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Calculus Limits and Continuity Assignment 2

This document contains problems related to limits and continuity in single variable calculus. It includes questions on evaluating limits, determining if limits exist, sketching graphs of functions, finding continuity of functions, and limits involving infinity.

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Calculus Limits and Continuity Assignment 2

This document contains problems related to limits and continuity in single variable calculus. It includes questions on evaluating limits, determining if limits exist, sketching graphs of functions, finding continuity of functions, and limits involving infinity.

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Single Variable Calculus : Assignment - 2

Topic: Limits and Continuity

SRM University AP, Andhra Pradesh, India

LIMITS

1. Evaluate the limit, if it exists:


√    
t2 + 9 − 3 1 1 1 1
(a) lim , (c) lim − , (e) lim √ − ,
t→0 t2 x→0 t t2 + t t→0 t 1 + t t
√
(3 + h)2 − 9 (3 + x)−1 − 3−1 x2 + 9 − 5
(b) lim , (d) lim (f)
, lim
h→0 h x→0 x x→−4 x+4
(√
x − 4, x > 4
2. Does the limit lim f (x) where f (x) = exist?
x→4 8 − 2x, x < 4


 x, x<1

3, x=1
3. Let f (x) = 2
.


 2 − x , 1<x≤2
x − 3, x > 2

(a) Sketch the graph of f .


(b) Evaluate each of the following, if it exists.

i. lim f (x) iii. lim f (x) v. lim f (x)


x→1− x→1 x→2+
ii. lim f (x) iv. lim f (x) vi. lim f (x)
x→1+ x→2− x→2

2
4. If 4x − 9 ≤ f (x) ≤ x − 4x + 7 for x ≥ 0, find lim f (x).
x→4

5. Does the following limits exist?


1 2
(a) lim x sin (b) lim x4 cos
x→0 x x→0 x
f (x)
6. If lim = 5, find the following limits:
x→0 x2
(a) lim f (x) f (x)
x→0 (b) lim .
x→0 x

7. Give examples of two functions f (x) and g(x) such that the following
inequality holds:

lim (f (x) + g(x)) 6= lim f (x) + lim g(x) .


x→0 x→0 x→0

8. Is there a number a such that


3x2 + ax + a + 3
lim
x→−2 x2 + x − 2
exists? If so, find the value of a and the value of the limit.

1
9. Find a number δ such that if |x − 2| < δ, then |4x − 8| < , where  = 0.1.
Repeat the same when  = 0.01.
10. Prove the statement using the , δ definition of a limit.

2 + 4x (c) lim (2x + 3) = 5,


(a) lim = 2, x→1
x→1 3
9 − 4x2
(b) lim 3 ( ) = 6, (d) lim (1 − 4x) = 13,
x→− 2 2x + 3 x→−3

11. If you know that lim f (x) exists, can you find its value by calculating
x→c
lim f (x)? Give proper explanation.
x→c+

CONTINUTY

12. Suppose a function f (x) is defined by



2
x − 1,

 −1 ≤ x < 0
2x, 0<x<1



f (x) = 1, x=1 .

−2x + 4, 1<x<2





0, 2<x<3

Then answer the following questions:

(a) Does f (−1) exist? (f) At what values of x is f continu-


(b) Does lim + f (x) exist? ous?
x→−1
(c) Does lim f (x) = f (−1) ?
x→−1+ (g) What value should be assigned to
(d) Is f defined at x = 3? f (2) to make the extended func-
(e) Is f continuous at x = 3? tion continuous at x = 2?

13. At what points are the following functions continuous?

1 x+2
(a) f (x) = − 5x, (b) f (x) = 2 ,
x−5 x − 7x + 10
 3
x −8
 x2 −4 x 6= 2, x 6= −2

(c) f (x) = 3 x=2 .

4 x = −2

(
3x2 + 5 x < 5
14. For what values of a is f (x) = continuous at every x?
5ax x≥5

−2
 x ≤ −1
15. For what values of a and b is f (x) = ax − b −1 < x < 1 continuous at

3 x≥1

every x?

2
16. Find a sequence {xn } with lim xn = ∞ such that the sequence {cos(xn )}
n→∞
does not converge.
17. Find a sequence {xn } with lim xn = ∞ such that the sequence {cos(xn )}
n→∞
converges.
18. Find a sequence {xn } with lim xn = 0 such that the sequence {cos( x1n )}
n→∞
converges.
19. Find a sequence {xn } with lim xn = 0 such that the sequence {cos( x1n )}
n→∞
does not converge.
20. lim f (x) does not exist iff there exists a sequence {xn } which converges
x→c
to c such that the sequence {f (xn )} does not converge. Show your work
on connection between this statement and above four problems.
x2 − 9
21. Define g(3) in a way that extends g(x) = to be continuous at x = 3.
x−3
22. Explain why the equation cos x = x has atleast one solution.
23. Show that the equation x3 − 15x + 1 = 0 has three solutions in the interval
[−4, 4].

24. Give example of a function f (x) that is continuous for all values of x
except at x = 1 and x = 17.

Limits involving infinity

25. Find the limits


√
sin 2x x2 + 1
(a) lim (e) lim
x→∞ x x→∞ x + 1
2x3 + 7 √ √ 
(b) lim 3 (f) lim x+9− x+4
x→∞ x − x2 + x + 7 x→∞
1
p 
(c) lim (g) lim x2 + 3 + x
x→−∞ x3 − 4x + 1 x→−∞
√
2+ x
(d) lim √
x→∞ 2 − x

26. Find the limits

1 1
(a) lim+ (c) lim+
x→0 3x x→3 x − 3
5 3x
(b) lim− (d) lim
x→0 2x x→−5− 2x + 10

27. Find the horizontal and vertical asymptotes of the graph of

3
100 x
(a) f (x) = (d)
x2− 21 x2 − 1
csc x p
(b) (e) x2 − 11 + x
x
tan x
(c)
x

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