Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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Chapter1: Functions And Models
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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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Transcribed Image Text:**Graph Analysis and Questions on Differentiability and Continuity**
The figure on the left shows the graph of a function \( y = f(x) \) over the closed interval \(-2 \leq x \leq 4\). The function is depicted with blue lines and solid dots to indicate closed intervals and open dots for open intervals.
**Graph Description:**
- The graph consists of two segments.
- The first segment ranges from \((-2, 0)\) to \((0, 2)\).
- The second segment is a curve starting just after \((0, 2)\) and extends to \((4, -3)\).
**Key Points:**
- The function appears to be continuous and differentiable from \(-2 \leq x < 0\) and \(0 < x \leq 4\).
- At \(x = 0\), the function appears to be neither continuous nor differentiable due to a break in the graph.
**Questions:**
a. **At what domain points does the function appear to be differentiable?**
- A. \(-2 \leq x \leq 4\)
- B. \(x = 0\)
- C. \(-2 \leq x < 0, 0 < x \leq 4\)
- D. None
**Correct Answer: C**
b. **At what domain points does the function appear to be continuous but not differentiable?**
- A. \(-2 \leq x \leq 4\)
- B. \(-2 \leq x < 0, 0 < x \leq 4\)
- C. \(x = 0\)
- D. None
**Correct Answer: D**
c. **At what domain points does the function appear to be neither continuous nor differentiable?**
- A. \(-2 \leq x \leq 4\)
- B. \(-2 \leq x < 0, 0 < x \leq 4\)
- C. \(x = 0\)
- D. None
**Correct Answer: C**
**Graph Explanation:**
The graph is separated at \(x = 0\), where there is a clear break indicating a lack of continuity and differentiability. Elsewhere, the curve and line are smooth, indicating differentiability.
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