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Question
Find a and b if following function is continuous at the point or on the interval indicated against them:
f(x) `{:(= "a"x^2 + "b"x + 1",", "for" |2x - 3| ≥ 2),(= 3x + 2",", "for" 1/2 < x < 5/2):}`
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Solution
|2x – 3| = ± (2x – 3)
∴ 2x – 3 ≥ 2 or 3 – 2x ≥ 2
∴ 2x ≥ 5 or 1 ≥ 2x
∴ `x ≥ 5/2` or `x ≤ 1/2`
∴ f can be expressed as
f(x) `{:(= "a"x^2 + "b"x + 1",", "for" x ≤ 1/2),(= 3x + 2",", "for" 1/2 < x < 5/2), (= "a"x^2 + "b"x + 1",", "for" x ≥ 5/2):}`
∵ f is continuous on its domain
∴ f is continuous at x = `1/2` and x = `5/2`
Since f is continuous at x = `1/2`,
`"f"(1/2) = lim_(x -> (1/2)^+) "f"(x)`
∴ `("a"x^2 + "b"x + 1)_("at" x = 1/2) = lim_(x -> 1/2) (3x + 2)`
∴ `"a"/4 + "b"/2 + 1 = 3 xx 1/2 + 2 = 7/2`
∴ a + 2b + 4 = 14
∴ a + 2b = 10 ...(1)
Also f is continuous at x = `5/2`
∴ `"f"(5/2) = lim_(x -> (5/2)^(-)) "f"(x)`
∴ `("a"x^2 + "b"x + 1)_("at" x = 5/2) = lim_(x -> 5/2) (3x + 2)`
∴ `(25"a")/4 + (5"b")/2 + 1 = 3 xx 5/2 + 2 = 19/2`
∴ 25a + 10b + 4 = 38
∴ 25a + 10b = 34
∴ 25 (10 – 2b) + 10b = 34 ...[By (1)]
∴ – 40b = – 216
∴ b = `216/40 = 27/5`
∴ from (1),
∴ `"a" + 54/5` = 10
∴ a = `10 - 54/5 = - 4/5`
Hence, a = ` -4/5`, b = `27/5`
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