MathematicsWorksheet

Module3:Limits
Name:_________________________

1. Afunction
f
(x)isdefinedas
f
(x)= x
+2, x
<2
2
x
, x
>2
a. Find lim
f
(x).
x2

b. Determinewhether
f
(x)iscontinuousat
x
=2.
Givereasonsforyouranswer.
2. a.
b.

22x3
Evaluate lim xx24x+3

x3

x+2
Determinethevaluesof
x
R
forwhichthefunction
x(x+1)
isNOTcontinuous.

3. a.
b.

x 8
Find lim x26x+8
.
x2

Thefunction
f
on
R
isdefinedby
f
(x)=
3
x
if x 1
1+
x
if
x
<1.
i.
Sketchthegraphof
f
(x)forthedomain 1 x 2 .
ii.
Find:
a)
lim+ f
(x)
x1

b)

lim f
(x).

x1

iii.
Deducethat
f
(x)iscontinuousat
x
=1.
4. Usetheresultthat (x + h + x)(x + h x) = h toshowthat
x+hx
h
h0

lim

= 21x
.

x
5. Findtherealvaluesof
x
forwhichthefunction
f
(x)= x22x8
isdiscontinuous.

6. Let
f
(x)beafunctiondefinedas
f
(x)=
ax
+2,
x
<3
2
ax
, x 3
i.
Findthevalueof
a
if
f
(x)iscontinuousat
x
=3.
ii.

+2
Let
g
(x)= bx2x+x+4
.
Giventhat lim 2
g
(x)= lim
g
(x),findthevaluesof
b
.
x1

x0


7. a.

i.
ii.

3+8
Findthevaluesof
x
forwhich xx24
isdiscontinuous.

Hence,orotherwise,find:
3+8
lim xx24
.
x2

iii.

Byusingthefactthat lim sinx

=1,orotherwise,find,
x
x0

3+4x
lim 2xSin2x
x0

b.

ThefunctionfonRisdefinedby
2
f
(x)= x
+1,
x
>1
4+
px
,
x
<1
i.
Find:
a)
lim+ f
(x).
x1

b)thevalueoftheconstantpsuchthat lim
f
(x)exists.
x1

ii.Hence,determinethevalueof
f
(1)for
f
tobecontinuousatthepoint
x
=1.

8. a.
b.

2
Find lim xx2+5x+6
x6 .
x2

Thefunction
f
on
R
isdefinedby
2
f
(x)= x
+1if x 2
bx
+1if
x
<2.
Determine:
i.
f
(2)
ii.
lim+ f
(x)
x2

iii.
iv.

lim f
(x)intermsoftheconstant
b

x2

thevalueof
b
suchthat
f
iscontinuousat
x
=2.