Positive integers for k: finding limits

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Homework Statement


find the positive integers k for which

lim x->0 sin(sin(x))/x^k

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exists, and then find the value of the limit

The Attempt at a Solution


I did the first three k's

k=0
lim x->0 sin(sin x))/x^0= 0 undefined

k=1
lim x->0 sin(sinx))/x^1= 1

k=2 I might be wrong with this
lim x->0 sin(sinx))/x^2= undefined

k>2 how do I do this one.
lim x-> sin(sinx))/x^k>2=?
 
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0 is not positive.

Regarding k = 2: How did you arrive at your answer for k = 1 ??
 
well I plugged it into my calculator
 
What happens if you multiply and divide sin(x)?
 
I'm not sure.
 
chapsticks said:
I'm not sure.

Do it an see what you recognize
 
well in the table for k=2

it goes from -100 then an error then 99

so it must be for all positive numbers and above should be infinity?
 
chapsticks said:
well I plugged it into my calculator

Are you saying that your calculator says that sin(sin(0))/0 = 1 ?
 
I used a different method.. but that answer sin(sin(0))/0 does not exist right
 
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chapsticks said:
I used a different method.. but that answer sin(sin(0))/0 does not exist right
Right.

So, I ask again. How did you find the answer when k = 1 ?
 
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