Lesson #16
Limits of Trigonometric Functions

Quote of the Day:
"Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas."
-- Edward Kasner and James R. Newman

Objectives:
The student will compute limits of the sin(x), cos(x), and sin(x)/x as x approaches 0.

1. Collect Homework.

2. Limits of Trigonometric Functions:





3. Examples



4. Silly Limit



5. Limits with Cancellation

Lucky Canceling -- with numbers

Here is an application of lucky canceling with limits!

6. Assignment:
p. 160 (3, 5, 7, 9, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33)

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