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The document outlines the curriculum for GEN111 - Applied Mathematics I, focusing on limits, continuity, and differentiation. It includes exercises for calculating limits, discussing continuity of functions, and finding derivatives. Specific problems are provided for students to solve, emphasizing the application of mathematical concepts in electrical engineering technology.

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Sheet 5

The document outlines the curriculum for GEN111 - Applied Mathematics I, focusing on limits, continuity, and differentiation. It includes exercises for calculating limits, discussing continuity of functions, and finding derivatives. Specific problems are provided for students to solve, emphasizing the application of mathematical concepts in electrical engineering technology.

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Electrical Engineering Technology Program

Department of Electronic Engineering Technology


GEN111 – Applied Mathematics I
Fall 2024 - Sheet #5

Topics Covered:
● Topic#1: Concept/Definition of a limit and rules/techniques of limits.
● Topic#2: Continuity at a point and within an interval.
● Topic#3: Differentiation using the definition.

Exercise No.1

Find each of the following limits, if it exists, or show that the limit does not exist.
|𝑥−3| √𝑥−𝑥2
(a) lim (b) lim
𝑥→5 𝑥−3 𝑥→1 1−√𝑥
3𝑥|2𝑥−1| 2
(c) lim1 (d) lim+ 𝑥−2
𝑥→ 2𝑥−1 𝑥→2
2
1 1 1 1
(e) lim (𝑥−2) 2 (f) lim+ ( 𝑡 − 𝑡)
𝑥→2 𝑡→0 √ 1+𝑡
sin 𝑥
(g) lim √𝑥 − 2 (h) lim+
𝑥→2 𝑥→0 5 √𝑥
tan 𝑥
(i) lim
𝑥→0 2𝑥

Exercise No.2

𝑥 ; 𝑥<0
The function 𝑓 is defined as 𝑓(𝑥 ) = { 𝑥 2 ; 0 < 𝑥 ≤ 2.
8−𝑥 ; 𝑥 > 2

Find each of the following limits, if it exists, or show that the limit does not exist.

lim 𝑓 (𝑥 ). The value of 𝑎 equals


𝑥→𝑎

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2

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Exercise No.3

Discuss the continuity of each function for all real values of 𝑥.


1
(a) 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = (
𝑥−1) 2

𝑥 2 + 4; 𝑥 ≠ 1
(b) 𝑓(𝑥 ) = {
5 ;𝑥 = 1

Exercise No.4

Find the real value(s) of 𝑎 and 𝑏, if any, for which the function 𝑔 is continuous on its domain.

𝑎 ; 𝑡 = −3
9 − 𝑡2
𝑔(𝑡 ) = ; |𝑡 | < 3
4 − √𝑡 2 + 7
{ 𝑏 ; 𝑡=3

Exercise No.5

Use the definition of the derivative to find 𝑓 ′ (𝑥) if 𝑓(𝑥 ) = √𝑥.

Exercise No.6

Show that the function 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = |𝑥 − 6| is not differentiable at 6. Find a formula for 𝑓′ and sketch
its graph.

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