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Calculus 1 worksheet on limit and it's formal definition

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ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

Department of Mathematics
Math 2021 (Calculus I) Worksheet I

1) How large must a  be chosen so that


a) 0 < |x – 2| <   |(3x +1) – 7| < 0.01.
1
b) 0 < |x + 1| <   |(3x – 1) – (–4)| <
50
2) Using the - definition of limits, prove that
3𝑥 + 2 1
a) lim 3𝑥 = -3 b) lim =2
𝑥 → −1 𝑥→1 10
𝑥 𝑥
c) lim = 0 (Hint: |𝑥 2 + 1| ≤ |𝑥 |)
𝑥 → 1 𝑥 2+ 1

d) lim (mx + b) = ma + b (Hint: Consider cases m = 0 and m ≠ 0 separately)


𝑥→𝑎
1 𝑥 2+ 1
e) lim =1 f) lim = -1
𝑥→2√ 𝑥−1 𝑥 → 0 2𝑥 − 1

𝑎𝑥 − 1 𝑎 −𝑥 − 1
3) For each a > 0, and a ≠ 1, show that a) lim = lna b) lim = - lna
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥 𝑥→𝑎 𝑥

4) Prove that lim |𝑥 | = |𝑎|.


𝑥 →𝑎

5) In each of the following determine whether or not the indicated limit exists. If it does,
evaluate the limit.
1 3𝑥, 𝑥 < 1 √𝑥 2+ 5 − √30
a) lim |𝑥| b) lim 𝑓(𝑥) , where f(x) = { c) lim
𝑥→0 𝑥→1 3, 𝑥 > 1 𝑥→5 𝑥−5

6) Let f(x) = [x], where [x] = n, if n ≤ x < n+1 and n Z, called the greatest integer function.
For each integer n, find the following limits.
a) lim f(x) b) lim f(x) c) Does lim f(x) exist? Explain.
𝑥 → 𝑛− 𝑥 → 𝑛+ 𝑥→𝑛

d) lim f(x), c is not an integer.


𝑥→𝑐

7) Evaluate the following limits


𝜋
(2ℎ3 − ℎ2 + √2)(3ℎ3 − √2) 2
cos(𝑥 + )
a) lim b) lim 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥) c) lim 2
ℎ→0 1 − 2ℎ 𝑥→𝜋 𝑥→0 𝑥

sin 𝑚𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛 2 𝑥 1 − cos 𝑡


d) lim , k ≠0 e) lim f) lim
𝑥→0 𝑘𝑥 𝑥 → 𝜋 1 + sec 𝑥 𝑡→0 𝑡2

8) Using the definition of limit at infinity or infinite limits, prove that


1 𝑥+3
a) lim =∞ b) lim =1 c) lim (−𝑥 2 ) = -∞
𝑥 → 3 (𝑥 − 3)2 𝑥→∞𝑥−3 𝑥→∞
9) Evaluate the following limits, if they exist.
3𝑥 2+ 𝑥 − 1 cos 𝑥 1 2𝑥−3 2𝑥−5
a) lim b) lim c) lim xtan(𝑥) d) lim (2𝑥+1 )
𝑥 → ∞ 4 + 𝑥 − 𝑥2 𝑥 → −∞ √𝑥 2− 1 𝑥→∞ 𝑥 → −∞

2, 𝑥 < 1 0, 𝑦 ≠ 2
10) Let f(x) = { and g(y) = { .
2𝑥, 𝑥 > 1 100, 𝑦=2

a) Find a formula for (g∘f)(x).


b) Find lim f(x), lim g(y) and lim g(f(x)). Does this result contradict to the limit
𝑥→1 𝑦→2 𝑥→1
substitution theorem?

11) Let f and g be two functions with common domain. Prove or disprove each statement
below.
a) If the product fg is continuous at x = a, then both f and g are continuous at x = a.
b) If both f and g are discontinuous at x = a, then f + g is discontinuous at x = a.
12) Suppose f is continuous at a and g is discontinuous at a. prove that
a) f + g is discontinuous at a.
b) kg is discontinuous at a, provided that k ≠ 0.

13) Determine whether f is continuous or discontinuous at a. If f is discontinuous at a,


determine whether it is continuous from the right at a, from the left at a or neither.

a) f(x) = √√𝑥 + 2 − 𝑥 , a = -2 b) f(x) = √√𝑥 + 3 − 2𝑥 , a = 1


√2 − 𝑥 , 𝑥 < 1
c) f(x) = { 1, 𝑥 =1,a=1
2
2𝑥 − 𝑥, 𝑥 > 1
14) Determine whether the following functions are continuous on the given interval
3𝑥 − √2 √2 1 1
a) f(x) = √ 4 − 𝑥 , [ 3 , 4) b) f(x) = cot(𝑥), [𝜋 , ∞).
1
15) a) Show that if lim f(x) = ∞ , then lim = 0.
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥 → 𝑎 𝑓(𝑥)

b) Show by means of an example that the converse of (a) is not true.

16) Using Intermediate Value Theorem, show that


a) x3 + 1 = 4x has at least one root in (0,1). b) x2 = √𝑥 + 1 has a root in (1,2).

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