Solution

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For , the usual unit-circle area comparison, with angles measured in radians, gives . Hence
The cosine is a continuous function at zero, so the squeeze theorem yields the right-hand limit of a function . The quotient is even, so the left-hand limit of a function is the same. Thus the limit is .

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