Faculty of Engineering - Preparatory Year

Module Title: Calculus1

Sheet No.: 2
Sheet Title: Limits and Continuity

Problem 1:

Find each limit, if it exists:

x −9 log10 x
1) lim x + 1
2
2) lim 3) lim
x →−3 x →9 x −3 x →1 x − 1

x 3 −8 x 3 −8 1
4) lim 5) lim 6) lim
x →2 x − 2 x →2 x − 3 x →0 x

3x + 4
7) lim(4x − 11) 8) lim x 9) lim
x →6 x →0 x →2 5x + 7

⎧3 − x x < 1
1 ⎪
10) lim 11) lim f ( x ) f (x ) = ⎨4 x =1
x →3 x − 3 x →1
⎪ 2
⎩x − 1 x > 1

5x 2 − 2x + 1 ⎧1 x >0
12) lim 13) lim f ( x ) f (x ) = ⎨
x →3 4x 3 − 7 x →0
⎩−1 x ≤0

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14) lim(5x − 2x + 1)( x + 1) 15) lim x − 3x + 2x − x + 4
3 2 5 4 3
16) lim
x →1 x →1 x →0 x 2

x 2 + 5 − 30
2
x+3 x 3
19) lim 3x − 4x + 9
3 2
17) lim 18) lim
x →8 4 − 16 x →5 x−5 x →4
x

2θ + 1 − cosθ tan θ sin 5θ

20) lim 21) lim 22) lim
θ →0 3θ θ →0 2θ θ →0 2θ

12 2x 2 −5 9x 2 + 2
23) lim x sin 2 24) lim 25) lim
x →0 x x →∞ 3x 2 + x − 2 x →∞ 4x + 3

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Problem 2:

Find the VL & HL Asymptotes for:

1 1
1) f (x ) = 2) f ( x ) =
x x −4
2

Problem 3:

Show that f (x ) is continuous at x = c

1) f ( x ) = x + 2 c =1
2) f ( x) =| x | c=0

Problem 4:

Find points of discontinuity for f (x ) & state their types

x 2 −1
f (x ) = 3
x + x 2 − 2x
⎧x 2 + x − 2
⎪ x ≠1
f (x ) = ⎨ x − 1
⎪2 x =1
⎩
x
f (x ) =
x
1
f (x ) =
x

Problem 5:

Show that f (x ) is continuous on [-3, 3]

9 − x2
1) f ( x) = 9− x 2) f ( x) = 3) f ( x) =| 13 x − 7 x − 12 |
2 2

3x 4 + 5 x 2 + 1