Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity - Section 2.5 - Continuity - Exercises 2.5 - Page 84: 8

Answer

$[-1,0)\cup(0,1)\cup(1,2)\cup(2,3)$

Work Step by Step

In Exercise $5$, we concluded that f is right-continuous at $x=-1$. Polynomials (all piecewise component functions are polynomials) are continuous on their domains. So, f is continuous on $[-1,0)$. f is not continuous at $c=0,2,3$, because $f(c)$ is not defined. f is not continuous at $1$, as we found in exercise $6\ \ (\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow 1}f(x)\neq f(1))$. The piecewise component functions are continuous on the intervals between them, that is, on $(0,1)\cup(1,2)\cup(2,3).$ Taking the first half-closed interval into account, f is continuous on $[-1,0)\cup(0,1)\cup(1,2)\cup(2,3)$
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