SCORE:
Problem Set 3
Continuity of a Function
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I. Determine whether the function is continuous or not at the given point. (6 points each)
1. 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 4𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 at 𝑥 = −1
2. 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 6𝑥 2 − 1 at 𝑥 = 2
1
3. 𝑓(𝑥 ) = at 𝑥 = −4
𝑥+4
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𝑥−1
4. 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑥 2 −1 at 𝑥 = 1
5. 𝑓(𝑥 ) = √𝑥 − 3 at 𝑥 = 4
𝑥
6. 𝑓(𝑥 ) = at 𝑥 = 8
√4−𝑥
2𝑥 , 2 ≥ 𝑥
7. 𝑓(𝑥 ) = {
6 − 𝑥, 𝑥 > 2
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II. Determine whether the function is continuous or not at the given intervals. (6 points
each)
𝑥+4 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < −4
1. 𝑓(𝑥) = {√16 − 𝑥 2 , 𝑖𝑓 − 4 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4 at (−∞, −4), (−4, 4), (4, +∞), (−∞, −4], [4, +∞), [−4, 4]
2−𝑥 ,𝑥 > 4
a. (−∞, −4)
b. (−4, 4)
c. (4, +∞)
d. (−∞, −4]
e. [4, +∞)
f. [−4, 4]
4−𝑥
2. 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = at (−∞, −3], [−3, +∞), [−3, 3), (3, +∞), (−3, 3], [0, 3]
𝑥−3
a. (−∞, −3]
b. [−3, +∞)
c. [−3, 3)
d. (3, +∞)
e. (−3, 3]
f. [0, 3]
𝑥−3
3. 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑥 2 +2𝑥+1 at (−∞, −1), (−3, −1], [1, 3), [−1, 1], (−1, +∞), [−1, +∞)
a. (−∞, −1)
b. (−3, −1]
c. [1, 3)
d. [−1, 1]
e. (−1, +∞)
f. [−1, +∞)
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