<s>[INST] Evaluate: $\lim_{\theta \to \frac {\pi}{4}} \dfrac {\cos \theta - \sin \theta}{\theta - \frac {\pi}{4}}$ 
Evaluate: $\lim_{\theta \to \frac {\pi}{4}} \dfrac {\cos \theta - \sin \theta}{\theta - \dfrac {\pi}{4}}$.

My Attempt:
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\lim_{\theta \to \frac {\pi}{4}} \dfrac {\cos \theta - \sin \theta }{\theta - \dfrac {\pi}{4}}
&=\lim_{\theta \to \frac {\pi}{4}} \dfrac {\cos \theta - \cos \dfrac {\pi}{4} + \sin \dfrac {\pi}{4} - \sin \theta}{\theta - \dfrac {\pi}{4}}
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&=\lim_{\theta \to \frac {\pi}{4}} \dfrac {2\sin \dfrac {\pi-4\theta }{8}\cos \dfrac {\pi+4\theta}{8} - 2\sin \dfrac {4\theta + \pi}{8}\sin \dfrac {4\theta -\pi}{8}}{\theta - \dfrac {\pi}{4}}.
\end{align}
How do I proceed?
 [/INST] Both numerator and denominator go to zero, so use L'hopital's.  Take derivative of numerator and denominator.  Get $(-\sin\theta-\cos\theta)/1$.  Take $\lim_\theta\rightarrow \frac {\pi}{4} $.  Get $(-\sqrt {2}/2-\sqrt {2}/2)/1=-\sqrt 2$.  
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