Solving $\lim_{x\rightarrow0}\frac{\log(1+\sin{x})-\log(1+x)}{x-\tan{x}}$ (doubts with Landau notation)

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I'm trying to solve the following limit:

$$\lim_{x\rightarrow0}\frac{\log(1+\sin{x})-\log(1+x)}{x-\tan{x}}$$

It is pretty straightforward by substituting those expressions by their Taylors polynomial:

Let $y:=\sin{x}$, then that limit is:

$$\lim_{x\rightarrow0}\frac{\log(1+\sin{x})-\log(1+x)}{x-\tan{x}}=\lim_{x\rightarrow0}\frac{\log(1+y)-\log(1+x)}{x-\tan{x}}=\lim_{x\rightarrow0}\frac{[y+o(y)]-[x+o(x)]}{x-[x+\frac{-x^3}{3}+o(x^3)]}=\lim_{x\rightarrow0}\frac{[[x-\frac{x^3}{6}+o(x^3)]+o(x)]-[x+o(x)]}{x-[x+\frac{-x^3}{3}+o(x^3)]}=\lim_{x\rightarrow0}\frac{\frac{-x^3}{6}+o(x)+o(x^3)}{\frac{-x^3}{3}+o(x^3)}$$

Now, that seems to be $\frac{1}{2}$, and it is indeed, but I think I'm doing something wrong with how I manipulate Landau's notation, because I don't know how to simplify that to get the $\frac{1}{2}$. I'm having this same problem in several other limits, I'm not sure whether I'm using it properly or not, any help on this subject would be greatly appreciated.

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Your result is correct but your method isn't perfect since you should write the taylor series at the order $3$. Let's show how to proceed for the numerator $$\log(1+\sin x)-\log(1+x)=\log\left(1+x-\frac{x^3}6+o(x^3)\right)-x+\frac{x^2}2-\frac{x^3}3+o(x^3)\\=\left(x-\frac{x^3}6\right)-\frac{\left(x-\frac{x^3}6\right)^2}{2}+\frac{\left(x-\frac{x^3}6\right)^3}{3}-x+\frac{x^2}2-\frac{x^3}3+o(x^3)\\=\left(x-\frac{x^3}6\right)-\frac{x^2}{2}+\frac{x^3}{3}-x+\frac{x^2}2-\frac{x^3}3+o(x^3)=-\frac{x^3}6+o(x^3)$$ and your work for the denominator is correct.

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enter image description here Here is another simpler method of doing it using L'hopitals rule thrice. enjoy!