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Use the given Maclaurin series to evaluate the limit

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User Wizmann
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The "given series" should be for
\cos(x), not
x, so that


\cos(x) = 1 - \frac{x^2}2 + (x^4)/(24) - (x^6)/(720) + \cdots

In the limit (which should say
x\to\infty, not
n), we have


\displaystyle \lim_(x\to\infty) ((x^2)/(1+\cos(x)))/(x^4) = \lim_(x\to\infty) \frac{1}{x^2\left(2 - \frac{x^2}2 + (x^4)/(24) - \cdots\right)} = \boxed{0}

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