Question 372 of 401MediumMCQ
If \[\lim_\limits{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{e^{a x}-\cos (b x)-\frac{cx e^{-c x}}{2}}{1-\cos (2 x)}=17\], then 5a2+b2 is equal to
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The Taylor series for ex, cosx, and e−x around x=0 are:
\[e^{ax} = 1 + ax + \frac{(ax)^2}{2!} + \ldots,\]
\[\cos(bx) = 1 - \frac{(bx)^2}{2!} + \ldots,\]
\[e^{-cx} = 1 - cx + \frac{(cx)^2}{2!} - \ldots.\]
Substituting these into the limit and simplifying:
\[\lim\limits_{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{(1+ax+\frac{(ax)^2}{2!})-(1-\frac{(bx)^2}{2!})-\frac{cx}{2}(1-(cx)+\frac{(cx)^2}{2!})}{1-\cos 2x}.\]
This simplifies to:
\[\lim\limits _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{(a-\frac{c}{2})x + (\frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{2})x^2 + \ldots}{\left(\frac{1-\cos 2 x}{(2 x)^2}\right) \times 4 x^2}.\]
Let's evaluate this expression:
\[(\frac{1-\cos 2x}{(2x)^2}) \times 4x^2.\]
We know that 1−cos2x can be rewritten using the double-angle formula for cosine, which is cos2x=1−2sin2x. So, 1−cos2x=2sin2x.
Substituting this into our expression we get:
\[(\frac{2\sin^2x}{(2x)^2}) \times 4x^2.\]
This simplifies to:
\[{1 \over 2}\] (xsinx)2×4x2=21×4x2=2x2.\[So,((2x)21−cos2x)×4x2=2x2.∴limx→02x2(a−2c)x+(2a2+b2+c2)x2+…=17.\[Now,forthelimittoexist,thecoefficientofx in the numerator must be zero, as the limit would be undefined otherwise. This gives us the equation:
\]a-\frac{c}{2} = 0 \Rightarrow c=2a.\[
Then, for the limit to equal 17,thecoefficientofx\^2inthenumeratormustequal17 \times 2 = 34. This gives us the equation:
\]\frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{2} = 34 \Rightarrow a^2+b^2+c^2 = 68.\[
Since c=2a,wecansubstitutec in the equation to get:
\]a^2 + b^2 + (2a)^2 = 68 \Rightarrow 5a^2 + b^2 = 68.
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