TITLE: Use L'Hopital's rule to evaluate $\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{9x(\cos4x-1)}{\sin8x-8x}$
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: $$\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{9x(\cos4x-1)}{\sin8x-8x}$$
I have done this problem a couple of times and could not get the correct answer. Here is the work I have done so far http://imgur.com/GDZjX26 . The correct answer was $\frac{27}{32}$, did I differentiate wrong somewhere?

REPLY [5 votes]: You have to use L'Hopitals 3 times we have $$\begin{align} \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{9x(\text{cos}(4x)-1}{\text{sin}(8x)-8x}&=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{(9 (\text{cos}(4 x)-1)-36 x \text{sin}(4 x))}{(8 \text{cos}(8 x)-8)}\\
&=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{-1}{64}\frac{(-72 \text{sin}(4 x)-144 x \text{cos}(4 x))}{\text{sin}(8x)}\\&=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{-1}{512}\frac{(576 x \text{sin}(4 x)-432 \text{cos}(4 x))}{\text{cos}(8x)}\\&=\frac{432}{512}\\&=\frac{27}{32}.\end{align}$$