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Explain why f(x)= {x^2 if x=0, 1 if x=0 , is not continuous at x = 0.
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Explain why f(x)= {x^2 if x=0, 1 if x=0 , is not continuous at x = 0. Picture provided-example-1

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The answer is A.

User AbuNassar
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f(x) is continuous at
x=c if for any
\varepsilon>0, there exists
\delta>0 such that


|x-c|<\delta\implies|f(x)-f(c)|<\varepsilon

which is identical to the statement


\displaystyle\lim_(x\to c)f(x)=f(c)

But as
x\to0, we have
x^2\to0 yet
f(0)=1, therefore
f is not continuous at
x=0. The answer would be A.

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