∫Calc Practice

Limit of \( \displaystyle \frac{3 x + 1}{\sin{\left(3 x + 1 \right)}} \) as \( x \to - \frac{1}{3} \)

Problem 1.99 · medium

Evaluate \( \displaystyle \lim_{x \to - \frac{1}{3}} \frac{3 x + 1}{\sin{\left(3 x + 1 \right)}} \).
  1. \[ \lim_{x \to - \frac{1}{3}^+}\left(\frac{3 x + 1}{\sin{\left(3 x + 1 \right)}}\right) \]
    limitStart with the limit of the given function.✓ Proved
  2. \[ = \lim_{x \to - \frac{1}{3}^+} \text{NaN} \]
    limitIdentify the indeterminate form 0/0.Not checked
  3. \[ = \lim_{x \to - \frac{1}{3}^+}\left(\frac{\frac{d}{d x} \left(3 x + 1\right)}{\frac{d}{d x} \sin{\left(3 x + 1 \right)}}\right) \]
    lhopitalApply L'Hopital's Rule because the limit is of the form 0/0.Not checked
  4. \[ = \lim_{x \to - \frac{1}{3}^+} \frac{1}{\cos{\left(3 x + 1 \right)}} \]
    simplify simplifyCompute the derivatives of the numerator and denominator. Cancel the common factor of 3.✓ Proved
  5. \[ = \lim_{x \to - \frac{1}{3}^+} 1 \]
    substitution simplifyEvaluate the expression at the point x = -1/3. Evaluate the cosine term.✓ Proved
  6. \[ = 1 \]
    simplifyFinal result.✓ Proved
Answer \( 1 \)

Lines: 7 proved, 2 not checked. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. The reviewers disagree about how one step is explained; every verdict is in the receipt.

The full receipt
LineStatusChecked byDetail
1✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0line 1 is the problem as stated
2Not checked—simplify left nan; no point in the sample was defined on both lines
undefined where sin(3*x + 1) = 0
3Not checked—simplify left nan; no point in the sample was defined on both lines
undefined where Derivative(sin(3*x + 1), x) = 0
4✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(a - b) reduced to 0
undefined where Derivative(sin(3*x + 1), x) = 0
undefined where cos(3*x + 1) = 0
5✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(a - b) reduced to 0
undefined where cos(3*x + 1) = 0
6✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(a - b) reduced to 0
undefined where cos(3*x + 1) = 0
7✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(a - b) reduced to 0
8✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(a - b) reduced to 0
answer✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0final line against the stated answer: simplify(a - b) reduced to 0
answer, a second way✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0SymPy took the limit from both sides and got the stated value

Reviewers

  • gpt-oss:20b: fail (error) — Step 2 incorrectly applies the rule "limit" to the indeterminate form 0/0. The expression 0/0 is not a limit; it is just the value of the function at the point. This step changes more than one thing (it replaces the entire limit expression with a numeric form) and mislabels the operation.
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass
Every verdict on record (4)
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-03
  • gpt-oss:20b: fail (error) 2026-10-03 — Step 2 incorrectly applies the rule "limit" to the indeterminate form 0/0. The expression 0/0 is not a limit; it is just the value of the function at the point. This step changes more than one thing (it replaces the entire limit expression with a numeric form) and mislabels the operation.
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-03
  • gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-03

Proved: SymPy reduced the difference between the two sides to zero. Checked independently: a separate method, named above, confirmed it. Checked numerically: the two sides agree at every sampled point, which is evidence, not proof. Reviewed: a model or a person read it; that is all a sentence can have. Solution by gemma4:26b, checked 2026-10-03 with SymPy 1.14.0.