Q. $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\left\lbrack \ {\frac{1}{n^{2}}^{\ }\sec^{2}{\frac{1}{n^{2}} + \frac{2}{n^{2}}\sec^{2}\frac{4}{n^{2}}}} + ... + \frac{n}{n^{2}}\sec^{2}1 \right\rbrack$equals

A) $\frac{1}{2}\tan 1$
B) $\tan 1$
C) $\frac{1}{2}{cosec}1$
D) $\frac{1}{2}\sec 1$
Explanation

(a)
Let $A = \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\frac{1}{n}\left\lbrack \frac{1}{n}\sec^{2}{\left( \frac{1}{n} \right)^{2} + \frac{2}{n}\sec^{2}\left( \frac{2}{n} \right)^{2}} \right.\$
$+ ... + \frac{n}{n}\left. \ \sec^{2}\left( \frac{n}{n} \right)^{2} \right\rbrack$
$= \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\frac{1}{n}\sum_{r = 1}^{n}{{\left( \frac{r}{n} \right)\sec^{2}}\left( \frac{r}{n} \right)^{2}}$
$\Rightarrow \ A = \int_{0}^{1}{x\sec^{2}{(x)^{2}dx}}$
Put $x^{2} = t \Longrightarrow x\ dx = \frac{dt}{2}$
$\therefore A = \frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{1}{\sec^{2}{t\ dt = \frac{1}{2}\lbrack\tan{t\left. \ \ \right\rbrack_{0}^{1}} = \tan 1}}$

Dr. Abubacker
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker

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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.

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