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Q.The figure shows the graph of the function f(x)f(x).

a) Write the domain and range of f(x)f(x).
(2)
b) Find f(0)f(0) and f(−0.01)f(-0.01).
(1)
c) Check the existence of lim⁡x→0f(x)\displaystyle\lim_{x \to 0} f(x). (1)
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Read domain/range off the two graph pieces, evaluate ff at the given points from whichever piece applies, and compare the left- and right-hand limits at x=0x=0 to check existence.

From the figure, f(x)f(x) is defined piecewise: for x<0x<0 it is a straight line rising from about (−2.5,−2)(-2.5,-2) toward (but not reaching) the origin, and for x≥0x\ge0 it is the horizontal line y=1y=1 (a solid dot at (0,1)(0,1)), with the origin itself marked with an open circle to show it is not part of the graph.

a) Domain and Range

Domain: all xx values shown, roughly [−2.5, 4][-2.5,\,4].

Range: the left branch takes values from −2-2 up to (but not including) 00, i.e. [−2,0)[-2,0); the right branch is constantly 11. So Range ≈[−2,0)∪{1}\approx [-2,0)\cup\{1\}.

b) Evaluating f(0)f(0) and f(−0.01)f(-0.01)

x=0x=0 falls on the x≥0x\ge0 branch (the solid dot), so f(0)=1f(0)=1.

x=−0.01x=-0.01 falls on the x<0x<0 branch, which is very close to the origin there — reading the line (which passes through roughly (−2.5,−2)(-2.5,-2) and approaches (0,0)(0,0), slope ≈0.8\approx0.8), f(−0.01)≈0.8×(−0.01)=−0.008f(-0.01)\approx0.8\times(-0.01)=-0.008, i.e. a value just below 00.

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