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Laboratory Maths

The document contains 12 math exercises involving functions, limits, and asymptotes: 1. Find the points of discontinuity and classify them as removable, jump, or essential for a piecewise defined function. 2. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show a root exists for a function in an interval. 3. Find the horizontal and vertical asymptotes and graph a rational function, identifying intercepts. The remaining questions involve evaluating limits, determining domains, identifying discontinuities in piecewise functions, composing functions, and finding asymptotes of other rational functions.

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Laboratory Maths

The document contains 12 math exercises involving functions, limits, and asymptotes: 1. Find the points of discontinuity and classify them as removable, jump, or essential for a piecewise defined function. 2. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show a root exists for a function in an interval. 3. Find the horizontal and vertical asymptotes and graph a rational function, identifying intercepts. The remaining questions involve evaluating limits, determining domains, identifying discontinuities in piecewise functions, composing functions, and finding asymptotes of other rational functions.

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MATH1500 Laboratory #3 Exercises

1. Given the function 



 x − 2, x ≤ 2,



4

f (x) = , 2 < x < 4,

 x

 √


x − 4, x ≥ 4,
find the numbers at which f is discontinuous. At each of these numbers, is f continuous
from the right, from the left, or neither? Sketch the graph of f .
√
2. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show that there is a root of 3
x = 1 − x in the
interval (0, 1).

2x2 + x − 1
3. a) Find the horizontal and vertical asymptotes of the function y = .
x2 + x − 2

b) Find the intercepts and sketch the graph of the function.


√
4. Find lim ( x2 − 2x + x).
x→−∞

The remaining questions occurred on Intermediate Test #1 in previous semesters.

x2 − 2x − 15
5. Let f (x) = .
x2 − 25

a) Find the domain of f (x).

b) Find lim f (x).


x→5

1
6. Given the function f (x) = , find lim − f (x).
x2
+ 3x − 4 x→−4

 
3 1
7. Given the function f (x) = x cos , find lim+ f (x) and justify your answer.
x x→0
2 of 2

8. Given the function  √



 1 − x, x < 1,



f (x) = 4 − x, 1 ≤ x < 4,




(x − 4)2 , x > 4,

evaluate each limit if it exists. If a limit does not exist, explain why not.

a) lim f (x) b) lim f (x) c) lim f (x)


x→1− x→1+ x→1

d) lim f (x) e) lim f (x) f) limx→4 f (x)


x→4− x→4+

g) Indicate at which x values the function is discontinuous and explain why.

9. Sketch the graph of the function in Question 8.

10. Given the functions f (x) = x + 3 and h(x) = 4x − 4, find a function g(x) such that
(g ◦ f )(x) = h(x).

x2 − 4
11. Let f (x) = . Show clearly whether this function has any vertical asymptotes.
x2 + 5x + 6
Give the equations of any vertical asymptotes that exist.

3x2 − 2x + 7
12. Let f (x) = 2 . Show clearly whether this function has any horizontal asymp-
x + 5x + 3
totes. Give the equations of any horizontal asymptotes that exist.

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