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TUTORIAL : LIMITS AND CONTINUITY

1. Evaluate the following limit: if exist.


x2  x  2
(a) lim .
x2 x2

(b) lim
 2 x  5 
x 1 
x 1 2 x  3x  5
2

2. Find the following limit: if exist.


x2  4
(a) lim 2 .
x2 x  x  6

x2 2
(b) lim .
x0 x

3. A function f is defined by
3 x  1 ,  1  x  2
f  x  
 kx
2
,x2

Find the value of the constant k such that lim f  x  exists.


x 2

4. Find the following limits, if they exist:


x3 1
(a) lim .
x 1 x 1
x 3
(b) lim
x  x9

 2x ,x0
5. Let f  x    .
x  1 , x  0
2

(a) Find lim f  x .


x 0

(b) Is the function f continuous at x  0 ? Give your reasons.


(c) Sketch the graph of f from x  2 to x  1 .

6. Find the following limits, if they exist:


 e3x  1 
(a) lim  x  .
x 0
 e 1 

x2  2
(b) lim
x   3x  6
7. (a) Given

1
 x2  4

q x    x  2 , x  2
 3 ,x2
(i) Sketch the graph of q.
(ii) Discuss the continuity of q at x  2 .
(b) Determine the values of A and B such that
 x , x 1

f  x    Ax  B ,1  x  4
  2x , x4

is continuous on the interval   ,   .

8. Find the following limits.


x2  4
(a) lim .
x2 x2

 1 1
(b) lim    . .
x 0
 x 1 x x 

9 (a) If function f is defined by


 1 x2 ,3 x  0

f  x   2  x , 0x2
 x  2  2 , 2x5

Sketch its graph.
Using the conditions of continuity, determine the value of x where the
function is not continuous.
(b) If function g is defined as

 Ax  2 ,3  x 1
 2
g  x    x  Bx  A , 1  x  2
 1
 1 , 2 x5
 x

find the values of A and B such that g is continuous in the interval


  3, 5 .

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10. Evaluate each the following limits, if it exists.
x4
(a) lim .
x 4
x 2
3x 4  x
(b) lim .
x   x2  6

11. Let
 x , x 1

g  x   ax  b , 1 x  4
  2x , x4

Find the values of a and b such that g is continuous on the interval   ,   .

5 x 2  m , x2

12. (a) Given f  x    k , x  2.
 mx 3  1 , x2

Find the value of m such that lim f  x  exists. Hence find the value of k
x2
such that f is continuous at x  2 .
(b) Given a function f on a closed interval   2, 4 as follow:
 x2  2
 , 2 x4
f  x     x  1 x  3

 5 , x4

Find the interval on   2, 4 where f is continuous.

13. The function f is defined as


 x 2  x  12
 , x3
 x3

f  x   A , x3
 2x  B ,3 x  4


 C , x4

(a) Find xlim f  x  and lim f  x  .


3 x 3

(b) Use the definition of continuity to determine the values of A and B if f


continuous at x  3 .
(c) For what values of C is f discontinuous at x  4 ?

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14. A function f is given as
 x 1 , x0

f  x   2 , x  0.
 e 2 x , x0

Find xlim f  x  , lim f  x  and lim f  x  .


0  x 0  x 0

Hence, determine whether f is continuous at x  0 . Give a reason to your


answer.

15. A function f is defined by


 34 , x  4
 0 , x2

f  x   17 , x4
 x 4  3x 2  4
 2 , x  4, x  2, x  4
 x  x6

(a) Evaluate lim f  x .


x 2

(b) Find the interval(s) where f is continuous on the interval   4, 4 .

e 2 x  e 2 x
16. Evaluate lim .
x 0 e x  e  x

17. A function f defined by


 x2
 2 , 5 x  2
 x  3 x  10
f  x   A , 2 x3 .
 Ax  B , x3

Is continuous at x  2 and x  3 .

(a) Find xlim f  x .


2

(b) Determine the values of the constants A and B.


.
18. (a) Evaluate.

4x 2  2x  1
(i) lim .
x   x 1

2  x2  5
(ii) lim .
x  3 x3

4
f  x  5 f  x .
(b) If lim  1 , find lim
x4
x4 x2

19. Sketch the graph of g  x   4  x2 and determine the function g continuous on


the interval   2, 2 .
2
Determine the values of x such that h x   4  x discontinuous.
4 x

20, Find the following limits.


sinx sinx
(a) lim (f) lim
2
x0 x x 0  5 x

tan 7 x  x 
(b) lim (g) lim sin1  
x  0 sin3 x x    1  2x 

2   
(c) lim (h) lim sin 
  0 1  cos 2
     2  3 

x
lim  x 1
(d) x0 1  (i) lim ln 
cos   x  x    x 
2 

(e) lim
t 2  3 sint
(j) t  

lim cos 2 tan 1 t 
t 0 t

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