Find Limit of Vector: i+(Sin(4t))/(4t)+e^(-5t)k

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The limit of the vector function as t approaches 0 is determined by evaluating each component separately. The limit is given by the expression: lim t → 0 (e^9t i + (Sin(4t))/(4t) j + e^(-5t) k). The crucial component is the j coordinate, where lim t → 0 (Sin(4t))/(4t) equals 1, based on the established limit lim t → 0 (Sin(t))/t = 1. Therefore, the overall limit is 1i + 1j + 1k, or simply the vector (1, 1, 1).

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Find the limit (if it exists). (If an answer does not exist, enter DNE.)
lim t → 0
e^9t i + (Sin(4t))/(4t) j + e^(-5t) k

My approach was to plug in 0 and get i+k but that didn't go through with webassign. So I tried the DNE answer because maybe since the y could be undefined, the whole thing is, but that was wrong. So lastely I punched it into my calculator, got the decimal answer and that didn't work for i + (decimal) j + k.

Does anyone know how to solve for the limit?
 
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The only tricky one here is the limit for the j coordinate,
[tex]\lim_{t \to 0} \frac{sin(4t)}{4t}[/tex]

This is related to the following well-known limit from calculus,
[tex]\lim_{t \to 0} \frac{sin(t)}{t} = 1[/tex]
 

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