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= Solution

Put $h=x-\pi/2$. Periodicity gives $\tan(2x)=\tan(\pi+2h)=\tan(2h)$. The local <Taylor expansion> $\tan(2h)=2h+O(h^3)$ therefore yields
$$
\boxed{\lim_{x\to\pi/2}\frac{\tan(2x)}{x-\pi/2}=2.}
$$
Although $\tan x$ is singular at $\pi/2$, the numerator here is $\tan(2x)$, which is smooth and zero there.

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