MATHEMATICS WORKSHEET

Topic:- Limits

EXERCISE 1
sin 3x  A sin 2x  B sin x
1. If lim  C , then find the value of A + B + C.
x 0 x5

x 6000 – (sin x)6000

2. Find the value of lim .
x  0 100 . x 2 . (sin x) 6000

x  l n( x 2  1 – x) p
3. If lim 3
 where p and q are coprimes then find the value of |p 2 – q2|.
x 0 x q
4. At the end-points and the midpoint of a circular arc AB tangent lines are drawn, and the points A and B are joined
with a chord. Find the limit of ratio of the areas of the two triangles thus formed as the arc AB decreases
indefinitely.

aex – b cos x  ce – x
5. If lim  2 , then find the value of a + b + c.
x 0 x .sin x
   3 
 4  n – 1 (1  n – 1 )2
6. Let L =   n 2 
1 – , M =   n 3  1  and N =  –1
, then find the value of L–1 + M–1 + N–1.
n 3 n 2   n 1 1  2n

 1 1 1 1 
7. Find the value of lim     ....  .
n   n 2 n2  1 n2  2

n 2  2n 

x
8. Find the value of lim x (x – 1)
.

x 0

1 – cos 3x . cos 9x . cos 27x..... cos 3n x

9. If lim = 310, find the value of n.
x 0 1 1 1 1
1 – cos x . cos x . cos x..... cos n x
3 9 27 3
1  1 1  ax  11 2 3
10. If the lim 3  –  exists and has the value equal to l, then find the value of  –   .
x 0 x  1  x 1  bx  8a 1 b
11. If the equations, x2 + ax + 12 = 0, x2 + bx + 15 = 0 & x2 + (a + b)x + 36 = 0 have a common positive root, and the
– P(x)
other three are also the roots of the polynomial P(x) = x 3 + ax2 + bx + c, then evaluate lim .
x 5 l n(x – 4)5

3 tan x – tan 3 x
12. Evaluate lim .
x  /3  
3 cos  x  
 6

 2  –1 
4 1 – 3x  x 3. (x 4 – 1) 
13. Evaluate: lim   –   .
x 1   x 2 – x – 1 1 – x 3  x3 – x –1 
 
 x(1 – m cos x)  n sin x
14. If lim  1 , then find m + n.
x 0 x3
 x 
15. Evaluate: lim  
x 
x x1/3 
 x1/3 
 x 
 x  .... terms 
Answers
1. 2 2. 10 3. 35 4. 4 5. 3
6. 8 7. 2 8. 1 9. 4 10. 9
11. 2 12. 8 13. 3 14. 4 15. 1

EXERCISE 2
x
1. Let f(x) = , x > 0 and g(x) = x + 3, x < 1
sin x
= 2 – x, x  0 = x 2 – 2x – 2, 1  x  2
= x – 5, x  2
find LHL and RHL of g(f(x)) at x = 0 and hence lim g(f (x)) .
x 0

Pn
2. Let Pn  a Pn – 1 – 1, n  2, 3, .... and Let P1 = ax – 1 where a  R  then evaluate lim .
x 0 x

3. Let {an}, {bn}, {cn} be sequences such that:

(i) a n  b n  cn  2n  1

(ii) a n b n  b n cn  cn a n  2n – 1

(iii) a n b n cn  – 1

(iv) a n  b n  cn

Then find the value of lim na n .

n 

4. If n  N and a n  22  42  62  ....  (2n) 2 and b n  12  32  52  ....  (2n – 1) 2 . Find the value

an – bn
lim .
n  n
5. At the end points A, B of the fixed segment of length L, lines are drawn meeting in C and making angles  and
2  respectively with the given segment. Let D be the foot of the altitude CD and let x represents the length of
AD. Find the value of x as  tends to zero i.e. lim x.
 0
 x2
   x a  
6. lim  cos  2   aR
x     1  x   
  
1/ x
 x – 1  cos x 
7. lim  
x 0  x 
nx
 1 1 1 1 
 a x  a x  a x  ....  a x 
n
8. lim  1 2 3  where a1 , a 2 , a 3 , ....a n  0 .
x   n 

sin –1 (1 – {x}) . cos –1 (1 – {x})

9. Find f(x) = then find lim f (x) and lim f (x) , where {x} denotes the fractional
2{x} . (1 – {x}) x 0  x  0–

part function.

