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EXAMPLE 6Show that a Function Is Continuous

Show that:

  1. (a) f(x)=e2x is continuous for all real numbers.
  2. (b) F(x)=3lnx is continuous for x>0.

Solution(a) The domain of the exponential function is the set of all real numbers, so f is defined for any number c. That is, f(c)=e2c. Also for any number c, lim

Since \lim\limits_{x\rightarrow c}f(x) = f(c) for any number c, then f is continuous at all numbers c.

(b) The logarithmic function f(x) = \ln x is continuous on its domain, the set of all positive real numbers. The function g(x) = \sqrt[3]{x} is continuous on its domain, the set of all real numbers. Then for any real number c>0, the composite function F(x) = (g\circ f) (x) = \sqrt[3]{\ln x} is continuous at c. That is, F is continuous at all numbers x>0.