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I need help on a question from my homework, which asks me to find the limit of the sequence as n approaches infinity of

$a_n = \frac{\cos^2 n}{2^n}$

Thanks

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Hint: Notice $\frac{-1}{2^n} \leq\frac{\cos^2 n}{ 2^n} \leq \frac{1}{2^n} $ for all $n$. Now use Squeeze Rule.

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Using the sandwich theorem for the sequence to obtain the result of limit is $0$.

See here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpbxFJphGyg

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