1  a2  x2  a   x  
10. lim  – 2 sin   sin    where is an odd integer.
x  a (a 2 – x 2 ) 2  ax  2   2  

(1 – x)(1 – x 2 )(1 – x 3 )....(1 – x 2n )

11. If L  lim then show that L can be equal to
x 1 [(1 – x)(1 – x 2 )(1 – x 3 )....(1 – x n )]2
n
nr
(a)  r
r 1

1 n
(b)  (4r – 2)
n ! r 1
(c) The sum of the coefficients of two middle terms in the expansion of (1 + x)2n – 1.
(d) The coefficient of xn in the expansion of (1 + x)2n.
1– x lnx
12. Evaluate, lim
x 1 1  cos x

   ay     by   
 exp  xl n  1    – exp  xl n  1   
  x    x   
13. lim  lim
y  0  x  y 


14. Let x 0  2 cos and x n  2  x n – 1 , n = 1, 2, 3, …, find lim 2(n 1) 2 – x n .
6 n 

 l n(1  x)1 x 1 
15. lim  – 
x 0 
 x2 x 
 
16. A circular arc of radius 1 subtends an angle of x radians, 0  x  as shown in the figure. The point C is the
2
intersection of the two tangent lines at A & B. Let T(x) be the area of triangle ABC & let S(x) be the area of the
shaded region. Compute:

T(x)
(a) T(x) (b) S(x) (c) the limit of as x  0.
S(x)
n
x
17. Let f(x) = lim  3n – 1 sin 3 n and g(x) = x – 4f(x). Evaluate lim (1  g(x)) cot x .
n  n 1 3 x 0

n
  
18. If f(n,  ) =   1 – tan 2 2r  , then compute nlim

f (n, ) .
r 1

cos 2x  (1  3x)1/3 3 4 cos3 x – l n(1  x) 4

–
19. L = lim 2 4
x 0 x
If L = a/b where ‘a’ and ‘b’ are relatively primes find (a + b).
x2
 cos h( / x)  et  e – t
20. lim   where cos h t = .
x   cos(  / x)  2
21. Through a point A on a circle, a chord AP is drawn & on the tangent at A a point T is taken such that AT = AP. If
TP produced meet the diameter through A at Q, prove that the limiting value of AQ when P moves upto A is
double the diameter of the circle.
 1 1  L  153
22. If L = lim  –  then find the value of .
x  0  l n(1  x) l n(x  1  x 2 
) L
 
1 – cos x cos 2x cos 3x.... cos nx
23. If lim has the value equal to 253, find the value of n (where n  N).
x 0 x2
24. Let a1 > a2 > a3 …. an > 1 ; p1 > p 2 > p 3 …. > pn > 0; such that p1 + p 2 + p 3 + …. + pn = 1.

Also F(x) = (p1a1x  p 2 a 2x  ....  p n a nx )1/ x . Compute

(a) lim F(x) (b) lim F(x) (c) lim F(x)

x  0 x  x – 

n
 3
25. Evaluate: lim  cot – 1  r 2   .
n  r 1 4
 ANSWERS
1. –3, –3, –3 2. (ln a)n
3
3. –1/2 4.
2
2L 2 2
5. 6. e– 2  a
3
7. e–1/2 8. (a1.a 2 .a 3 ....a n )

  2 a 2  4
9. , 10.
2 2 2 16a 4
1
12. – 13. a–b
2

14. 15. 1/2
3
1 x x x sin x 1 1 3
16. T(x)  tan 2 sin x or tan tan – , S(x)  x – sin x, limit =
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

17. g(x) = sin x and l = e 18.
tan 
2
19. 19 20. e