Mathematics · Limits, Continuity and Differentiability

JEE Main 2025 — 7 April, Evening Shift — Question 45

If the function f(x)=tan⁡(tan⁡x)−sin⁡(sin⁡x)tan⁡x−sin⁡xf(x)=\frac{\tan (\tan x)-\sin (\sin x)}{\tan x-\sin x} is continuous at x=0x=0, then f(0)f(0) is equal to ____\_\_\_\_ .

Answer: 2

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

lim⁡x→0f(x)=lim⁡x→0tan⁡(tan⁡x)−sin⁡(sin⁡x)(tan⁡x−sin⁡x)\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} f(x)=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\tan (\tan x)-\sin (\sin x)}{(\tan x-\sin x)}

=lim⁡x→0tan⁡(tan⁡x)−tan⁡x+sin⁡x−sin⁡(sin⁡x)+(tan⁡x−sin⁡x)tan⁡x−sin⁡x=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\tan (\tan x)-\tan x+\sin x-\sin (\sin x)+(\tan x-\sin x)}{\tan x-\sin x}

=1+lim⁡x→0((tan⁡(tan⁡x)−tan⁡xtan⁡3x)tan⁡3xx3+(sin⁡x−sin⁡(sin⁡x)sin⁡3x)sin⁡3xx3)=1+\lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left(\left(\frac{\tan (\tan x)-\tan x}{\tan ^{3} x}\right) \frac{\tan ^{3} x}{x^{3}}+\left(\frac{\sin x-\sin (\sin x)}{\sin ^{3} x}\right) \frac{\sin ^{3} x}{x^{3}}\right) ⋅x3tan⁡x−sin⁡x\cdot \frac{x^{3}}{\tan x-\sin x}

=1+(16+13)×lim⁡x→0(x21−cos⁡x)cos⁡x⋅(xsin⁡x)=1+12⋅2=2=1+\left(\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{3}\right) \times \lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{x^{2}}{1-\cos x}\right) \cos x \cdot\left(\frac{x}{\sin x}\right)=1+\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2=2

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Exam
JEE Main 2025
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Limits, Continuity and Differentiability
Topic
Continuity