JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 1 · Mathematics · Limits · hard
Let L=lim x→0(tan (sin x)-sin (tan x))/(x^7. Find 1/L.
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Let L=x→0limx7tan(sinx)−sin(tanx). Find L1.
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Answer:30
Expand with Maclaurin series. sinx=x−6x3+120x5−5040x7 and tanx=x+3x3+152x5+31517x7. Composing, both tan(sinx) and sin(tanx) equal x+6x3−40x5+… up to the x5 term, so their difference starts at x7. Carrying the composition to order 7 gives tan(sinx)=x+6x3−40x5−5040107x7+…,sin(tanx)=x+6x3−40x5−100855x7+… Subtracting, the coefficient of x7 is −5040107+5040275=5040168=301 (confirmed by computer algebra). Since higher terms vanish in the limit, L=301 and L1=30. Using L'Hopital seven times would be far longer, which is why the series route is preferred here.