University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Practice Exercises - Page 111: 37

Answer

$f(x)$ has a continuous extension at $x=1$, whose value is $1.3334$.

Work Step by Step

$$f(x)=\frac{x-1}{x-\sqrt[4]x}$$ The graph is enclosed below. Condition to have a continuous extension for $f(x)$ at $x=c$: $\lim_{x\to c}f(x)$ must exist. Here, $\lim_{x\to1}f(x)$ does seem to exist, because as $x$ approaches $1$ from the left and the right, $f$ approaches a value of approximately $1.3334$. That means $\lim_{x\to1}f(x)=1.3334$. So function $f$ can be extended to include the value $f(1)=1.3334$ so that $\lim_{x\to1}f(x)=f(1)$ and $f$ would then be continuous at $x=1$.
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