How to prove that $\lim\limits_{x\to0}\frac{\sin x}x=1$? How can one prove the statement
$$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\sin x}x=1$$
without using the Taylor series of $\sin$, $\cos$ and $\tan$? Best would be a geometrical solution.
This is homework. In my math class, we are about to prove that $\sin$ is continuous. We found out, that proving the above statement is enough for proving the continuity of $\sin$, but I can't find out how. Any help is appreciated.

Let $f:\{y\in\mathbb{R}:y\neq 0\}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a function defined by $f(x):=\dfrac{\sin x}{x}$ for all $x\in \{y\in\mathbb{R}:y\neq 0\}$.
We have $\displaystyle\lim_{x \to 0}\dfrac{\sin x}{x}=1$ if and only if for every $\varepsilon>0$, there exists a $\delta>0$ such that $|f(x)-1|<\varepsilon$ whenever $0<|x-0|<\delta$.
Let $\varepsilon>0$ be an arbitrary real number.
Note that $\sin x=\displaystyle \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}(-1)^n\dfrac{x^{2n+1}}{(2n+1)!}$. 
If $x \neq 0$, we have $\dfrac{\sin x}{x}=$$\displaystyle \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}(-1)^n\dfrac{x^{2n}}{(2n+1)!}=1+$$\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^n\dfrac{x^{2n}}{(2n+1)!}$.
We thus have 
$|f(x)-1|=\left|\dfrac{\sin x}{x}-1\right|=\left|\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^n\dfrac{x^{2n}}{(2n+1)!}\right|\leq \left|\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \dfrac{x^{2n}}{(2n+1)!}\right|\leq \displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left|\dfrac{x^{2n}}{(2n+1)!}\right|$
Therefore we have
$|f(x)-1|\leq \displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left|\dfrac{x^{2n}}{(2n+1)!}\right|\leq \displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} |x^{2n}|=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}|x^2|^n$
If $0<|x|<1$, then $0<|x^2|<1$, and the infinite series $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}|x^2|^n$ converges to $\dfrac{x^2}{1-x^2}$.
Choose $\delta:=\sqrt{\dfrac{\varepsilon}{1+\varepsilon}}$.
Then $0<|x-0|<\delta$ implies that $0<|x|<$$\sqrt{\dfrac{\varepsilon}{1+\varepsilon}}<1$, and hence $x^2<\varepsilon-\varepsilon x^2$.  But $x^2<\varepsilon-\varepsilon x^2$ implies that $\dfrac{x^2}{1-x^2}<\varepsilon$.
We therefore have $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}|x^2|^n<\varepsilon$ whenever $0<|x-0|<\delta$. But since $|f(x)-1|\leq\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}|x^2|^n$, we have $|f(x)-1|<\varepsilon$ whenever $0<|x-0|<\delta$. 
Since $\varepsilon$ was arbitrary, we have $\displaystyle\lim_{x \to 0}\dfrac{\sin x}{x}=1$.
