The function defined by f ( x ) = 3 x + 2 sin ( x ) 2 x + 3 sin ( x ) , x = 0 has its discontinuity removed at x = 0 . Find the value of f ( 0 ) .
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The problem is stated incorrectly! The value that we are finding out here isn't f ( 0 ) but x → 0 lim f ( x ) . And even if the problem says that "its discontinuity removed at x=0", it isn't so and you cannot just use x → 0 + lim f ( x ) = x → 0 − lim f ( x ) = f ( 0 ) because f ( 0 ) isn't defined! The function f ( x ) here cannot ever be continuous at x = 0 , you can use a graph plotter to verify that, although it's quite trivial!
Very quickly, just note how that for small angles sin(x)~x. So f(x) for small angles (ie, very close to zero.) is ~5x/5x --> 1
Evaluate for x=0.001. It comes out very close to 1.
That's kinda cheating though. :P
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f ( 0 ) = x → 0 lim 3 + 2 x sin x 2 + 3 x sin x
f ( 0 ) = 1