Tutorial 1

Limits, Continuity and Differentiability

(1) Find the limit, if it exists. If the limit does notexist, explain why.
x2 − 4 sin4x
(a) lim [x3 − x2 + 1] (b) lim 3 (c) lim
x→1 x→2 x − 4x2 + 4x x→0 sin2x
2x 2x
(2) Find lim+ and lim− .
x→3 x − 3 x→3 x − 3
2
(3 + h) − 9
(3) Evaluate lim .
h→0 h
(4) Show that lim |x| = 0.
x→0
1
(5) Prove that lim x2 sin = 0.
x→0 x
(6) Check the continuity of the following functions:
(a) f (x) = 2x + 3 at x = 1 (b) f (x) = x2 at x = 0
(c) f (x) = |x| at x = 0
(7) Show that the function f is given by

x3 + 3, if x 6= 0

f (x) =
 1,

if x = 0
is not continuous at x = 0.
(8) Examine the continuity of f , where f is defined by

x2 sin 1 , if x 6= 0

x
f (x) =
 0,

if x=0

(9) Find the detivatives of the following functions:

(a) f (x) = (2x + 1)3 (b) f (x) = sin(x2 ) (c) f (x) = sin(cos(x2 )) (d)
f (x) = sin(log x), x > 0
(e) f (x) = ecos x
dy
(10) Find dx
if x = at2 , y = 2at.
(11) Discuss the differentiability of f (x) = |x| at x = 0.