SOLUTION 8 : First describe function f using functional composition.

Let g(x) = x2 -

2x and   . Function g is continuous for all values of x since it is a

polynomial, and function h is well-known to be continuous for   . Since g(x)
= x2 - 2x = x(x-2) , it follows easily that   for   and   . Thus, the
functional composition

is continuous for   and   . Since

 ,

function f is continuous for   and   .