ADDENDUM: Assignments

MAT1512/101/0/2022

ASSIGNMENT 01
Fixed Closing Date: 08 April 2022
Total Marks: 100

1. Determine the following limits:

6 x 2 3 x
lim and lim
x2 3  x 1 x   2 x  1

Then the correct answers are:

(1) 2 and  2
1 1
(2)  and 
2 2
(3) 6 and 3
(4) None of the above. (5)

2.
Determine the following limit:

 5x 2  2 x
lim2
x  2  5x
5

Then the correct answer is:

(1) 0
(2) Does not exist
(3) 5
(4) None of the above. (5)

3.
Determine the following limit:
sin 2 x  1
lim
x
 sin x  1
2

Then the correct answer is:


(1)
2
(2) 2
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(3)  1
(4) None of the above. (5)

4.
Determine the following limit:

25  x 2
lim
x   x x  5

Then the correct answer is:

(1)  
(2) 1
(3) Does not exist
(4) None of the above. (5)

5. Determine the following limit:

lim hx 
x4

 2x2  8
 if x4
 3
where h x   
2 x if x4



Then the correct answer is:

(1) 2
8
(2) 
3
(3) 8
(4) None of the above. (5)

The following Questions from Question 6, below, to Question 11, below, refer to the function h
below:

Let h be a function defined as:

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
8  x if x  0

h x    x if 0  x  2
1
 x 2 if x  2
2

6. Determine the following limit:

lim hx 
x0
Then the correct answer is:

(1) 0
(2) 8
(3) 2
(4) None of the above. (5)

7. Determine the following limit:

lim h x 
x 0

Then the correct answer is:

(1) 0
(2) 8
(3) 2
(4) None of the above. (5)

8. Determine the following limit:

lim hx 
x0

Then the correct answer is:

(1) 0
(2) 8
(3) Does not exist.
(4) None of the above. (5)

9. Determine the following limit:

lim hx 
x2
Then the correct answer is:

(1) 2
(2) 8
(3) 6
(4) None of the above. (5)

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10. Determine the following limit:

lim hx 
x2

Then the correct answer is:

(1) 2
(2) 8
(3) 6
(4) None of the above. (5)

11. Determine if the function h is continuous at x  0 and x  2 .

Then the correct answer is:

(1) Yes, the function h is continuous at both x  0 and x  2 .

(2) No, the function h is NOT continuous at both x  0 and x  2 .
(3) The function h is NOT continuous at x  0 but is continuous at x  2 .
(4) None of the above. (5)

The following Questions from Question 12, below, up to and including Question 18, below,
are about finding Limits from a graph.

Let the graph of the particular function g x  be represented as shown below (the graph is
NOT drawn to scale):

Use the graph of g in the figure above to find the following values, if they exist:
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12. g  2 
Then the correct answer is:

(1) 1
(2)  3
(3) Undefined.
(4) None of the above. (5)

(4) None of the above. (5)

13. lim g  x 
x  2

Then the correct answer is:

(1)  2
(2) 1
(3) Undefined.
(4) None of the above. (5)

14. lim g  x 
x 2

Then the correct answer is:

(1) -2
(2) -3
(3) -1
(4) None of the above.
(5)

15. lim g x 
x 2

Then the correct answer is:

(1)  1
(2)  2
(3)  3

(4) None of the above.

(5)

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16.
lim g  x 
x 2 

Then the correct answer is:

(1)  2
(2)  3
(3) 1
(4) None of the above. (5)

17.
lim g x 
x 2


Then the correct answer is:

(1) 1

(2)  2

(3)  3

(4) None of the above. (5)

18. Identify the discontinuities in the function g x  graphed above.

Then the correct answer is:

(1) x  2 , removable discontinuity and x  2 , Jump discontinuity.

(2) x  3 , essential discontinuity and x  2 , jump discontinuity.
(3) x  2 , Jump discontinuity and x  2 , removable discontinuity.
(4) None of the above. (5)

19. Use the squeeze Theorem to determine

lim
 
3  sin e x
x 
x2  2

Then the correct answer is:

(1) 0

4
(2)
2

2
(3)
2

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(4) None of the above. (5)
20. Let

 2

 x   
1
sin x 2  4
x2  4
 if x2

f  x   b if x2
a cos x  2  if x2



Determine the values of a and b that make the function f x  continuous at x  2 .

Then the correct answers are:

(1) a  2 and b  5

(2) a  5 and b  2

(3) a  5 and b  5

(4) None of the above. (5)

GRAND TOTAL: [100]

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