UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS

FAKULTI SAINS DAN MATEMATIK

Assignment I (Dateline: 30 DIS 2022)

SMN3093 Calculus I 20
Answer ALL questions

1. Given
x ( x 2 − 1)
f ( x) = .
x2 − 1

(a) Determine lim f ( x ) and lim f ( x ) .

x →1 x →−1

(b) Sketch the graph of f ( x ) .

[6 marks]

2. Given
1, x  −1
 − x, −1  x  0

f ( x ) = 1, x=0 .
 − x, 0  x 1

1, x 1

(a) Sketch the graph of f ( x ) .

(b) Determine whether f ( x ) continuous at x = −1 , 0 , 1 . What type of discontinuity,

if exist ?

[6 marks]
3. Answer the questions based on the following figure:

(a) Does lim+ f ( x ) = f ( −1) ?

x →−1

(b) Does f (1) exist ?

(c) Is f ( x ) continuous at x = 1 ?

(d) Is f defined at x = 2 ?

(e) Is f continuous at x = 2 ?

(f) What is values of x is f continuous ?

(g) What value should be assigned to f ( 2 ) to make the extended function continuous
at x = 2 ?

(g) To what new value should f (1) be changed to removed the discontinuity ?

[8 marks]