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Limits (Advanced)

Harder items at competition-adjacent depth.

Phase 2 · AP Calculus

Limits: core idea

Rationalize or factor.

Example problem: hint and answer

Evaluate lim⁡x→0tan⁡x−xx3\lim_{x\to0}\dfrac{\tan x-x}{x^3}.

Hint: Taylor of tangent. Answer: 1/3.

Practice (9 problems — type your answers)

  • 1. Evaluate lim⁡x→0arcsin⁡x−xx3\lim_{x\to0}\dfrac{\arcsin x-x}{x^3}.

  • 2. Evaluate lim⁡x→0arctan⁡x−xx3\lim_{x\to0}\dfrac{\arctan x-x}{x^3}.

  • 3. Evaluate lim⁡x→0ex−1−x−x2/2x3\lim_{x\to0}\dfrac{e^x-1-x-x^2/2}{x^3}.

  • 4. Evaluate lim⁡x→0(1+x)5−1−5xx2\lim_{x\to0}\dfrac{(1+x)^5-1-5x}{x^2}.

  • 5. Evaluate lim⁡x→∞xx2+1+x\lim_{x\to\infty}\dfrac{x}{\sqrt{x^2+1}+x}.

  • 6. Evaluate lim⁡x→0cos⁡(2x)−1x2\lim_{x\to0}\dfrac{\cos(2x)-1}{x^2}.

  • 7. Evaluate lim⁡x→0sin⁡x−xcos⁡xx3\lim_{x\to0}\dfrac{\sin x-x\cos x}{x^3}.

  • 8. Evaluate lim⁡x→∞x(1+2x−1)\lim_{x\to\infty}x\left(\sqrt{1+\dfrac2x}-1\right).

  • 9. Evaluate lim⁡x→0ln⁡(1+x)−x+x2/2x3\lim_{x\to0}\dfrac{\ln(1+x)-x+x^2/2}{x^3}.

Limits Practice Problems — Advanced