Medium MCQ +4 / -1 PYQ · JEE Mains 2025

$\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow 0} \operatorname{cosec} x\left(\sqrt{2 \cos ^2 x+3 \cos x}-\sqrt{\cos ^2 x+\sin x+4}\right)$ is:

  1. A $\frac{1}{\sqrt{15}}$
  2. B $\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{5}}$
  3. C $0$
  4. D $-\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{5}}$ Correct answer

Solution

<p>$$\begin{aligned} & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \operatorname{cosec} x\left(\sqrt{2 \cos ^2 x+3 \cos x}-\sqrt{\cos ^2 x+\sin x+4}\right) \\ & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\operatorname{cosec}\left(\cos ^2 x+3 \cos x-\sin x-4\right)}{\left(\sqrt{2 \cos ^2 x+3 \cos x}+\sqrt{\cos ^2 x+\sin x+4}\right)} \\ & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{1}{\sin x} \frac{\left(\cos ^2 x+3 \cos x-4\right)-\sin x}{\left(\sqrt{2 \cos ^2 x+3 \cos x}+\sqrt{\cos ^2 x+\sin x+4}\right)} \\ & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\left(\cos ^x+4\right)(\cos x-1)-\sin x}{\sin x\left(\sqrt{2 \cos ^2 x+3 \cos x}+\sqrt{\cos ^2 x+\sin x+4}\right)} \\ & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{-2 \sin ^2 \frac{x}{2}(\cos x+4)-2 \sin \frac{x}{2} \cos \frac{x}{2}}{2 \sin \frac{x}{2} \cos \frac{x}{2}\left(\sqrt{2 \cos ^2 x+3 \cos x}+\sqrt{\cos ^2 x+\sin x+4}\right)} \\ & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{-\left(\sin ^x \frac{x}{2}(\cos x+4)+\cos \frac{x}{2}\right)}{\cos \frac{x}{2}\left(\sqrt{2 \cos ^2 x+3 \cos x}+\sqrt{\cos ^2 x+\sin x+4}\right)} \\ & -\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{5}} \end{aligned}$$</p>

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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Limits, Continuity and Differentiability · Topic: Limits and Standard Results

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