Continuity: Quiz


Problem 4

Consider the function

Find a so that g(x) is continuous on the real line.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. There is no value of a that makes g(x) continuous.
  4. a may be any real number.

Answers, problem 4

  1. a may be any real number. This is because the graph of ax2 increases upwards or downwards from the origin depending on the sign of a, but there is no break between g(x) = 0 and g(x) = x2.

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