Q114 / 160 · TS EAMCET 2023 (12 May Shift 2) · Mathematics

$\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left[\frac{1}{n^2} \sec ^2 \frac{1}{n^2}+\frac{2}{n^2} \sec ^2 \frac{4}{n^2}+\ldots+\frac{1}{n} \sec ^2 1\right]=$

  • A
    $\frac{1}{2} \sec (1)$
  • B
    $\frac{1}{2} \operatorname{cosec}(1)$
  • C
    $\tan (1)$
  • Correct answer
    D
    $\frac{1}{2} \tan (1)$

Solution

$$ \begin{aligned} & \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left[\frac{1}{n^2} \sec ^2 \frac{1}{n^2}+\frac{2}{n^2} \sec ^2 \frac{4}{n^2}+\ldots+\frac{n}{n^2} \sec ^2 \frac{n^2}{n^2}\right] \\ = & \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{r=1}^n\left[\frac{1}{n}\left(\frac{r}{n} \sec ^2\left(\frac{r}{n}\right)^2\right)\right]=\int_0^1 x \sec ^2 x^2 d x \end{aligned} $$ Put $x^2=t ; 2 x d x=d t$ $$ =\frac{1}{2} \int_0^1 \sec ^2 t d t=\frac{1}{2}[\tan t]_0^1=\frac{1}{2} \tan (1) . $$

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'D'.

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