Chapter 1: Q. 5 (page 135)
Explain why we can’t calculate every limit just by evaluating f(x) at . Support your argument with the graph of a function f for which .
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We cannot calculate every limit just by evaluating f(x) at .
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Chapter 1: Q. 5 (page 135)
Explain why we can’t calculate every limit just by evaluating f(x) at . Support your argument with the graph of a function f for which .
We cannot calculate every limit just by evaluating f(x) at .
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Sketch the graph of a function f described in Exercises 27–32, if possible. If it is not possible, explain why not.
f is left continuous at x = 1 and right continuous at x = 1, but is not continuous at x = 1, and f(1) = −2.
For each functionf graphed in Exercises23–26, describe the intervals on whichf is continuous. For each discontinuity off, describe the type of discontinuity and any one-sided continuity. Justify your answers about discontinuities with limit statements.

For each limit statement , use algebra to find δ > 0 in terms of > 0 so that if 0 < |x − c| < δ, then | f(x) − L| < .
Each function in Exercises 9–12 is discontinuous at some value x = c. Describe the type of discontinuity and any one-sided continuity at x = c, and sketch a possible graph of f.
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