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1.4Continuity
GOAL:1.Understanddefinitionofcontinuityatapoint.
2.Evaluatefunctionsforcontinuityatapoint,andon
openandclosedintervals
3.UnderstandtheIntermediateValueTheorum(IVT)

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Study1.4,#121,27,31,3741,
4553,61,69,87,91,93
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Howwouldyoudescribethegraphof
acurvethatiscontinuousonaninterval?

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Sketch:y=x29 Isycontinuousatx=3?
x3

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Sketch:y=1 Isycontinuousatx=0?
x

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Sketch:x,x<1 Isycontinuousatx=1?
y=2,x=1

2x1,x>1

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Sketch:x,x<1 Isycontinuousatx=1?
y=2,x=1
NO!
2x1,x>1
Whynot?
yisdefined
atx=1,yetit
isnotcontinuous
atx=1.So,there
mustbemoretoit.

Whatisrequiredto
makeitcontinuous?

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Sketch:x,x<1
y=2,x=1

Isycontinuousatx=1?
2x1,x>1 NO!
Whatisrequiredto Whynot?
makeitcontinuous?
1.yisdefinedatx=1
Doesthelimitexist?
2.limitexistsatx=1
limy
x>1

limy= limy=
x>1 x>1+

limy? limy
x>1 x>1+

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Sketch:x,x<1
y=2,x=1

Isycontinuousatx=1?
2x1,x>1 NO!
Whatisrequiredto Whynot?
makeitcontinuous?
1.yisdefinedatx=1
Doesthelimitexist?
2.limitexistsatx=1
limy
x>1

limy= limy=
x>1 x>1+

limy= limy=1
x>1 x>1+

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Sketch:x,x<1
y=2,x=1 Isycontinuousatx=1?
2x1,x>1 NO!
Whatisrequiredto Whynot?
makeitcontinuous?
1.yisdefinedatx=1
Doesthelimitexist? 2.limitexistsatx>1
limy
x>1

limy= limy=
x>1 x>1+

Stillnotcontinuous! limy= limy=1

x>1 x>1+

Whatisrequiredto
makeitcontinuous?
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Sketch:x,x<1
y=2,x=1 Isycontinuousatx=1?
2x1,x>1 NO!
Whynot?
1.yisdefinedatx=1
Doesthelimitexist? 2.limitexistsatx>1
limy
x>1 3.limf(x)=f(c)
x>c
limy= limy=
x>1 x>1+

Stillnotcontinuous! limy= limy=1

x>1 x>1+

Whatisrequiredto Needtoredefinef(x)atx=2
makeitcontinuous? letf(2)=limf(x)=1
x>2

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Whatisneededforcontinuityatapoint?
f(x)climf(x)f(c)Continuous
x>catx=c?

10DNEDNENO
X

36DNENO

f(x)
112NO

366YES

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limx29
x>3x3

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toremovediscontinuity
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Whatisneededforcontinuityatapoint?

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Requiredtoshowcontinuity.

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Whataboutcontinuityonaninterval?
Considerf(x)=(9x2)g(x)=1
(9x2)

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Whataboutcontinuityonaninterval?
Considerf(x)=(9x2)g(x)=1
(9x2)
I.Afunctioniscontinuousonanopeninterval(a,b)if
itiscontinuousateachpointin(a,b).
()
ab
II.Afunctioniscontinuousonanclosedinterval[a,b]if
itiscontinuousateachpointin(a,b),and
[]
ab
limf(x)=f(a)andlimf(x)=f(b)
x>a+x>b

III.Functionscontinuousonentirerealnumberlineare
everywherecontinuous.

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Discontinuityat
x=2isremovable.

Discontinuityat
x=5isNOT
removable.
Nolimitasx>5.

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IntermediateValueTheorum(IVT)

Iffis:
1.continuousonclosedinterval[a,b]
2.f(a) f(b)
3.kisany#betweenf(a)andf(b)
thenatleastonec[a,b] f(c)=k

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thenthereexistssomex
valuebetween0and3
wheref(x)=0because0is
between1and8

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