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.
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:.
The limit does not exist.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Exercise 8
Determine all of the values of where the function (given below) has discontinuities. At each value where has a discontinuity, determine if is continuous from either the right or left at and also state whether or not the discontinuity is removable.
Exercise 9
Determine the value(s) of that make(s) the function defined by continuous over .
Exercise 10
Determine the appropriate symbol to write after an equal sign following each of the given limits. In each case, the appropriate symbol is either a real number, , or . Also, state whether or not each limit exists and if the limit exists prove its existence (and value) by applying the appropriate limit laws. The Rational Limit Forms table in Limit Laws summarizes strategies to be employed based up…
Exercise 12
Determine the appropriate symbol to write after an equal sign following each of the given limits. In each case, the appropriate symbol is either a real number, , or . Also, state whether or not each limit exists and if the limit exists prove its existence (and value) by applying the appropriate limit laws. The Rational Limit Forms table in Limit Laws summarizes strategies to be employed based up…
Exercise 20
Determine the appropriate symbol to write after an equal sign following each of the given limits. In each case, the appropriate symbol is either a real number, , or . Also, state whether or not each limit exists and if the limit exists prove its existence (and value) by applying the appropriate limit laws. The Rational Limit Forms table in Limit Laws summarizes strategies to be employed based up…
Exercise 23
Determine the appropriate symbol to write after an equal sign following each of the given limits. In each case, the appropriate symbol is either a real number, , or . Also, state whether or not each limit exists and if the limit exists prove its existence (and value) by applying the appropriate limit laws. The Rational Limit Forms table in Limit Laws summarizes strategies to be employed based up…
Exercise 24
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 25
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 26
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 27
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 28
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 29
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 30
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 31
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 32
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 33
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 34
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 35
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 36
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 38
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 39
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 40
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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…
Exercise 41
Draw sketches of the curves , , , and . 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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