Calculus Examples

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln (1 + x) - \sin (x)}{x \sin (x)}$

Step 1

Apply L'Hospital's rule.

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Step 1.1

Evaluate the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.

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Step 1.1.1

Take the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.

$\frac{lim_{x \to 0} \ln (1 + x) - \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2

Evaluate the limit of the numerator.

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Step 1.1.2.1

Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{lim_{x \to 0} \ln (1 + x) - lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.2

Move the limit inside the logarithm.

$\frac{\ln (lim_{x \to 0} 1 + x) - lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.3

Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{\ln (lim_{x \to 0} 1 + lim_{x \to 0} x) - lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.4

Evaluate the limit of $1$ which is constant as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{\ln (1 + lim_{x \to 0} x) - lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.5

Move the limit inside the trig function because sine is continuous.

$\frac{\ln (1 + lim_{x \to 0} x) - \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.6

Evaluate the limits by plugging in $0$ for all occurrences of $x$ .

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Step 1.1.2.6.1

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{\ln (1 + 0) - \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.6.2

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{\ln (1 + 0) - \sin (0)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.7

Simplify the answer.

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Step 1.1.2.7.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1.2.7.1.1

Add $1$ and $0$ .

$\frac{\ln (1) - \sin (0)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.7.1.2

The natural logarithm of $1$ is $0$ .

$\frac{0 - \sin (0)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.7.1.3

The exact value of $\sin (0)$ is $0$ .

$\frac{0 - 0}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.7.1.4

Multiply $- 1$ by $0$ .

$\frac{0 + 0}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.2.7.2

Add $0$ and $0$ .

$\frac{0}{lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.3

Evaluate the limit of the denominator.

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Step 1.1.3.1

Split the limit using the Product of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{0}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}$

Step 1.1.3.2

Move the limit inside the trig function because sine is continuous.

$\frac{0}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}$

Step 1.1.3.3

Evaluate the limits by plugging in $0$ for all occurrences of $x$ .

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Step 1.1.3.3.1

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{0}{0 \cdot \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}$

Step 1.1.3.3.2

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{0}{0 \cdot \sin (0)}$

Step 1.1.3.4

Simplify the answer.

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Step 1.1.3.4.1

The exact value of $\sin (0)$ is $0$ .

$\frac{0}{0 \cdot 0}$

Step 1.1.3.4.2

Multiply $0$ by $0$ .

$\frac{0}{0}$

Step 1.1.3.4.3

The expression contains a division by $0$ . The expression is undefined.

Undefined

$\frac{0}{0}$

Step 1.1.3.5

The expression contains a division by $0$ . The expression is undefined.

Undefined

$\frac{0}{0}$

Step 1.1.4

The expression contains a division by $0$ . The expression is undefined.

Undefined

$\frac{0}{0}$

Step 1.2

Since $\frac{0}{0}$ is of indeterminate form, apply L'Hospital's Rule. L'Hospital's Rule states that the limit of a quotient of functions is equal to the limit of the quotient of their derivatives.

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln (1 + x) - \sin (x)}{x \sin (x)} = lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{d}{d x} [\ln (1 + x) - \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3

Find the derivative of the numerator and denominator.

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Step 1.3.1

Differentiate the numerator and denominator.

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{d}{d x} [\ln (1 + x) - \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.2

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $\ln (1 + x) - \sin (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [\ln (1 + x)] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{d}{d x} [\ln (1 + x)] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.3

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [\ln (1 + x)]$ .

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Step 1.3.3.1

Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [f (g (x))]$ is $f' (g (x)) g' (x)$ where $f (x) = \ln (x)$ and $g (x) = 1 + x$ .

