$\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{2^{2 x-2}-2^x+1}{\sin ^2(x-1)}=$

$\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{2^{2 x-2}-2^x+1}{\sin ^2(x-1)}=$
  1. $\frac{1}{2}(\log 2)^2$
  2. $(\log 2)^2$
  3. $2 \log 2$
  4. $2(\log 2)^2$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{2^{2 x-2}-2^x+1}{\sin ^2(x-1)}=\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{\left(2^{x-1}-1\right)^2}{\sin ^2(x-1)}=\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} \frac{\frac{\left(2^{x-1}-1\right)^2}{(x-1)^2}}{\frac{\sin ^2(x-1)}{(x-1)^2}} \\ & =\frac{(\log 2)^2}{1^2}=(\log 2)^2\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (08 Aug Shift 1)

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