LIMITS – 2

SOME FREQUENTLY USED LIMITS

 in "radians" not in degrees
sin  tan  1 − cos  ex − 1
lim =1 lim =1 lim =0 lim =1
→0  →  →  x → x
log e (1 + x ) x n − an ax − 1
lim =1 lim = na n−1 lim = log e a
x → x x→a x −a  →0 x

Discuss the continuity of following functions:

2x + 3, if x  2 2x , if x  0
1. f (x ) =  
2x − 3, if x  2 10. f ( x ) = 0, if 0  x  1

|x | 4 x , if x  1
 , if x  0
2. f (x ) =  x
−2, if x  −1
 
0, if x = 0
11. f ( x ) = 2x , if − 1  x  1
x + 1, if x  1 
3. f (x ) =  2, if x  1
x 2 + 1, if x  1
 ex − 1
 , x 0
x10 − 1, if x  1 12. f ( x ) =  log(1 + 2x )
4. f (x ) =  
x ,
2
if x  1 7, x =0

 x  sin x
, if x  0  , if x  0
 13. f ( x ) =  x
5. f ( x ) = |x |
 
−1, if x  0 x + 1, if x  0

x 3 − 3, if x  2  2 1
x sin x , if x  0
6. f (x ) =  14. f ( x ) = 
x 2 + 1, if x  2 
0, if x = 0
x + 5, if x  1
7. f (x ) =  sin x − cos x , if x  0
x − 5, if x  1 15. f ( x ) = 
−1, if x = 0
|x |+3, if x  −3
  sin 3x
 tan 2x , x 0
8. f ( x ) = −2x , if − 3  x  3

  3
6x + 2, if x  3 ( ) = x =0
16. f x  ,
2
3, if 0  x  1  log(1 + 3x )
  , x 0
9. f ( x ) = 4, if 1  x  3  e2 x − 1

5, if 3  x  10

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 LIMITS – 3
Find the value k, a, b, c, or any other unknown, if following functions are
continuous:

kx 2 , if x  2 
1. f (x ) =   sin( a + 1)x + sin x
3, if x  2  , x 0
x

kx + 1, if x   12. f ( x ) = c, x =0
2. f (x ) =   2
cos x , if x    x + bx − x , x 0
 3
kx + 1, if x  5  bx 2

3. f (x ) = 
3x − 5, if x  5 1 − cos kx
 , x 0
 x sin x
 x − 2x − 3
2 13. f ( x ) = 
4. 
f (x ) =  x +1
, x  −1 1 , x =0

2

 k, x = −1
 x −4
 k cos x
, if x 
 |x − 4| + a, x 4

  − 2x 2 
5. f (x ) =  14. f ( x ) = a + b, x =4
3,   x −4
 if x =
 2  + b, x 4
|x − 4|
5, if x  2
 1 − sin 3 x 
6. f ( x ) = ax + b, if 2  x  10  2
, x
21,
 if x  10  3 cos x 2
 
15. f ( x ) = a, x=
1 − cos 2x 2
 , x 0 
7. f ( x ) =  2x 2 b (1 − sin x ) 

k, x =0  (  − 2x ) 2 , x  2

 log(1 + ax ) − log(1 − bx )  1 + px − 1 − px
 , x 0
8. f (x ) =  x  , −1  x  0
 x =0 16. f ( x ) =  x
k,
 2x + 1 , 0  x 1
 sin 2 kx
 , x 0  x − 2
9. f (x ) =  x 2
1,  
 x =0 a sin ( x + 1), x 0
 2
17. f ( x ) = 
  tan x − sin x ,
1 − cos 4 x , x 0 
x 0
 x2  x3
  log(1 + 3x ) − log(1 − 2x )
10. f ( x ) = k, x =0 , x 0
 18. f ( x ) =  x
 x 
, x 0 k, x =0
 16 + x − 4


 x 1 − cos10 x , x 0
, x 0
11. f ( x ) = |x |+2x 2  x2

k,
 x =0 19. f ( x ) = a, x =0

 x
, x 0
 625 + x − 25


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