CONTINUITY

BASIC CALCULUS

MR. JEREMY R. PUNZALAN

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At the end of the lesson, students will be
able to:
• illustrate continuity of a function at a
number;
• determine whether a function is
continuous at a number or not; and
• solve the following discontinuous function
(e.g., hole/removable, jump/essential,
and asymptotic/infinite).
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BASIC CALCULUS

MR. JEREMY R. PUNZALAN

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A function f is said to be continuous at a if
the following three conditions are satisfied:
1. f(a) exists

NOTE: If anyone or more of the three conditions fail, the

function is said to be discontinuous at a.
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❑The three conditions are satisfied . The function is continuous at x = 3.

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❑ The three conditions are satisfied . The function is continuous at x = 2.

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❑ The three conditions are not satisfied . The function is discontinuous at x = 4.

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BASIC CALCULUS

MR. JEREMY R. PUNZALAN

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When a function is not continuous at a point.
There are several types of behaviors that leads
to discontinuities:
1. Removable Discontinuity
2. Jump Discontinuity
3. Infinite Discontinuity
4. Generic Essential Discontinuity
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1. Removable Discontinuity
⮚ This discontinuity occurs when there is a hole in
the graph of the function.
⮚ This discontinuity exists when the limits of the
function exists, but is not equal to the function
value (Step 1).
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❑ Removable Discontinuity
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2. Jump Discontinuity (Non-Removable)
⮚ This continuity occurs when the graph of the function
stops at one point and seems to jump at another point ,
In a jump discontinuity , the left hand and the right
hand limits exist but are not equal.

⮚ This discontinuity exists when the limits of the

function have two particular values.
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❑ Jump Discontinuity
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3. Infinite Discontinuity (Non-Removable)

⮚ It is a type of discontinuity where one or both of

the one-sided limits go towards infinity.

⮚ Both of the left-hand and right-hand limits are

infinity.
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What type of discontinuity do we have in this case?

❑ The function is discontinuous at x = 4 and it is an example of JUMP DISCONTINUITY.

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