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Find the limit of $\frac{1-\cos\left(x\right)}{x^2}$ as $x$ approaches 0

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Evaluate the limit $\lim_{x\to0}\left(\frac{1-\cos\left(x\right)}{x^2}\right)$ by replacing all occurrences of $x$ by $0$

$\frac{1-\cos\left(0\right)}{0^2}$
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Calculate the power $0^2$

$\frac{1-\cos\left(0\right)}{0}$
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The cosine of $0$ equals

$\frac{1-1}{0}$
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Subtract the values $1$ and $-1$

$\frac{0}{0}$
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$\frac{0}{0}$ represents an indeterminate form

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Final answer to the problem

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