Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337613924
ISBN 13: 978-1-33761-392-7

Chapter 2 - Section 2.5 - Continuity - 2.5 Exercises - Page 124: 6

Answer

(a) $a=5$ (b) $a=1,3,5$ (c) $a=1,3$

Work Step by Step

From the graph, $f$ has an infinite discontinuity at $x=1$ ($\lim_{x\to 1}f(x)=\infty$), a removable discontinuity at $x=3$, and a jump discontinuity at $x=5$. Thus, (a) $\lim_{x\to a}f(x)$ does not exist at $a=5$; (b) $f$ is not continuous at $a=1,3,5$; (c) $\lim_{x\to a}f(x)$ exists but $f$ is not continuous at $a=1,3$.
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