MEKELLE UNIVERSITY, department of mathematics

Calculus I Work sheet I PHYSICS SUMMER Year I, 2012

1. For the function graphed below, at c = 1 and c=1. Use the graph of to find
lim f ( x ) lim f ( x ) lim f ( x )
(a) x → c− (b) x → c+ (c) x →c (d) (c)

{3 if x≠2¿¿¿¿
2 2
x −a sin 5 x
lim lim lim f ( x )
2. Evaluate a) x →a x−a if it exists. b) x− ¿ 0 sin 6 x c) x →2 where f(x) =
3. Use the formal (ε −δ ¿ definition of a limit to prove the following:

lim 7=7 lim 3 x +5=35 lim ( 1−4 x )=7 lim 3 x 2−x=10

a) x −¿ 1 b) x − ¿ 10 c) x − ¿−3/2 d) x −¿2

4. Let f ( x )= {3−xx , if, ifx<x 1≥ 1 Prove that

lim f ( x )
x −¿ 1 does not exist.

{
a+bx ,if x>2
5. Consider the function f ( x )= 3 ,ifx=2
2
b−a x , ifx <2

lim f ( x )
Determine the values of constants a and b so that x − ¿ 2 exists and is equal to f(2).

6. Is the function f(x) =

{2 x−1 if x<−1¿¿¿¿ continuous at 1.

f (x)=¿ {1 , if x is an intiger¿¿¿¿
7. Let f be a function defined by a) Sketch the graph of f.

lim f ( x ) exists
b ) For what values of a does x →a ? C). at what numbers is f continuous?
8. Determine the points of discontinuity of the following functions and state why the functions fail to
be continuous at those points.

2
x −3 x−10 x−1
f (x )= f (x )=
a) x +2 b) f (x )=|x|−x c) √ x 2+3 x−2

d.
f (x )=
x 3 + x 2−17 x +15
x 2 +2 x−15 e.
f(x)=¿ { x+3, if x≥2¿¿¿¿ f (x)=¿{4−x, if x≥3¿ {x−2, if 0<x<3¿ ¿
9. Sketch the graph of the following functions and determine whether they are continuous on the
closed interval [0, 1]

a)
f (x)=¿{−1, if x<0¿{0, if 0≤x≤1¿ ¿ f (x)=¿{x, if x≤0¿{0, if 0<x<1¿ ¿
b) c)
1
x {
f (x)=¿ , if x>0 ¿ ¿¿¿

10. Find the constants a and b such that the function is continuous on the entire real line.

a)
f (x)=¿ { x3 , if x≤2 ¿ ¿¿¿ b)
f (x)=¿
x−a {
x 2−a2
, if x≠a ¿¿¿¿

11. Verify that the intermediate value theorem applies to the indicated interval and find the value of c
guaranteed by the theorem f ( x )=x 2 + x−1 , [ 0,5 ] for f ( c )=11

12. Show that the function

f(x)=¿ {0 , if x is rational¿¿¿¿ is continuous at x=0

13. The sigma function is defined by

sgn(x)=¿{−1, if x<o¿{0, if x=0¿ ¿ sketch the graph of sgn(x)

lim sgn ( x ) lim sgn ( x ) lim sgn (x )

and find the following limits (if possible) a). x → 0− b). x → 0+ c). x →0

lim f ( x )=∞ lim g ( x )=∞

14. Find two functions f and g such that x →a and x →a , but
lim [ f ( x )−g( x )≠0
x →a .
3 2
15. If f (x )=x −5 x +7 x −9 , prove that there is a number “a” such that f(a)=100.
16. Does the equation
sinx−x +1=0
have a root in the interval
[ ]
0,
π
2 ?

Note: 2b, 3b, 7,8(b,e) and 12 are assignments for you.

The more you practice the more you will be perfect.