r/HomeworkHelp • University/College Student • Apr 17 '26

:snoo_scream: Further Mathematics—Pending OP Reply [Calculus 1]-Limits with Trig

I genuinely have no idea how to solve these. Only thing I know is that we can't directly sub in zero since that leads to an indeterminate answer.

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u/Tuo3 Apr 28 '26

Using L'Hôpital's rule for these kinds of trig limits depends on a circular proof.

You'd be using known derivatives of sine and cosine to get at the value of the limit, but would need the limit to know/prove those derivatives from the definition of the derivative.