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JEE Advanced 2014 · Limits and Derivatives

The largest value of non-negative integer aa for which \lim_{x\to1} \left\{ \frac{-a x+\sin(x-1)+a}{x+\sin(x-1)-1} \right\}^{\frac{1-x}{1-\sqrt{x}}} = \frac{1}{4} is ____.

Answer: 22

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lim⁡x→1{−ax+sin⁡(x−1)+ax+sin⁡(x−1)−1}1−x1−x=14\lim_{x\to 1}\left\{\frac{-ax+\sin(x-1)+a}{x+\sin(x-1)-1}\right\}^{\frac{1-x}{1-\sqrt{x}}} = \frac{1}{4} a∈Z≥0a \in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0} Find: the largest non-negative integer a\text{Find: the largest non-negative integer } a t=x−1⇒x=1+t,t→0t = x-1 \Rightarrow x = 1+t, \quad t \to 0 Base=sin⁡t−att+sin⁡t\text{Base} = \frac{\sin t - a t}{t + \sin t} 1−x1−x=(1−x)(1+x)1−x=1+x\frac{1-x}{1-\sqrt{x}} = \frac{(1-\sqrt{x})(1+\sqrt{x})}{1-\sqrt{x}} = 1+\sqrt{x} so the exponent→2\text{so the exponent} \to 2 sin⁡t=t−t36+⋯\sin t = t - \frac{t^3}{6} + \cdots Base=(1−a)t−t362t−t36→1−a2\text{Base} = \frac{(1-a)t - \frac{t^3}{6}}{2t - \frac{t^3}{6}} \to \frac{1-a}{2} L=(1−a2)2L = \left(\frac{1-a}{2}\right)^2 (1−a2)2=14⇒(1−a)2=1\left(\frac{1-a}{2}\right)^2 = \frac{1}{4} \Rightarrow (1-a)^2 = 1 1−a=±1⇒a=0 or a=21-a = \pm 1 \Rightarrow a = 0 \ \text{or} \ a = 2 ∴the largest a=2\therefore \text{the largest } a = 2

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