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Limits and Continuity

Classifying discontinuities and one-sided continuity, choosing a constant that makes a piecewise function continuous, and deciding when a limit is a number or infinite.

Calculus Lab Manual, Limits and Continuity

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28 exercises

Exercise 1

For Exercises, state the limit suggested by the values in the table and state whether or not the limit exists. The correct answer for this exercise has been given to help you understand the instructions.

Answer:lim⁡t→−∞g(t)=∞\lim\limits_{t\to-\infty}\fe{g}{t}=\infty.

The limit does not exist.

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Exercise 2

For Exercises, state the limit suggested by the values in the table and state whether or not the limit exists. The correct answer for this exercise has been given to help you understand the instructions.

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Exercise 3

For Exercises, state the limit suggested by the values in the table and state whether or not the limit exists. The correct answer for this exercise has been given to help you understand the instructions.

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Exercise 4

For Exercises, state the limit suggested by the values in the table and state whether or not the limit exists. The correct answer for this exercise has been given to help you understand the instructions.

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Exercise 5

For Exercises, state the limit suggested by the values in the table and state whether or not the limit exists. The correct answer for this exercise has been given to help you understand the instructions.

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Exercise 8

Determine all of the values of xx where the function ff (given below) has discontinuities. At each value where ff has a discontinuity, determine if ff is continuous from either the right or left at xx and also state whether or not the discontinuity is removable.

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Exercise 9

Determine the value(s) of kk that make(s) the function gg defined by g(t)={t2+kt−kt≥3t2−4kt<3\fe{g}{t}=\begin{cases}t^2+kt-k&t\geq3\\t^2-4k&t\lt 3\end{cases} continuous over (−∞,∞)\ointerval{-\infty}{\infty}.

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Exercise 10

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Exercise 12

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Exercise 20

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Exercise 23

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Exercise 24

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 25

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 26

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 27

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 28

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 29

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 30

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 31

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 32

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 33

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 34

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 35

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 36

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 38

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 39

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 40

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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Exercise 41

Draw sketches of the curves y=exy=e^x, y=e−xy=e^{-x}, y=ln⁡(x)y=\fe{\ln}{x}, and y=1xy=\frac{1}{x}. Note the coordinates of any and all intercepts. This is something you should be able to do from memory/intuition. If you cannot already do so, spend some time reviewing whatever you need to review so that you can do so. Once you have the graphs drawn, fill in each of the blanks below and decide whether or not each limit exists. The appropriate symbol for…

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