Mathematics - Calculus I - Level N

Chapter 1 - Functions, Limits, and Continuity

Learning Points

• Section 1 - Preliminaries
1.1 - Functions
Application on functions defined piecewise

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h is defined for all values of x such that x2 - 4x - 5  0

 x  -1 and x 
5.
Therefore, the domain of h is Dh = - {-1, 5}.

с  x  csc x
1
 .
sinx
c is defined for all values of x such that sin x  0.
Therefore, the domain of c is Dc = {x  | x  k, k  }.

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h is defined for all values of x such that x2 - 4x - 5 > 0

 x < -1 or x > 5.
Therefore, the domain of h is Dh = {x  | x < -1 or x > 5}.

The domain of f is Df = - {0}.

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The function h is not defined at x = 1 and x = 4.

Thus, the domain of h is - {1, 4}.
-2 < 1: The rule h(x) = 0 is used to evaluate h(-2): h(-2) = 0.
0 < 1: The rule h(x) = 0 is used to evaluate h(0): h(0) = 0.
1 < 2 < 4: The rule h(x) = x2 - 1 is used to evaluate h(2): h(2) = 22 - 1
= 3.
5 > 4: The rule h(x) = 2x + 1 is used to evaluate h(5): h(5) = 2(5) + 1
= 11.

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Chapter 1 - Functions, Limits, and Continuity

Questions Book Exercises

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The domain of h is Dh = .

The domain of g is Dg = .

f is defined for all values of x such that 2x - 5  0

that is x  2.5.
Therefore, the domain of f is Df = - {2.5}.

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f is defined for all values of x such that x - 4 ≥ 0

that is x ≥ 4.
Therefore, the domain of f is Df = {x  | x ≥ 4}.

w is defined for all values of x such that x + 2 ≥ 0

that is x ≥ -2.
Therefore, the domain of w is Dw = {x  | x ≥ -2}.

p is defined for all values of x such that 4x - 2 ≥ 0

that is x ≥ 0.5.
Therefore, the domain of p is Dp = {x  | x ≥ 0.5}.

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f is defined for all values of x such that x  0

Therefore, the domain of f is Df = - {0}.

w is defined for all values of x such that x - 4  0

that is x  4.
Therefore, the domain of w is Dw = - {4}.

p is defined for all values of x such that 2x - 8  0

that is x  4.
Therefore, the domain of p is Dp = - {4}.

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f is defined for all values of x such that x > 0

Therefore, the domain of f is Df = {x  | x > 0}.

w is defined for all values of x such that x + 4 > 0 and x  0

that is x > -4 and x  0 .
Therefore, the domain of w is Dw = {x  | x > -4 and x  0}.

q  x  csc x  x
1
  x.
sin x
q is defined for all values of x such that sin x  0 and x ≥ 0.
Therefore, the domain of q is Dq = {x  |x ≥ 0 and x  k, k  }.
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The domain of h is Dh = .

The domain of g is Dg = .

k is defined for all values of x such that x + 1 > 0

that is x > -1.
Therefore, the domain of k is Dk = {x  | x > -1}.

g is defined for all values of x such that x2 - 4 ≥ 0

that is x ≤ -2 or x ≥ 2.
Therefore, the domain of g is Dg = {x  | x ≤ -2 or x ≥ 2}.
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f is defined for all values of x such that x2 + 2 ≥ 0

So, f is defined for all values of x.
Therefore, the domain of f is Df = .

r is defined for all values of x such that x2 - x - 42 ≥ 0

that is x ≤ -6 or x ≥ 7.
Therefore, the domain of r is Dr = {x  | x ≤ -6 or x ≥ 7}.

s is defined for all values of x such that x2 - x - 42 > 0

that is x < -6 or x > 7.
Therefore, the domain of s is Ds = {x  | x < -6 or x > 7}.

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w is defined for all values of x such that x - 4 ≠ 0

that is x ≠ 4.
Therefore, the domain of w is Dw = - {4}.

p is defined for all values of x such that 2x - 8 > 0

that is x > 4.
Therefore, the domain of p is Dp = {x  | x > 4}.

d is defined for all values of x such that x  0

Therefore, the domain of d is Dd = - {0}.

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w is defined for all values of x such that x + 2  0

that is x  -2.
Therefore, the domain of w is Dw = {x  | x  -2}.

q is defined for all values of x such that x  0

Therefore, the domain of q is Dq = - {0}.

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The function h is not defined for any x ≥ 1.

The domain of h is {x  | x < 1}.
-2 < 0: The rule h(x) = x is used to evaluate h(-2): h(-2) = -2.
0 ≤ 0 < 1: The rule h(x) = x2 is used to evaluate h(0): h(0) = 0.
h(1) is not defined, because 1 is not in the domain of h.
h(3) is not defined, because 3 is not in the domain of h.

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The function h is not defined at x = -1.

The domain of h is - {-1}.
-2 < -1: The rule h(x) = x - 1 is used to evaluate h(-2): h(-2) = -3.
h(-1) is not defined, because -1 is not in the domain of h.
-1 < 0 < 1: The rule h(x) = 2x is used to evaluate h(0): h(0) = 2 × 0
= 0.
2 ≥ 1: The rule h(x) = 4 is used to evaluate h(2): h(2) = 4.
5 ≥ 1: The rule h(x) = 4 is used to evaluate h(5): h(5) = 4.

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The function A is defined for any integer value d such that 1 ≤ d ≤ 30.
Thus, the domain of A is {d  |1 ≤ d ≤ 30}.
1 ≤ d ≤ 15: The rule is A(d) = 2d.
15 d ≤ 30: The rule is A(d) = 0.5d.
2d , 1 d 15
Therefore, A d   .
0.5d , 15  d 30

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This problem has infinitely many solutions.

Let, for instance, u and v be defined over , with |u(x)| = |v(x)| [i.e. u(x) =  v(x)],
 2 if x  1

and let w  x  4 x  3 if  1  x 0.
 3x  3 if x  0

 2 if x  1

Thus, |u  x |  |v  x | w x  4 x  3 if  1  x 0.
 3x  3 if x  0

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 Mathematics - Calculus I - Level N
Chapter 1 - Functions, Limits, and Continuity

Concepts and Sample Questions

Concept 1

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The domain of f is explicitly stated as .

The rule defining f provides a relation to use to evaluate the
image of any element in .
2  5: The rule f(x) = x3 + x is used to evaluate f(2): f(2) = 23 + 2
= 10.

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Chapter 1 - Functions, Limits, and Continuity

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