LIMITS & CONTINUITY

Tutorial–6

STUDY TARGETS

Revise Lecture Notes

Re-Solve the Problems Done In class.

|x|
1. If f (x) = . Discuss the continuity at x  0.
x

2x  3 , when x  0

2. If f (x) =  0, when x  0 . Discuss the continuity.
 2
 x  3 , when x  0

x 2 –1
3. If f (x) = x –1 . Discuss the continuity at x  1.

2x  3 , – 3  x  – 2

4. Show that the function : f (x) =  x 1 , – 2  x  0 is discontinuous at x = 0 and
 x 2 , 0  x 1

continuous at every point in interval [–3, 1].

 cos x
 , x  /2
5. Examine the function, f (x) =   / 2 – x for continuity at x = /2.
 1, x   / 2


6. Let y = f (x) be defined parametrically as y = t2 + t |t|, x = 2t – |t|, t  R. Then at x = 0,

find f (x) and discuss continuity.

 e1 / x – 1
 1/ x , when x  0
7. Show that function, f (x) =  e 1 has non-removable discontinuity

 0, when x  0

at x = 0.

 1/ x
 
 tan   x   , x 0
8. f (x) =  4  . For what value of k, f (x) is continuous at x = 0 ?

 k, x 0

[x 2 ] –1
 2 , for x 2 1
9. A function f (x) is defined by f (x) =  x –1 . Discuss the continuity of f (x)

 0, for x 2 1

at x = 1.

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 log  2  x  – x 2n sin x
10. Discuss the continuity of the function, f (x) = nlim at x = 1.
 1  x 2n

 a 2[x]+{x} –1
 , x 0
11. Discuss the continuity of the function f (x) =  2  x  +{x} at x = 0 where [.]

 log e a , x 0

denotes greatest integral part and {.} denotes fractional part of x.

{1+ sin x } a/|sin x| ; –  / 6  x  0


12. Let f (x) = b; x 0 . Determine a and b such that f (x) is
 tan 2x / tan 3x
e ; 0  x   / 6

continuous at x = 0.

1 – u2
13. Discuss the continuity for ; f (x) = where u = tan x.
2  u2

1 1
14. Find the points of discontinuity of y = 2
, where u = .
u  u– 2 x –1

1+ x ; 0  x  2
15. Let f (x) =  . Determine the form of g(x) = f (f (x)) and hence find the point
3 – x ; 2  x  3
of discontinuity of g if any.
16. Function f (x) = |x – 1| + |x – 2| + cos x where x  [0, 4] is not continuous at number of
points
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
17. The interval where the function log (1 + x) is continuous, is
b g
(a) 0,  (b)   ,  1 (c)  1,   (d) None of these
18. The set of points of discontinuity of the function 1/log |x| is
(a) {-1, 0, 1} (b) {0} (c) {0, 1} (d) None of these
1
19. If f (x) = , then the points of discontinuity of the function f [ f { f (x)}] are
1 x
(a) {0, -1} (b) {0, 1} (c) {1, -1} (d) None of these

 e x |x|  2
 , x0
20. If f (x) =   x   |x| denotes the greatest integer function) then,

 1 x 0

(a) f (x) is continuous at x = 0 (b) lim f  x   1

x 0

(c) lim f  x   1 (d) None of these


x 0

2n
21. The points of discontinuity of the function f  x   lim  sin x  , n  I are
n 


(a) n (b) n 
2


(c) n  (d) continuous every where
4

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22. The function f (x) = x – [x], where [x] denotes the greatest integer function,
(a) is continuous everywhere (b) is continuous at integral points only
(c) continuous at non-integral points only (d) None of these
23. The function f (x) = (x), where (x) denotes the smallest integer > x, is
(a) continuous everywhere (b) continuous at integral points only
(c) continuous at non-integral points only (d) None of these
24. The set of points of discontinuity of the function f (x) = |sinx|
(a) {0} (b)  (c) {1, -1} (d) None of these

 sin  a  1 x  sin x
 ,x 0
 x
25. The values of a, b and c which make the function f  x    c ,x 0

 x  bx 2  x
,x 0
 bx 3/2

continuous at x = 0 are

3 1
(a) a  3 , c  1 , b  0

(b) a  ,c  ,b 0
2 2 2 2

3 1
(c) a  ,c  ,b 0 (d) None of these
2 2

ANSWER KEY

1. Discontinuous 2. Discontinuous 3. Discontinuous

2x 2 , x  0
5. Continuous 6. f  x    , Continuous
 0 , x  0

8. K = e2 9. Not Continuous 10. Not Continuous

2
11. Not Continuous 12. a  , b  e2 / 3
3

  
13. f (x) is continuous on x  R – n  , nI
 2 

1
14. f (x) is discontinuous for at x = , 1, 2
2
15. Continuous for all x  [0, 1) (1, 2)
16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (d) 21. (b)
22. (c) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (c)

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