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SOLUTIONS

AP Calculus BC
Period _____ Score ______ / 10
3.1 – 3.2 Practice – Differentiability
1.) For the following, state whether the function is continuous, differentiable, both or neither at x = c.

Not continuous and not


Continuous and not Not continuous and not Continuous and
differentiable.
differentiable. differentiable. differentiable.

Not continuous and not


Not continuous and not Continuous and
Not continuous and not differentiable.
differentiable. differentiable.
differentiable.

2.) Sketch a function having the following attributes, if possible.

a.) differentiable and b.) continuous, but not c.) cusp at the point d.) differentiable, but not
continuous at the point differentiable at (-3,1) (-1, 3) continuous at (2,-4)
(2,4) not possible.
Differentiable then
continuous.
3.) Let the function f be continuous on a  x  b but not differentiable for some c such that a  c  b . Which
of the following statements could be true?

(A) The line x = c is a vertical asymptote of the graph of f


(B) lim f ( x)  f (c) (A) cannot be true because a vertical asymptote at x = c would cause
x c
the function f to be not continuous.
(C) The graph of f has a cusp at x = c
(B) cannot be true because lim f ( x)  f (c) is one of the requirements
x c
(D) f (c) is undefined
for continuity at c.
(E) None of the above
(D) cannot be true because f (c) is one of the requirements for
continuity at c.

(C) is correct because a cusp is where a graph has a sharp turn and
those points are always locations of non-differentiability

4.) If g is differentiable at x = c, which of the following must be true?

g ( x )  g (c )
I. g is continuous at x  c II. lim g ( x)  g (c) III. lim exists
x c x c xc

(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and III only (E) II and III only

If the function g is differentiable at x = c, then g must be continuous at x = c. Option I must be true.

Option III must be true as it defines the derivative of g, g’(x). Option II is false because it is one of the
three requirements for continuity.

5.) If f is a differentiable function such that f (2)  5 and f (2)  7 , which of the following statements could be
false?
If the function f is differentiable at x = c, then f must be
(A) lim f ( x)  5 continuous at x = c.
x 2
The statement above requires that both choices (A) and (B) be
(B) lim f ( x)  lim f ( x)
x 2 x 2 true as they are requirements for continuity.

f ( x)  5 Both (C) and (D) are true as they represent two different ways
(C) lim 7
x 2 x2 to calculate the derivative of the function f at the x value 2.
f (2  h)  5
(D) lim 7 (E) could be false because we have no way of determining
h 0 h exactly what the derivative function of f, f ’(x), looks like.
As h gets smaller, the value of the derivative of f could
(E) lim f ( x)  7
h 0 approach 7 but it does not have to.
6.) For each function, f(x), determine if the function is continuous or non-continuous, differentiable or
non-differentiable, and sketch the curve.

ìx2 , x ³ 0 ì4 - x 2 , x < 1
a.) f (x) = í b.) f (x) = í
îï x, x < 0 îï2x + 2, x ³ 1

lim- f ( x ) = 3 lim+ f ( x ) = 4
lim- f ( x ) = 0 lim+ f ( x ) = 0 f ( 0) = 0 x®1 x®1
x®0 x®0
not continuous Þ not differentiable
continuous
lim f ¢ ( x ) = 1 lim f ¢ ( x ) = 2 ( 0) = 0 f ¢ ( 0 ) = 0
x®0- x®0+

not differentiable

continuous differentiable both neither continuous differentiable both neither

ìcos x, x ³ 0
c.) f (x) = í Note: Exercise caution when graphing f (x) = cos x using the provided coordinate axes.
ïî1- x , x < 0
2

lim f ( x ) = 1 lim f ( x ) = 1 f (0) = 1


x®0- x®0+

continuous
lim f ¢ ( x ) = -2 ( 0 ) = 0 lim f ¢ ( x ) = sin ( 0 ) = 0
x®0- x®0+

f ¢ ( 0 ) = sin ( 0 ) = 0 differentiable

continuous differentiable both neither

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