result: lim x→0 (sin x)/x = 1. This theorem is useful for evaluating limits involving sine functions as x approaches 0.
To evaluate lim x→0 (sin(ax)/sin(bx)), we can rewrite it as (sin(ax)/ax) * (bx/sin(bx)) * (a/b).
Apply Theorem 3.10 to each sine term: lim x→0 (sin(ax)/ax) = 1 and lim x→0 (bx/sin(bx)) = 1.
Combine the results from the application of Theorem 3.10: lim x→0 (sin(ax)/sin(bx)) = (1) * (1) * (a/b).
Thus, the limit evaluates to a/b, which is the final expression for the given limit problem.

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