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Step 1.3.3.1.1

To apply the Chain Rule, set $u$ as $1 + x$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{d}{d u} [\ln (u)] \frac{d}{d x} [1 + x] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.3.1.2

The derivative of $\ln (u)$ with respect to $u$ is $\frac{1}{u}$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{u} \frac{d}{d x} [1 + x] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.3.1.3

Replace all occurrences of $u$ with $1 + x$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} \frac{d}{d x} [1 + x] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.3.2

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $1 + x$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [1] + \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} (\frac{d}{d x} [1] + \frac{d}{d x} [x]) + \frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.3.3

Since $1$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $1$ with respect to $x$ is $0$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} (0 + \frac{d}{d x} [x]) + \frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.3.4

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} (0 + 1) + \frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.3.5

Add $0$ and $1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} \cdot 1 + \frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.3.6

Multiply $\frac{1}{1 + x}$ by $1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} + \frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.4

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [- \sin (x)]$ .

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Step 1.3.4.1

Since $- 1$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- \sin (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $- \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)]$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.4.2

The derivative of $\sin (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $\cos (x)$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \cos (x)}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \sin (x)]}$

Step 1.3.5

Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [f (x) g (x)]$ is $f (x) \frac{d}{d x} [g (x)] + g (x) \frac{d}{d x} [f (x)]$ where $f (x) = x$ and $g (x) = \sin (x)$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \cos (x)}{x \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)] + \sin (x) \frac{d}{d x} [x]}$

Step 1.3.6

The derivative of $\sin (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $\cos (x)$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \cos (x)}{x \cos (x) + \sin (x) \frac{d}{d x} [x]}$

Step 1.3.7

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \cos (x)}{x \cos (x) + \sin (x) \cdot 1}$

Step 1.3.8

Multiply $\sin (x)$ by $1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \cos (x)}{x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2

Apply L'Hospital's rule.

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Step 2.1

Evaluate the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.

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Step 2.1.1

Take the limit of the numerator and the limit of the denominator.

$\frac{lim_{x \to 0} \frac{1}{1 + x} - \cos (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2

Evaluate the limit of the numerator.

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Step 2.1.2.1

Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{lim_{x \to 0} \frac{1}{1 + x} - lim_{x \to 0} \cos (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.2

Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{\frac{lim_{x \to 0} 1}{lim_{x \to 0} 1 + x} - lim_{x \to 0} \cos (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.3

Evaluate the limit of $1$ which is constant as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{\frac{1}{lim_{x \to 0} 1 + x} - lim_{x \to 0} \cos (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.4

Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{\frac{1}{lim_{x \to 0} 1 + lim_{x \to 0} x} - lim_{x \to 0} \cos (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.5

Evaluate the limit of $1$ which is constant as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{\frac{1}{1 + lim_{x \to 0} x} - lim_{x \to 0} \cos (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.6

Move the limit inside the trig function because cosine is continuous.

$\frac{\frac{1}{1 + lim_{x \to 0} x} - \cos (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.7

Evaluate the limits by plugging in $0$ for all occurrences of $x$ .

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Step 2.1.2.7.1

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{\frac{1}{1 + 0} - \cos (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.7.2

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{\frac{1}{1 + 0} - \cos (0)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.8

Simplify the answer.

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Step 2.1.2.8.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.1.2.8.1.1

Add $1$ and $0$ .

$\frac{\frac{1}{1} - \cos (0)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.8.1.2

Divide $1$ by $1$ .

$\frac{1 - \cos (0)}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.8.1.3

The exact value of $\cos (0)$ is $1$ .

$\frac{1 - 1 \cdot 1}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.8.1.4

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$\frac{1 - 1}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.2.8.2

Subtract $1$ from $1$ .

$\frac{0}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.3

Evaluate the limit of the denominator.

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Step 2.1.3.1

Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{0}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cos (x) + lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.3.2

Split the limit using the Product of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{0}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot lim_{x \to 0} \cos (x) + lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.3.3

Move the limit inside the trig function because cosine is continuous.

$\frac{0}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot \cos (lim_{x \to 0} x) + lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}$

Step 2.1.3.4

Move the limit inside the trig function because sine is continuous.

$\frac{0}{lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot \cos (lim_{x \to 0} x) + \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}$

Step 2.1.3.5

Evaluate the limits by plugging in $0$ for all occurrences of $x$ .

