$\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x \tan 2 x-2 x \tan x}{(1-\cos 2 x)^2}$ is

$\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x \tan 2 x-2 x \tan x}{(1-\cos 2 x)^2}$ is
  1. 2
  2. -2
  3. $\frac{1}{2}$
  4. $-\frac{1}{2}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x \tan 2 x-2 x \tan x}{(1-\cos 2 x)^2} \\ & =\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x(\tan 2 x-2 \tan x)}{\left(2 \sin ^2 x\right)^2}\end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & =\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x(\tan 2 x-2 \tan x)}{4 \sin ^4 x} \\ & \left.=\frac{1}{4} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\left\{\left(2 x+\frac{1}{3}(2 x)^3+\frac{2}{15}(2 x)^5+\ldots\right)\right.}{-2\left(x+\frac{x^3}{3}+\frac{2}{15} x^5+\ldots\right)}\right\} \\ & =\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{8}{3}-\frac{2}{3}\right)=\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (11 May Shift 2)

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