FUNCTIONS AND LIMITS

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UNIT 03. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
CHAPTER 01. CONTINUITY

01. If f(x) = sin 3x , when x 0 [ CBSE 1992] [Ans: Discontinuous]
x
1, when x= 0, find whether f is continuous at x =0.

02. |x|, when x 0 [ CBSE 1992] [Ans: Discontinuous]
If f(x) = x
1, when x = 0 find whether f is continuous at x= 0.


03. Discuss the continuity of the function f(x) at the point x =1/2, where
x , 0 x < 1/2 [ CBSE 1994] [Ans: Continuous]
If f(x) = , x= 1/2
1-x, < x 1

04. Discuss the continuity of the function f(x) at x =2 [Ans: Discontinuous]
where 2-x, x< 0
f(x) = 2+x, x 0

05. Find the value of k for which the following function is continuous at x=3.
x - 9, when x 3 [ CBSE 1994 C]
f(x) = x- 3
k, when x = 3. [ Ans: 6 ]

06.Test the continuity of the function f(x) at the origin, where
x , when x 0 [ CBSE 1995 C]
f(x) = |x|
1 , when x = 0 [Ans: Discontinuous]

07. For what value of k is the function
sin 2x , when x 0 [ CBSE 1996 C] [ Ans: 2]
f(x) = x
k , when x = 0 is continuous at x= 0?

08. x , when x 0 [ CBSE 1997][Ans: Discontinuous]
If f(x) = sin 3x
3 , when x = 0 find whether f is continuous at x= 0.

09. sin 2x, when x 0 [ CBSE 1997][Ans: Discontinuous]
If f(x) = sin 3x
2, when x = 0 find whether f is continuous at x= 0.

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10. For what value of k is the following function continuous at x = 0?
1- cos 4x , when x 0 [ CBSE 2000 C] [Ans: 1]
f(x) = 8 x
k , when x = 0

11. Evaluate the left hand limit and right hand limit of the following function
at x =1.
1 + x, if 0< x 1 [ CBSE 2001 C]
f(x) =
2 - x, if x > 1. Does lim f(x) exist?
x 1
[ Ans L.H.L = 2, R.H.L = 1, Limit does not exist]

12. Evaluate the left hand limit and right hand limits of the following function
at x= 1:

5x -4, if 0< x 1 [ CBSE 2001 C]
f(x) =
4x - 3x if 1< x< 2. Does lim f(x) exist?
x 1
[ Ans L.H.L = 2, R.H.L = 1, Limit does not exist]

13. Show that the function f(x) = 2x- |x| is continuous at x= 0. [ CBSE 2002]

14. If the function
3ax +b, if x > 1 [ CBSE 2002]
f(x) = 11, if x =1
5ax-2b, if x < 1 is continuous at x =1, find the values of a and b.
[ Ans: a= 3, b= 2]

15. Discuss the continuity of the function f(x) at x = 0 if
2x - 1, x< o [ CBSE 2002 ]
f(x) = 2x + 1, x 0 [ Ans: Discontinuous]




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