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Step 2.1.3.5.1

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{0}{0 \cdot \cos (lim_{x \to 0} x) + \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}$

Step 2.1.3.5.2

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{0}{0 \cdot \cos (0) + \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}$

Step 2.1.3.5.3

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{0}{0 \cdot \cos (0) + \sin (0)}$

Step 2.1.3.6

Simplify the answer.

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Step 2.1.3.6.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.1.3.6.1.1

The exact value of $\cos (0)$ is $1$ .

$\frac{0}{0 \cdot 1 + \sin (0)}$

Step 2.1.3.6.1.2

Multiply $0$ by $1$ .

$\frac{0}{0 + \sin (0)}$

Step 2.1.3.6.1.3

The exact value of $\sin (0)$ is $0$ .

$\frac{0}{0 + 0}$

Step 2.1.3.6.2

Add $0$ and $0$ .

$\frac{0}{0}$

Step 2.1.3.6.3

The expression contains a division by $0$ . The expression is undefined.

Undefined

$\frac{0}{0}$

Step 2.1.3.7

The expression contains a division by $0$ . The expression is undefined.

Undefined

$\frac{0}{0}$

Step 2.1.4

The expression contains a division by $0$ . The expression is undefined.

Undefined

$\frac{0}{0}$

Step 2.2

Since $\frac{0}{0}$ is of indeterminate form, apply L'Hospital's Rule. L'Hospital's Rule states that the limit of a quotient of functions is equal to the limit of the quotient of their derivatives.

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{1}{1 + x} - \cos (x)}{x \cos (x) + \sin (x)} = lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{d}{d x} [\frac{1}{1 + x} - \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3

Find the derivative of the numerator and denominator.

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Step 2.3.1

Differentiate the numerator and denominator.

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{d}{d x} [\frac{1}{1 + x} - \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.2

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $\frac{1}{1 + x} - \cos (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [\frac{1}{1 + x}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{d}{d x} [\frac{1}{1 + x}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.3

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [\frac{1}{1 + x}]$ .

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Step 2.3.3.1

Rewrite $\frac{1}{1 + x}$ as ${(1 + x)}^{- 1}$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{d}{d x} [{(1 + x)}^{- 1}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.3.2

Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [f (g (x))]$ is $f' (g (x)) g' (x)$ where $f (x) = x^{- 1}$ and $g (x) = 1 + x$ .

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Step 2.3.3.2.1

To apply the Chain Rule, set $u$ as $1 + x$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\frac{d}{d u} [u^{- 1}] \frac{d}{d x} [1 + x] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.3.2.2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d u} [u^{n}]$ is $n u^{n - 1}$ where $n = - 1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- u^{- 2} \frac{d}{d x} [1 + x] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.3.2.3

Replace all occurrences of $u$ with $1 + x$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- {(1 + x)}^{- 2} \frac{d}{d x} [1 + x] + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.3.3

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $1 + x$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [1] + \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- {(1 + x)}^{- 2} (\frac{d}{d x} [1] + \frac{d}{d x} [x]) + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.3.4

Since $1$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $1$ with respect to $x$ is $0$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- {(1 + x)}^{- 2} (0 + \frac{d}{d x} [x]) + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.3.5

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- {(1 + x)}^{- 2} (0 + 1) + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.3.6

Add $0$ and $1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- {(1 + x)}^{- 2} \cdot 1 + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.3.7

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- {(1 + x)}^{- 2} + \frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.4

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [- \cos (x)]$ .

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Step 2.3.4.1

Since $- 1$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- \cos (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $- \frac{d}{d x} [\cos (x)]$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- {(1 + x)}^{- 2} - \frac{d}{d x} [\cos (x)]}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.4.2

The derivative of $\cos (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $- \sin (x)$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- {(1 + x)}^{- 2} - - \sin (x)}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.4.3

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- {(1 + x)}^{- 2} + 1 \sin (x)}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.4.4

Multiply $\sin (x)$ by $1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- {(1 + x)}^{- 2} + \sin (x)}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.5

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + \sin (x)}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x) + \sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.6

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $x \cos (x) + \sin (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x)] + \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)]$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + \sin (x)}{\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x)] + \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.7

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x)]$ .

