Question #e8be5

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Dec 23, 2015

The limit is 0

Explanation:

The easiest method to find this is to use the squeeze theorem. This theorem states the following in this case: suppose you find two functions g(x) and h(x) for which holds that g(x) <= xsin(1/x) <= h(x).
If lim_{x to 0} g(x) = L = lim_{x to 0} h(x), then it definitely holds that:
lim_{x to 0} xsin(1/x)=L.

The hardest part is to find two functions for which this holds.
You can do this by noticing that the sine function can only go from -1 to 1. This means that the function is always bigger than -1*|x| and always smaller than 1*|x|:
-|x|<= xsin(1/x)<=|x|

Let's look at the limits of the two functions:
lim_{x to 0} -|x| = lim_{x to 0} |x|=0

This means that lim_{x to 0} xsin(1/x)=0

Tony B

Tony B