Continuous

Calculus Level 1

f ( x ) = x \large f(x) = |x|

Find the value of x x for which the function above is continuous.

x = 0 x = 0 Continuous everywhere x = 1 x = 1 x = 1 x = -1

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2 solutions

Nikhil Raj
Jun 1, 2017

f ( x ) { = x , when x 0 = x , when x < 0 So, only doubtful point for continuity of f ( x ) is x = 0. S o , f ( 0 ) = 0 Left hand limit = lim h 0 f ( 0 h ) = lim h 0 ( 0 h ) = 0 Right hand limit = lim h 0 f ( 0 + h ) = lim h 0 ( 0 + h ) = 0. Since, f ( 0 ) = L . H . L = R . H . L . So, function is continuous at x = 0 f ( x ) is continuous everywhere \large f(x) \begin{cases}= x , {\text{ when }} x \ge 0 \\ = -x , {\text{when }} x<0 \end{cases} \\ {\text{So, only doubtful point for continuity of }} f(x) {\text{ is }} x = 0. \\ So, f(0) = 0 \\ {\text{Left hand limit}} = {\displaystyle \lim_{h \rightarrow 0}} f(0 - h) = {\displaystyle \lim_{h \rightarrow 0}} -(0 - h) = 0 \\ {\text{Right hand limit}} = {\displaystyle{\lim_{h \rightarrow 0}}} f(0 + h) = {\displaystyle{\lim_{h \rightarrow 0} }} (0 + h) = 0. \\ {\text{Since, }} f(0) = L.H.L = R.H.L.\\ {\text{So, function is continuous at }} x = 0 \\ \therefore f(x) {\text{ is }} {\boxed{{\text{continuous everywhere}}}}

Hunter Edwards
Nov 10, 2017

Here's a graph of this function:

The definition of continuity is a graphing that has no jumps, care to say. You should be able to draw a continuous graphing without lifting the pencil. This is true for this graphing - here's the numerical definition for that.

if We know that the function is continuous at x = a x=a . We test for the points, which give this to be true. As you approach any point on the function, from the left or right, either case is equal to the actual point on the line.

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