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Step 2.3.7.1

Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [f (x) g (x)]$ is $f (x) \frac{d}{d x} [g (x)] + g (x) \frac{d}{d x} [f (x)]$ where $f (x) = x$ and $g (x) = \cos (x)$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + \sin (x)}{x \frac{d}{d x} [\cos (x)] + \cos (x) \frac{d}{d x} [x] + \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.7.2

The derivative of $\cos (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $- \sin (x)$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + \sin (x)}{x (- \sin (x)) + \cos (x) \frac{d}{d x} [x] + \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.7.3

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + \sin (x)}{x (- \sin (x)) + \cos (x) \cdot 1 + \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.7.4

Multiply $\cos (x)$ by $1$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + \sin (x)}{x (- \sin (x)) + \cos (x) + \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)]}$

Step 2.3.8

The derivative of $\sin (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $\cos (x)$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + \sin (x)}{x (- \sin (x)) + \cos (x) + \cos (x)}$

Step 2.3.9

Simplify.

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Step 2.3.9.1

Add $\cos (x)$ and $\cos (x)$ .

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + \sin (x)}{x (- \sin (x)) + 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 2.3.9.2

Reorder terms.

$lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + \sin (x)}{- x \sin (x) + 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3

Evaluate the limit.

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Step 3.1

Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{lim_{x \to 0} - \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} - x \sin (x) + 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.2

Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{- lim_{x \to 0} \frac{1}{{(1 + x)}^{2}} + lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} - x \sin (x) + 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.3

Split the limit using the Limits Quotient Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{- \frac{lim_{x \to 0} 1}{lim_{x \to 0} {(1 + x)}^{2}} + lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} - x \sin (x) + 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.4

Evaluate the limit of $1$ which is constant as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{lim_{x \to 0} {(1 + x)}^{2}} + lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} - x \sin (x) + 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.5

Move the exponent $2$ from ${(1 + x)}^{2}$ outside the limit using the Limits Power Rule.

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(lim_{x \to 0} 1 + x)}^{2}} + lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} - x \sin (x) + 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.6

Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(lim_{x \to 0} 1 + lim_{x \to 0} x)}^{2}} + lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} - x \sin (x) + 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.7

Evaluate the limit of $1$ which is constant as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + lim_{x \to 0} x)}^{2}} + lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x)}{lim_{x \to 0} - x \sin (x) + 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.8

Move the limit inside the trig function because sine is continuous.

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + lim_{x \to 0} x)}^{2}} + \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{lim_{x \to 0} - x \sin (x) + 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.9

Split the limit using the Sum of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + lim_{x \to 0} x)}^{2}} + \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{- lim_{x \to 0} x \sin (x) + lim_{x \to 0} 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.10

Split the limit using the Product of Limits Rule on the limit as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + lim_{x \to 0} x)}^{2}} + \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{- lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot lim_{x \to 0} \sin (x) + lim_{x \to 0} 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.11

Move the limit inside the trig function because sine is continuous.

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + lim_{x \to 0} x)}^{2}} + \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{- lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x) + lim_{x \to 0} 2 \cos (x)}$

Step 3.12

Move the term $2$ outside of the limit because it is constant with respect to $x$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + lim_{x \to 0} x)}^{2}} + \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{- lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x) + 2 lim_{x \to 0} \cos (x)}$

Step 3.13

Move the limit inside the trig function because cosine is continuous.

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + lim_{x \to 0} x)}^{2}} + \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{- lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x) + 2 \cos (lim_{x \to 0} x)}$

Step 4

Evaluate the limits by plugging in $0$ for all occurrences of $x$ .

