Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity - Practice Exercises - Page 100: 7

Answer

a. $(-\infty,\infty)$ b. $[0,\infty)$ c. $(-\infty,\infty)$ d. $(0,\infty)$

Work Step by Step

a. The function $f(x)=x^{1/3}$ has a domain of $(-\infty,\infty)$ and $\lim_{x\to c}f(x)=\lim_{x\to c}x^{1/3}=c^{1/3}=f(c)$ for every $c$ in the entire domain; thus the function is continuous over $(-\infty,\infty)$ b. The function $g(x)=x^{3/4}$ has a domain of $[0,\infty)$ and $\lim_{x\to c}g(x)=\lim_{x\to c}x^{3/4}=c^{3/4}=f(c)$ for every $c$ in the domain; thus the function is continuous over $[0,\infty)$ c. The function $h(x)=x^{-2/3}$ has a domain of $(-\infty,\infty)$ and $\lim_{x\to c}f(x)=\lim_{x\to c}x^{-2/3}=c^{-2/3}=f(c)$ for every $c$ in the entire domain; thus the function is continuous over $(-\infty,\infty)$ d. The function $k(x)=x^{-1/6}$ has a domain of $(0,\infty)$ and $\lim_{x\to c}g(x)=\lim_{x\to c}x^{-1/6}=c^{-1/6}=f(c)$ for every $c$ in the domain; thus the function is continuous over $(0,\infty)$
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