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 - Section 2.5 - Continuity - Exercises 2.5 - Page 84: 18

Answer

$ y $ is continuous on $$(-\infty,\infty)$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$ y=\frac{1}{|x|+1}-\frac{x^2}{2}$$ Since $|x|$ is always a positive value, the denominator ($|x|+1\ne 0 \ \forall \ x\in R $ ) and $\frac{x^2}{2}$ is defined on $ R $ So, $ y $ is continuous on $$(-\infty,\infty)$$
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