Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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Chapter1: Functions And Models
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1RCC: (a) What is a function? What are its domain and range? (b) What is the graph of a function? (c) How...
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Find numbers \( a \) and \( b \) for \( f \) such that \( f \) is continuous at every point.
\[ f(x) = \begin{cases}
2x + 8 & \text{if } x < 7 \\
kx + a & \text{if } x \geq 7
\end{cases} \]](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F9e82aecf-6970-4684-9d28-4fda5d292a6f%2F1eb91b37-364f-4906-9afc-748ed72b43b9%2Fnui9tlu_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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Find numbers \( a \) and \( b \) for \( f \) such that \( f \) is continuous at every point.
\[ f(x) = \begin{cases}
2x + 8 & \text{if } x < 7 \\
kx + a & \text{if } x \geq 7
\end{cases} \]
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