BC 1 Name:

Special Limits Involving Trig Functions

We have shown the following: and .

Now, find each of the following limits. Guess and check your answer with graphs and tables on your
calculator.
(1) (2)

(3) (4)

(5) (6)

Find each of the following limits. In each case, justify your work (using correct notation). For example,
in (6) above: .

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

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(11) Find when is in degrees. Explain why this result makes sense.

(12) One technique for determining is to use the methods introduced earlier on this

worksheet. Another involves using the inequality for values of x near 0 but not
equal to 0. Convince yourself that these inequalities are reasonable by using your calculator to
sketch the functions y = 1, , and on the same graph. Then apply the Squeeze

Theorem to these inequalities to find .

(13) Find .

(14) Find .

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