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Please help me with the below question.

Please help me with the below question.-example-1

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The limit does not exist.

cos is continuous, so we have


\displaystyle \lim_(x\to0) \cos\left(\frac1x\right) = \cos\left(\lim_(x\to0) \frac1x\right)

but

• 1/x approaches +∞ as x approaches 0 from above

• 1/x approaches -∞ as x approaches 0 from below

hence the two-sided limit does not exist.

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