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The University of Zambia

Department of Mathematics and Statistics


MAT 1120 - Introductory Mathematics, Statistics and
Probability
Tutorial Sheet 8 - The Idea of Limits September, 2023

1. Which of the following statements about the function y = f (x) graphed here are true,
and which are false?

y
y = f (x)
1

x
−1 1 2 3

(a) limx→1+ f (x) = 1 (b) limx→0− f (x) = 0 (c) limx→0− f (x) = 1


(d) limx→0− f (x) = limx→0+ f (x) (e) limx→0 f (x) exists (f) limx→0 f (x) = 0
(g) limx→0 f (x) = 1 (h) limx→1 f (x) = 1 (i) limx→1 f (x) = 0
(j) limx→1− f (x) does not exist (k) limx→2− f (x) (l) limx→2+ f (x) = 0

2. Which of the following statements about the function y = f (x) graphed here are true,
and which are false?

y
y = f (x)
1

x
−1 1 2 3

(a) limx→1+ f (x) = 1 (b) limx→2 f (x) = 2 (c) limx→1− f (x) = 2


(d) limx→1+ f (x) = 1 (e) limx→−1− f (x) = 0
(f) limx→2 f (x) does not exist
(g) limx→1 f (x) does not exist
(h) limx→3+ f (x) does not exist

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Tutorial Sheet 8 The Idea of Limits - Page 2 of 2 September, 2023

(i) limx→3+ f (x) does not exist


(j) limx→c f (x) exists at every c in the open interval (−1, 1)
(k) limx→c f (x) exists at every c in the open interval (1, 3)

3. Let 
3 − x, x < 2
f (x) = x
2
+ 1, x > 2
(a) Find limx→2+ f (x) and limx→2− f (x).
(b) Does limx→2 f (x) exist? If so, what is it? If not, why not?

4. Let 
 3 − x, x < 2
f (x) = 2, x=2
 x
2
, x>2
(a) Find limx→2+ f (x), limx→2− f (x) and f (2).
(b) Does limx→2 f (x) exist? If so, what is it? If not, why not?

5. Sketch the graph of the following given functions and answer the questions below.

• What are the domain and range of f ?


• At what points c, if any, does limx→c f (x) exist?
• At what points does only left-hand limit exists?
• At what points does only the right-hand limit exist?
 
 x, if − 1 ≤ x < 0 or 0 < x ≤ 1  1 − x, if 0 ≤ x < 1
(a) f (x) = 1, if x = 0 (b) f (x) = 1, if 1 ≤ x < 2
2, if x < −1 or x > 1 2, if x = 2
 

(c)
6. Evaluate the following limits.
(a) (b) (c)
1 3 3x
lim lim− lim−
x→0+ 3x x→2 x − 2 x→5 2x + 10
(d) (e) (f)
−1 4 lim tan x
lim lim x→ π2 −
x→0 x2 (x + 1) x→7 (x − 7)2
(g) (h) (i)
lim− (1 + csc x) 1 x
lim+ 2 lim
x→0
x→2 x − 4 x→1 x2 − 1
(j) (k) (l)
2
x − 3x + 2 3x x
lim lim lim
x→∞ x3 − 4x x→−∞ 2x + 10 x→∞ x2 −1

End of Tutorial Sheet

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