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    This document provides solutions to one-sided and two-sided limit problems, as well as computing specific limits and determining parameters to make a piecewise function continuous. It evaluates one-sided limits, explains why a two-sided limit is undefined, computes limits of various expressions, and sets up equations to solve for parameters that make a piecewise function continuous at all points in its domain.

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    This document provides solutions to one-sided and two-sided limit problems, as well as computing specific limits and determining parameters to make a piecewise function continuous. It evaluates one-sided limits, explains why a two-sided limit is undefined, computes limits of various expressions, and sets up equations to solve for parameters that make a piecewise function continuous at all points in its domain.

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    SOLUTIONS: ONE-SIDED AND TWO-SIDED LIMIT PROBLEMS

    1. Evaluate the one-sided limits below.

    a) i) lim |x 2| ii) lim+ |x 2|


    x2 x2

    i) As x approaches 2 from the left, it must be true that x < 2. We further obtain x 2 < 0 by
    subtracting 2 from both sides of the inequality. The absolute value |x 2| is therefore equal to
    (x 2) for x < 2. Evaluating the limit yields lim |x 2| = lim (2 x) = 2 2 = 0.
    x2 x2

    ii) Approaching x from the right of 2, we know that x > 2. This gives x 2 > 0 so |x 2| = x 2.
    Hence lim+ |x 2| = lim+ (x 2) = 2 2 = 0
    x2 x2


    b) i) lim x2 1 ii) Why do we not evaluate lim + x2 1 ?
    x1 x1

    2 2
    i) Check: if x < 1, then
    q x > 1. It follows that x 1 > 0 and so the square root is defined.

    Thus lim x2 1 = (1)2 1 = 0 .
    x1

    ii) When x > 1 and x is sufficiently close to 1 (e.g. x < 1), x + 1 > 0 and x 1 < 0. It follows
    that x2 1 = (x + 1)(x 1) < 0. Taking this limit would require us to consider the square root
    of negative numbers, an operation that we have not defined. (Search sqrt(x^2-1) in Google to
    generate a graph of the function.)

    s s
    3 x3 4x2 + 3x 3 x3 4x2 + 3x
    c) i) lim ii) lim+
    x1 x2 2x + 2 x1 x2 2x + 2

    The cube root of any real number is defined, so there is no need to consider whether or not the
    term inside the root is negative. Thus
    s s s
    3 x3 4x2 + 3x 3 x3 4x2 + 3x 3 13 4 12 + 3 1
    lim = lim+ = = 0.
    x1 x2 2x + 2 x1 x2 2x + 2 12 2 1 + 2

    1
    2. Compute the following limits:

    a)lim (|x 2| + x)5


    x2

    = (0 + 2)5 ( lim |x 2| = 0 from 1a)


    x2

    = 32
    x2 9
    b) lim
    x3 x2 8x + 15

    (x + 3)(x 3)
    = lim
    x3 (x 5)(x 3)

    x+3
    = lim
    x3 x 5

    3+3
    =
    35
    = 3

    x+11
    c) lim
    x0 x

    ( x + 1 1)( x + 1 + 1)
    = lim
    x0 x( x + 1 + 1)
    x+11
    = lim
    x0 x( x + 1 + 1)

    1
    = lim
    x0 x+1+1
    1
    =
    0+1+1
    1
    =
    2
    x1
    d) lim
    x1 2x 1 1

    (x 1)( 2x 1 + 1)
    = lim
    x1 ( 2x 1 1)( 2x 1 + 1)

    (x 1)( 2x 1 + 1)
    = lim
    x1 2x 1 1

    2

    2x 1 + 1
    = lim
    x1 2

    211+1
    = lim
    x1 2
    =1

    3. Find the values of the parameters a and b such that the function

    (2x + a)3 , if x < 0
    f (x) = 5bx + 8, if 0 x < 1
    2
    x + 12, if x 1

    is continuous at all the points in its domain.

    We know polynomial functions are continuous. Hence, the only points at which discontinuities can
    occur are the points where pieces of f (x) join. That is, the pieces of f (x) must connect at x = 0
    and x = 1. This requires the left-hand and right-hand limits of f (x) to be equal. We begin by
    evaluating these limits:

    lim f (x) = lim (2x + a)3 = (2 0 + a)3 = a3


    x0 x0
    lim+ f (x) = lim+ (5bx + 8) = 5b 0 + 8 = 8
    x0 x0
    lim f (x) = lim (5bx + 8) = 5b 1 + 8 = 5b + 8
    x1 x1
    lim+ f (x) = lim+ (x2 + 12) = 12 + 12 = 13
    x1 x1

    Letting lim f (x) = lim+ f (x) and lim f (x) = lim+ f (x) gives a3 = 8 and 5b + 8 = 13, which
    x0 x0 x1 x1
    solves to a = 2 and b = 1.

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