$$ \lim_{x\to0}\frac{\cos x-\cos (3x)}{\sin (3x^2)-\sin (x^2)} $$
Is there a simple way of finding the limit?
I know the long one: rewrite it as
$$ -\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\cos x-\cos(3x)}{\sin(3x^2)}\cdot\frac{1}{1-\dfrac{\sin(3x^2)}{\sin(x^2)}} $$
and then find both limits in separately applying L'Hospital's rule several times. The answer is $2$.
Best Answer
By standard limits
$\frac{\sin x}x \to 1$
$\frac{1-\cos x}{x^2} \to \frac12$
we have that
$$\frac{\cos x-\cos(3x)}{\sin(3x^2)-\sin(x^2)}=\frac{\frac{\cos x-1+1- \cos(3x)}{x^2}} {\frac{\sin(3x^2)-\sin(x^2)}{x^2}}=\frac{-\frac{1-\cos x}{x^2}+9\frac{1- \cos(3x)}{(3x)^2}} {3\frac{\sin(3x^2)}{3x^2}-\frac{\sin(x^2)}{x^2}}\to\frac{-\frac12+\frac92}{3-1}=2$$