How do you find lim cos(1/t) as t->oo?

2 Answers
Dec 7, 2017

It is one.

Explanation:

Logically speaking, as t rarr oo, it follows that 1/t rarr 0.

Since cos0 = 1, it follows that lim_(t rarr 0) cos(1/t) = 1.

Dec 7, 2017

lim_(t rarr oo) cos(1/t) = 1

Explanation:

We have:

lim_(t rarr oo) cos(1/t) = cos(lim_(t rarr oo) 1/t)
" " = cos 0
" " = 1

We can see that the graph of y=cos(1/x) rapidly approaches y=1 even for relatively small x:
graph{cos(1/x) [-6, 6, -2, 2]}