What is the solution to this trigonometric limit problem?

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Homework Statement



Find [itex]\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{1-cosxcos2xcos3x}{1-cosx}[/itex]

The Attempt at a Solution



Actually my book gives this continuation [itex]\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{1-cosx+cosx[1-cos2x+cos2x(1-cos3x)]}{1-cosx}[/itex] but I don't know how author arrived there. Can anyone explain it to me?

Thank you
 
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The author rewrote the numerator; if you expand all brackets, you arrive at the same expression.
 
Yeah, I realized, after I posted this thread, that author added and substracted [itex]cosx[/itex] in numerator. This was the trick.

The problem is solved.