UPV Tacloban College

SS 2021-2022

Problem Set 1
Limit and Continuity

Group Submission:
1. Study each problem carefully.
2. Share your ideas with your group if you do this by group or partner and discuss how to approach each
problem/the best way to solve the problem.
3. Finalize your answer/solution to each problem.
4. Assign a group member to rewrite your final solution for submission.
5. Write your answers and DETAILED solutions legibly (HANDWRITTEN) on a clean bond paper/yellow
paper. Copy the problems first before writing your solutions.
6. Do not just submit a series of steps in a solution. Annotate your work/include comments to explain what
you are doing in each step.
7. Once done, submit your work as either an image or a pdf file to the submission bin in the VLE (main
platform), or if you encounter an unavoidable circumstance, email it to me at rutabornal@up.edu.ph
with the following details.
1. Cc: group members
2. Subject: M53Section PS1: GroupName (ex. M53CD PS1:Mathenik)
3. Message: (Write a short message about your work and close it with your names indicating who
wrote the final work.)
Example:
-Message-
Yours,
Member 1
Member 2
Member 3 (secretary)
4. Attachment: Attach your PS1 file with the filename [M53Section PS1]Groupname

Individual Submission
1. Submit an INDIVIDUAL journal entry as either an image or a pdf file for PS1 in the VLE submission bin
with a filename [M53Section J1]FamilyName. The template is given on the last page of this document.
• Since this may contain personal matters, please submit this separately from the group work.
2. If through email on a case-to-case basis, submit this with the following details:
• Subject: M53Section PS1Journal:FamilyName
• Message: Write a short message (free form).
• Attachment: Your journal entry with the filename [M53Section J1]FamilyName

For questions/clarifications, please feel free to contact me.

 Deadline: March 05, 2022, until 12 midnight

Problem Set
I. Find the following if the graph of the function 𝑓 is given below. Show complete solution or reason if it is needed.
a.) 𝑓(−8) e.) 𝑓(6) i.) lim 𝑓(𝑥) m. Is 𝑓(𝑥) continuous at 𝑥 = −8? Why or why not?
𝑥→−2

b.) lim+ 𝑓(𝑥) f.) 𝑓(10) j.) lim − 𝑓(𝑥) If it is discontinuous, please determine what type of
𝑥→6 𝑥→−8

c.) lim− 𝑓(𝑥) g.) lim − 𝑓(𝑥) k.) lim − 𝑓(𝑥) discontinuity and explain.
𝑥→6 𝑥→−2 𝑥→−8

d.) lim 𝑓(𝑥) h.) lim + 𝑓(𝑥) l.) lim + 𝑓(𝑥) n. lim 𝑓(𝑥)
𝑥→6 𝑥→−2 𝑥→−8 𝑥→−8

II. Discuss the Intermediate Value Theorem. Give illustrations or examples to expound your discussion.

III. Find the limit of the algebraic functions if it exists. Show your solution analytically.

√3−𝑥 √1+𝑥−√1−𝑥
1.) lim (5𝑥 4 + 3𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 − 1) 4.) lim + (𝑥+2)2 7.) lim 𝑥
𝑥→3 𝑥→−2 𝑥→0

3𝑥 2 −8𝑥−16 𝑥 2 −16 5
2.) lim 5.)lim 8.) lim−
𝑥→4 2𝑥 2 −9𝑥+4 𝑥→4 𝑥−4 𝑥→3 3−𝑥

𝑥−5 3𝑥+4
3.) lim− |𝑥−5| 6.) lim
𝑥→5 𝑥→+∞ √2𝑥 2 −5
IV. Find the limit of the trigonometric functions if it exists. Show your solution analytically.

sin 5𝑥 𝜋3 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 tan 𝑡

1. lim 3.) lim𝜋 5.) lim𝜋 7.) lim
𝑥→0 sin 3𝑥 𝑥→ 2 𝑥→ 1−sin 𝑥 𝑡→0 𝑡
2 2

𝑥2 tan 3𝑥 csc 3𝑥 1−cos 𝜃

2.) lim 1−cos 𝑥 4.) lim 𝑥
6.) lim 8.) lim 𝜃2
𝑥→0 𝑥→0 𝑥→0 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑥 𝜃→0

V. Consider lim 𝑔(𝑡) = 𝑀 .

𝑡→𝑎

a. Write its appropriate 𝜖 − 𝛿 definition.

b. Suppose 𝑔(𝑡) = 5𝑡 + 8. Solve for the value of 𝑀.
c. Use the precise definition of a limit (𝜖 − 𝛿) to prove your answer in letter b.

𝑥 + 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≤ −4
VI. Let 𝑔(𝑥) = { . Sketch the graph of 𝑔 and determine if 𝑔 is continuous at 𝑥 = −4. Find the domain 𝐷𝑔
−𝑥 − 6 𝑖𝑓 − 4 < 𝑥
of the function 𝑔. If it is discontinuous, identify the type of discontinuity and discuss how to remove the discontinuity, if
possible.

VII. Consider the graph of the function 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥)as shown in the following graph.

a. Find all values for which the function is discontinuous.

b. For each value in part 𝑎, state why the formal definition of continuity does not apply.

c. Classify each discontinuity either jump, removable, or infinite.