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    Continuity

    TS: Making decisions after


    reflection and review
    Objectives
     To find the intervals on which a function is
    continuous.
     To find any discontinuities of a function.
     To determine whether discontinuities are
    removable or non-removable.
    Video Clip from
    Calculus-Help.com
    Continuity
    What makes a function continuous?
     Continuous functions are predictable…

    1) No breaks in the graph


    A limit must exist at every x-value or the
    graph will break.

    2) No holes or jumps
    The function cannot have undefined
    points or vertical asymptotes.
    Continuity
     Key Point:
    Continuous functions
    can be drawn with a
    single, unbroken
    pencil stroke.
    Continuity
     Mathematically speaking…
    If f (x) is continuous, then for every x = c
    in the function, lim f ( x)  f (c)
    x c

     In other words, if you can evaluate any


    limit on the function using only the
    substitution method, then the function is
    continuous.
    Continuity of Polynomial and
    Rational Functions
     A polynomial function is continuous at
    every real number.

     A rational function is continuous at every


    real number in its domain.
    Polynomial Functions
    3 2
    f ( x)  x  x f ( x)  x  2 x  3

     Both functions are continuous on (, ) .


    Rational Functions
    1 x2  1
    f ( x)  f ( x) 
    x x 1

    continuous on: continuous on:


    (, 0)  (0, ) (, 1)  (1, )
    Rational Functions
    1 1
    f ( x)  2 f ( x)  2
    x 1 x 1

    continuous on: continuous on:


    (, ) (,  1)  (1, 1)  (1, )
    Piecewise Functions
     x 2  4, x  2
    f ( x)  
     x  2, x  2

    22  4  4  4  0

    2  2  0
    continuous on
    (, )
    Discontinuity
     Discontinuity: a point
    at which a function is
    not continuous
    Discontinuity
     Two Types of Discontinuities
    1) Removable (hole in the graph)
    2) Non-removable (break or vertical
    asymptote)

     A discontinuity is called removable if a


    function can be made continuous by
    defining (or redefining) a point.
    Two Types of Discontinuities
    Discontinuity
     Find the intervals on which these function are
    continuous.
    x2 Point of discontinuity:
    f ( x)  2
    x  3x  10 x20 Removable
    discontinuity
    x2 x  2

    ( x  2)( x  5) Vertical Asymptote:

    1 x5  0 Non-removable
     x5 discontinuity
    ( x  5)
    Discontinuity

    x2
    f ( x)  2
    x  3x  10

    Continuous on: (,  2)  (2, 5)  (5, )


    Discontinuity

    2 x, x  2
    f ( x)   2
     x  4 x  1, x  2

    lim ( 2 x)  4
    x2

    lim ( x 2  4 x  1) 3
    x 2

    Continuous on:
    f (2)  4
    (, 2]  (2, )
    Discontinuity
     Determine the value(s) of x at which the
    function is discontinuous. Describe the
    discontinuity as removable or non-removable.
    x2  1 2
    x  10 x  9
    (A) f ( x)  2 (B)
    f ( x) 
    x  5x  6 x 2  81

    2 2
    x  4x  5 x 4
    (C) f ( x)  2
    (D) f ( x)  2
    x  25 x  2x  8
    Discontinuity
    2
    x 1
    (A) f ( x)  2
    x  5x  6
    ( x  1)( x  1)

    ( x  6)( x  1)

    x  1 Removable discontinuity

    x6 Non-removable discontinuity


    Discontinuity
    2
    x  10 x  9
    (B) f ( x) 
    x 2  81
    ( x  9)( x  1)

    ( x  9)( x  9)

    x  9 Removable discontinuity

    x9 Non-removable discontinuity


    Discontinuity
    2
    x  4x  5
    (C) f ( x)  2
    x  25
    ( x  5)( x  1)

    ( x  5)( x  5)

    x5 Removable discontinuity

    x  5 Non-removable discontinuity
    Discontinuity
    x2  4
    (D)
    f ( x)  2
    x  2x  8
    ( x  2)( x  2)

    ( x  4)( x  2)
    x  2 Removable discontinuity

    x4 Non-removable discontinuity


    Conclusion
     Continuous functions have no breaks, no
    holes, and no jumps.

     If you can evaluate any limit on the


    function using only the substitution
    method, then the function is continuous.
    Conclusion
     A discontinuity is a point at which a
    function is not continuous.
     Two types of discontinuities
     Removable (hole in the graph)
     Non-removable (break or vertical
    asymptote)

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