According to my textbook the answer is supposed to be sqrt(3)/2, but I do not know how they got there.
[sin[(π/6)-∆x]-(1/2)]/∆x = [sin(π/6)cos∆x -- cos(π/6)sin∆x]/∆x
= cos∆x/2∆x -- {sqrt(3)/2}sin∆x/∆x -- 1/2∆x
now taking limit as ∆x tends to zero it becomes -- sqrt(3)/2
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[sin[(π/6)-∆x]-(1/2)]/∆x = [sin(π/6)cos∆x -- cos(π/6)sin∆x]/∆x
= cos∆x/2∆x -- {sqrt(3)/2}sin∆x/∆x -- 1/2∆x
now taking limit as ∆x tends to zero it becomes -- sqrt(3)/2