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Step 4.1

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} + \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x)}{- lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x) + 2 \cos (lim_{x \to 0} x)}$

Step 4.2

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} + \sin (0)}{- lim_{x \to 0} x \cdot \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x) + 2 \cos (lim_{x \to 0} x)}$

Step 4.3

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} + \sin (0)}{0 \cdot \sin (lim_{x \to 0} x) + 2 \cos (lim_{x \to 0} x)}$

Step 4.4

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} + \sin (0)}{0 \cdot \sin (0) + 2 \cos (lim_{x \to 0} x)}$

Step 4.5

Evaluate the limit of $x$ by plugging in $0$ for $x$ .

$\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} + \sin (0)}{0 \cdot \sin (0) + 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5

Simplify the answer.

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Step 5.1

Multiply the numerator and denominator of the fraction by ${(1 + 0)}^{2}$ .

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Step 5.1.1

Multiply $\frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} + \sin (0)}{0 \cdot \sin (0) + 2 \cos (0)}$ by $\frac{{(1 + 0)}^{2}}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}}$ .

$\frac{{(1 + 0)}^{2}}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} \cdot \frac{- \frac{1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} + \sin (0)}{0 \cdot \sin (0) + 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.1.2

Combine.

$\frac{{(1 + 0)}^{2} (- \frac{1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} + \sin (0))}{{(1 + 0)}^{2} (0 \cdot \sin (0) + 2 \cos (0))}$

Step 5.2

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{{(1 + 0)}^{2} (- \frac{1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}}) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \sin (0)}{{(1 + 0)}^{2} (0 \cdot \sin (0)) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} (2 \cos (0))}$

Step 5.3

Cancel the common factor of ${(1 + 0)}^{2}$ .

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Step 5.3.1

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{{(1 + 0)}^{2} \frac{- 1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \sin (0)}{{(1 + 0)}^{2} (0 \cdot \sin (0)) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} (2 \cos (0))}$

Step 5.3.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{{(1 + 0)}^{2} \frac{- 1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2}} + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \sin (0)}{{(1 + 0)}^{2} (0 \cdot \sin (0)) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} (2 \cos (0))}$

Step 5.3.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- 1 + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \sin (0)}{{(1 + 0)}^{2} (0 \cdot \sin (0)) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} (2 \cos (0))}$

Step 5.4

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 5.4.1

Add $1$ and $0$ .

$\frac{- 1 + 1^{2} \sin (0)}{{(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 0 \cdot \sin (0) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.4.2

One to any power is one.

$\frac{- 1 + 1 \sin (0)}{{(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 0 \cdot \sin (0) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.4.3

Multiply $\sin (0)$ by $1$ .

$\frac{- 1 + \sin (0)}{{(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 0 \cdot \sin (0) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.4.4

The exact value of $\sin (0)$ is $0$ .

$\frac{- 1 + 0}{{(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 0 \cdot \sin (0) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.4.5

Add $- 1$ and $0$ .

$\frac{- 1}{{(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 0 \cdot \sin (0) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.5

Simplify the denominator.

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Step 5.5.1

Add $1$ and $0$ .

$\frac{- 1}{1^{2} \cdot 0 \cdot \sin (0) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.5.2

One to any power is one.

$\frac{- 1}{1 \cdot 0 \cdot \sin (0) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.5.3

Multiply $0$ by $1$ .

$\frac{- 1}{0 \cdot \sin (0) + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.5.4

The exact value of $\sin (0)$ is $0$ .

$\frac{- 1}{0 \cdot 0 + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.5.5

Multiply $0$ by $0$ .

$\frac{- 1}{0 + {(1 + 0)}^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.5.6

Add $1$ and $0$ .

$\frac{- 1}{0 + 1^{2} \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.5.7

One to any power is one.

$\frac{- 1}{0 + 1 \cdot 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.5.8

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$\frac{- 1}{0 + 2 \cos (0)}$

Step 5.5.9

The exact value of $\cos (0)$ is $1$ .

$\frac{- 1}{0 + 2 \cdot 1}$

Step 5.5.10

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$\frac{- 1}{0 + 2}$

Step 5.5.11

Add $0$ and $2$ .

$\frac{- 1}{2}$

Step 5.6

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{1}{2}$

Step 6

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{1}{2}$

Decimal Form:

$- 0.5$