WORKSHEET 2: Limits and Continuity

1. (*)Calculate
p p
4x3 + 2x2 x x3 x2 x 2 2+x 2
a) lim b) lim c) lim
x!0 5x2 + 2x x!2 x 2 x!0 x
p
x2 x sinx x2 cosx + 1
d) lim p e) lim f) lim
x!1 x3 + 3x4 x!1 x x! 1 x2 + 1

3x3 + 2x2 + x + 2 x4 ax3 x4 x3

g) lim h) lim i) lim
x! 1 x2 7x + 1 x! 1 x2 + 1 x!0 x2 + b
.
sinx
2. Using that lim = 1, calculate:
x!0x
2
sin (2x) sin(x2 1)
a) lim b) lim
x!0 x2 x!1 x 1
.
3. Find the discontinuities,(if they exist) of the following functions:
8
>
> x+ if x
>
> 2
>
< xsinx
jx 3j if <x< ; x 6= 0
a)(*)f (x) = b)f (x) = 1 cosx 2 2
x 3 >
> 1 if x=0
>
>
>
: 0 if x
2
8 8 2x
> x+1 >
>
> if x 1: >
> if x< 1:
< x < x+1
c) f (x) = 1=2(1 x 2
) if 1<x 1 d) (*)f (x) = e1=x if 1 x<0
>
> sin x >
> if x=0
>
: 1 if 1<x >
:
1=x if 0<x
4. (*)Calcute the following limits:
tg 4 (x)
i) lim (x 1)arcsin( )
x!1 1 + tg 4 (x)
1 + h2 (x)
ii) lim , with h(x) a function with nite limit when x ! 2.
x!2 jx 2j
.
5. (*)Calculate
x2 x2 2 1 x2 2x
a) lim + b) lim c) lim+ d) lim (1 1=x) x e) lim
x! 3 x2 9 x! 3 x2 9 x!0 sinx x!0 x!0 x3
6. Calculate all asymptotes of the following functions:
x3 x2 1 p 1
(*)f (x) = 2 g(x) = (*)h(x) = x2 1 (*)m(x) = (*)n(x) = e1=x
x 1 x lnx
7. Prove that every odd-degree polynomial has at least one root.
.
8. (*)a) Use the intermediate value theorem to check that the following functions have a zero at the speci ed
interval
i)f (x) = x2 4x + 3 in [2; 4]; ii)g(x) = x3 + 3x 2 in [0; 1].
b) Obtain using interval partitions and succesive applications of Bolzano, the zero with and error of 0:25.

9. (*)Check that the equations x4 11x + 7 = 0 and 2x 4x = 0 have at least two solutions.
10. (*)Prove that the equation x7 + 3x + 3 = 0 has a unique solution. Determine the integer part of that solution.

11. Find the domain and the range of the functions:

r
(x2 16)(x 1) (x2 16)(x 1)
a)f (x) = ln b)g(x) =
x 3 x 3
12. If f and g are continous functions in [a; b] and f (a) < g(a), f (b) > g(b), prove that there exists a x0 2 (a; b)
such that f (x0 ) = g(x0 )
13. a) Let f : [a; b] ! R, continuous, such that Range(f ) [a; b] : Prove that f has at least a xed point.

b) Also suppose that f is monotonic. Will exist an unique xed point?

14. a) Prove using the Bolzano's theorem of zeroes, that the function f (x) = x3 5
has at least one xed point in the interval [0; n] ; for some n 2 N:

b) Obtain, with an error of 0:25; a xed point of f:

c) Does a unique xed point exist?

15. (*)Discuss in the following cases if the functions reach global and/or local extrema in the speci ed intervals:

a) f (x) = x2 x 2 [ 1; 1] b) f (x) = x3 x 2 [ 1; 1]

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c) f (x) = sinx x 2 [0; ] d) f (x) = x3 x 2 [ 1; 1]

16. In the previous problem, replace the interval given by [0; 1) or by R in each one of the functions.
tg 2 x
17. Let f (x) = arctg ; f : [a; b] ! R. Discuss, depending on the values of a and b; when f reaches
1 + tg 4 x
maximun and minimun in [a; b] :
18. Explain why f (x) = tgx has a maximun in [0; =4], but not in [0; ].
3x2 + x
19. (*)a) Let C(x) = + 100, be the total cost of production function, supposing x 7.
x 1
Check if it has oblique asymptote when x ! 1.

C (x)
b) Consider the function Cm (x) = ; that is, the average cost of production.
x
Check that it has a horizontal asymptothe when x ! 1.
c) Is there any relationship between the oblique asymptote in part a) and the horizontal asymptote in part b?

20. (*)A banking entity o ers a current account with the following conditions: the 250.000 st euros non remu-
nerated, the rest by a 7% of annual interest. Consider the following function: i : [0; 1) ! IR de ned by
i(x)="interes obtained in % when depositing some capital x and mantaining it during a year".
i) Obtain i(x).
ii) Calculate lim i(x).
x!1
iii) Does any capital c exist such that i(c) = 7?.
iv) From what capital is obtained at least a 6% of interest?
v) Graph the function i.