Calculus 1 Homework Assignment #2 Fall 2013

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1. Find all values of a such that f (x) is continuous on R:


x + 1 if x 6 a
f (x) =
x2 if x > a

2. Find all the values of a such that the following function is continuous.
 √
 1 + 3x2 − 2
f (x) = , if x 6= 1
x−1
a, if x = 1


3. Let  √
 −x if x < 0
f (x) = 3 − x if 0 6 x < 3
(x − 3)2 if x > 3


Where f is discontinuous?

4. Show that there is a root of the equation in the given interval.

2
(a) e−x = x, (0, 1) .
(b) x10 − x9 − 1 = 0, (0, ∞) .

5. Show that the equation x4 − 10x3 − 25x2 − x − 1 = 0 has at least two distinct real roots.