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Here is the problem: (tan(x) minus sin(x))/x cubed.

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Find the limit of (tan(x) minus sin(x)) / x cubed as x → 0.

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Indeterminate form 0 over 0 — apply L prime Hôpital prime s rule. Differentiate the numerator and the denominator separately (this is not the quotient rule).

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Indeterminate form 0 over 0 — apply L prime Hôpital prime s rule. Differentiate the numerator and the denominator separately (this is not the quotient rule).

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Indeterminate form 0 over 0 — apply L prime Hôpital prime s rule. Differentiate the numerator and the denominator separately (this is not the quotient rule).

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Direct substitution. The expression is continuous at x equals 0, so the limit equals its value there.

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So the answer is Limit equals 1 over 2 approximately 0.5.

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A limit describes the value a function approaches, not necessarily the value it takes. When substitution gives an indeterminate form, the expression is rewritten (L prime Hôpital prime s rule, a conjugate, or logarithms) until substitution works.

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Numerical values from the right: f(0.01) equals 0.5000125, f(0.001) equals 0.50000013, f(0.0001) equals 0.5, f(0.00001) equals 0.50000016 (no clear trend at this precision).

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Numerical values from the left: f(negative 0.01) equals 0.5000125, f(negative 0.001) equals 0.50000013, f(negative 0.0001) equals 0.5, f(negative 0.00001) equals 0.50000016 (no clear trend at this precision).