XBCS1013 CALCULUS

School Of Computing And Creative Media

KDU University College
TUTORIAL
CHAPTER 2 : LIMITS AND CONTINUITY

1. Verify the following limit computations:


a) lim x 2  4 x  1
x 2

x2  4
b) lim
x 2 x 2  4

x 2  25
c) lim
x 5 x5
x  27
3
d) lim
x 3 x2  9
 x  h   x2
2

e) lim
h 0 h
x  x2
2
f) lim
 x  1
x 1 2

cos 2 x  1
g) lim
x 0 cos x  1

f  x  h  f  x
2. Given f  x   x  3x , find lim
2
.
h 0 h

f  x  h  f  x 1
3. Given f  x   5 x  1 , find lim when x   .
h 0 h 5

4. Draw a graph and investigate the behaviour of

x if x  0
f  x  
 x  1 if x  0
as x  0.

5. Determine whether the following functions are continuous at a. Justify each answer
using the continuity checklist.
3x 2  2 x  1
a) f  x  , a 1
x 1
3x 2  2 x  1
b) g  x  , a2
x 1

x
6. For what values of x is the function f  x   continuous?
x  7 x  12
2

Hemavathi Ramulu
 XBCS1013 CALCULUS
School Of Computing And Creative Media
KDU University College
7. Sketch the graph and determine the interval of continuity for
 x 2 +1 if x  0
f  x  
3x  5 if x  0

Hemavathi Ramulu