Basic Calculus

Activity Sheet
Quarter 3 – MELC 7
Illustrating continuity of a function at a number

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

Mathematics – SHS Grade 11 Basic Calculus
Activity Sheet No. 7
First Edition, 2020

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Learning Activity Sheet (LAS) No. 7

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BASIC CALCULUS LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Illustrating continuity of a function at a number

I. Learning Competency with Code

Illustrates continuity of a function at a number (STEM _BC11LC-IIIc-1)

II. Background Information for Learners

The property of continuity is exhibited by various aspects of nature. The flow of time in
human life; the water’s flow in the river and its continuous fall along steep areas.
A function is said to be continuous if you can sketch its graph on a curve without lifting
your pen even once. A function is continuous at a particular point if there is no break in its graph
at that point.
Polynomial and Absolute Value Functions are continuous everywhere. Rational
Functions are continuous in their respective domains.

III. Accompanying DepEd Textbook and Educational Sites

Basic Calculus Learner’s Material.1st Edition.(2016). Pasig City: Department of
Education-Bureau of Learning Resources (DepEd-BLR), pp 73-76.
Fernando B. Orines (2016). Next Century Mathematics 11 Basic Calculus. Quezon City,
Philippines: Phoenix Publishing House, Inc.

IV. Activity Proper

Example 1

Determine if the function ( ) is continuous at x=4.

𝒇(𝒙) 𝟐𝒙 𝟔

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 Solution:
To check if the function is continuous at x=4, trace the graph from the left side of
the number going to the right side without lifting your pen. Hence, we can say
that the function is continuous at x=4.

Example 2

Consider the graph of the function ( ) below.

𝟐𝒙𝟐 +𝒙−𝟑
𝒈(𝒙)
𝒙−𝟏

Is the function continuous at x=1?

Solution:
Trace the graph from the left of x=1 going to the right of x=1. One finds that
he/she must lift his/her pen briefly upon reaching x=1, creating a hole in the
graph. Thus, the function is discontinuous at x=1.

Exercise 1
− −
1. Determine if ( ) is continuous at:
+

A. x=-4
B. x=0

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2. Determine if ( ) is continuous at:
A. x=1
B. x=2

3. Determine if ( ) is continuous at:

A. x=0
B. x=1

( )

Example 3

Given the graph of ( ) below, determine if the function is continuous at:

−

A. x=-2
B. x=3

( )

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 Solution:

A. If we trace the graph of the function from the left of x=-2 to the right of x=-2, you will
not lift your pen. Therefore, the function is continuous at x=-2

B. If we trace the graph to the left of x=3 going to the right of x=3, we have to lift our pen
since at the left of x=3, the function will go downward indefinitely, while at the right of
x=3, the function will go upward indefinitely. In other words,
𝟏 𝟏
𝒙 𝟑 𝒙−𝟑 and 𝒙 𝟑 𝒙−𝟑

Thus, the function is discontinuous at x=3.

Example 4
𝒙𝟐 𝟏 𝒇𝒙
Determine if the function 𝒇(𝒙) { is continuous at:
𝟏 𝒇𝒙
A. x=0
B. x=2

Solution:
A. If we trace the graph to the left of x=0 going to the right of x=0, we have to lift our pen
since there is a break or hole at (0,-1). Thus, f(x) is discontinuous at x=0.

B. The function f(x) is continuous at x=2 because we can trace the graph from the left of
2 and from the right of 2 without lifting the pen.

Exercise 2
|𝒙 𝟑| 𝒇 𝒙 𝟑
1. Determine if 𝒇(𝒙) { is continuous at:
𝟐 𝒇𝒙 𝟑
A. x=3
B. x=5

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 𝒙+𝟏
2. Given the graph of 𝒇(𝒙) , determine if the function is continuous at:
𝒙−𝟏

A. x=-1
B. x=1

3. Determine if ( ) is continuous at:

A. x=0
B. x=7

V. Reflection

Answer the following questions:

1. What realization about human life have you learned after the lesson?
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2. In relation to the topic, what makes your life interesting?
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VI. Answer Key

B. Continuous 3. A. Discontinuous
B. Discontinuous 2. A. Continuous
B. Continuous 1. A. Discontinuous
Exercise 2

B. Continuous 3. A. Continuous
B. Continuous 2. A. Continuous
B. Continuous 1. A. Discontinuous
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