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 May 22nd, 2009, 11:31 PM #1 Newbie   Joined: May 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 need help on a question Need urgent help... I have no clue how to do this; if anyone has an answer, I'd greatly appreciate it. Q. Let F be the function such that F(x) = 1+x^2 if x is irrational, and F(x) = 1+4x^4 if x is rational. Use the squeeze theorem to find: lim x->0 F(x) Fill in the blanks Clearly, for all numbers x, F(x) >/= 1 (greater than or equal to 1). Next we note for a real number x, x^2 - 4x^4 = x^2 (1 - 4x^2) >/= 0 if and only if __________ >/= 0. This means that x^2 >/= 4x^4 if and only if x $\in$ [____________, ____________]. Particularly, we get them for all ___(rational or non-rational)___ numbers if x in [ _____________,_____________] we have F(x) = 1 + 4x^4 0 (1+x^2) = ______________, by the _____________ Theorem, lim x->0 F(x) = _________________. Last edited by skipjack; February 7th, 2019 at 07:43 AM.
 May 23rd, 2009, 09:16 AM #2 Senior Member   Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 318 Thanks: 0 Where are you stuck in following the given steps? You learned how to solving quadratic inequalities back in algebra, and you've learned in calculus about the Squeeze Theorem. At what point did you bog down? Please be specific, showing all of your work so far. Thank you!
 May 23rd, 2009, 12:58 PM #3 Newbie   Joined: May 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Re: need help on a question Sorry if I wasn't clear, but that is the exact sheet that my instructor gave me and told us to simply fill in the blanks... the reason why I'm asking for help is that I have no freaking clue what it's asking... thanks. Last edited by skipjack; February 7th, 2019 at 06:46 AM.
 May 24th, 2009, 05:02 AM #4 Senior Member   Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 318 Thanks: 0 Okay; then first follow the links (provided earlier) and learn how to solve quadratic inequalities and how the Squeeze Theorem works. (They were supposed to have taught you this material before assigning homework on it. Since you say they didn't, and since we cannot here provide the missing hours of classroom instruction, you'll have to attempt self-study.) Once you have learned some of the necessary background material, please take another stab at the exercise. At the very least, you'll be able to do the algebra for solving the inequality. And that will help you fill in at least most of the blanks.
 February 6th, 2019, 11:16 PM #5 Newbie   Joined: Oct 2017 From: Texas Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 I suggest you look at the Limits Formula
 February 7th, 2019, 05:16 AM #6 Senior Member   Joined: Dec 2015 From: iPhone Posts: 387 Thanks: 61 The limit must be the same for the two functions . Just solve the limits and it is 1 .
 February 7th, 2019, 07:17 AM #7 Banned Camp   Joined: Mar 2015 From: New Jersey Posts: 1,720 Thanks: 124 Given epsilon, you can determine delta st |F(x)-1| < epsilon when |x| < delta because x^2 and x^4 are arbitrarily small.
 February 7th, 2019, 08:08 AM #8 Global Moderator   Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,298 Thanks: 1971 x²(1 - 4x²) $\small\geqslant$ 0 if and only if 1 - 4x² $\small\geqslant$ 0, which holds if and only if x $\in$ [-1/2, 1/2].

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