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This document is a homework assignment for a university mathematics course. It contains 6 questions regarding limits, derivatives, and continuity of functions. Students are instructed to show their work and cite the specific pages where their answers are located. They are also reminded of the university's academic honesty policy and warned that optional questions will not be counted for points but they are still encouraged to attempt all questions for practice.

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Math1520 HW3

This document is a homework assignment for a university mathematics course. It contains 6 questions regarding limits, derivatives, and continuity of functions. Students are instructed to show their work and cite the specific pages where their answers are located. They are also reminded of the university's academic honesty policy and warned that optional questions will not be counted for points but they are still encouraged to attempt all questions for practice.

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THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
MATH1520A/B University Mathematics for Applications 2023-24 First Term

Homework 3

Name: Student No.:

Class:

I acknowledge that I am aware of University policy and regulations on hon-


esty in academic work, and of the disciplinary guidelines and procedures appli-
cable to breaches of such policy and regulations, as contained in the website
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/

Signature Date

Instructions:

Optional question will NOT be counted. However, you are still encouraged to attempt ALL
questions for your own good.

Points will only be awarded for answers with sufficient justifications.

Please submit your work to Gradescope. For each question, you must indicate exactly
which page(s) its answer is located. Otherwise, your work cannot be marked.
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1. Evaluate the following limits.


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(a) lim y(e y − 1) (Hint: Let x = .)
y→+∞ y
3x − 1
(b) lim (Hint: Let ax = e(ln a)x for any a > 0.)
x→0 2x − 1
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2. Show that the equation 4x = 3x + 2x has at least one real solution.


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3. Your good friend Peter is hopelessly confused. His answers were marked incorrect by his lecturer,
but he just couldn’t understand. Write a note to your friend helping him out.
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(a) Let f (x) = e x . Peter wrote

“Since f (x) is undefined at x = 0, lim f (x) does not exist.”


x→0

x2 − 2x − 3
(b) Let f (x) = . Peter wrote
x−3
“As x tends to 3, x − 3 tends to 0. Therefore, lim f (x) does not exist.”
x→3
(c) Let  2
 x +1 if x ≥ 0;
f (x) =
2x if x < 0.

Peter wrote

“ lim− f (x) = lim− 2x = 1 and lim+ f (x) = lim+ x2 + 1 = 1.


x→0 x→0 x→0 x→0

We have lim f (x) = lim f (x) and so f (x) is continuous at x = 0.”


x→0− x→0+
5

√
4. Let f : (−1, ∞) → R be the function defined by f (x) = 1 + x. Find f ′ (x) from the first principle.
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√ 1
5. Let f (x) = 3
x = x3 .
1 −2
(a) Show that f ′ (x) = x 3 for x ̸= 0 by the first principle.
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(b) Show that f (x) is not differentiable at x = 0.
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x|x − 1|
6. (Optional) Let f (x) = .
x2 − 1
(a) Find the domain of the function f (x).
(b) Evaluate lim f (x) and lim f (x).
x→∞ x→−∞

(c) Does lim f (x) exist? Why?


x→1
(d) Does lim f (x) exist? Why?
x→−1

(Hint: To answer (b) to (d), it may be easier to rewrite f (x) as a piecewise defined function.)

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