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Ch. 2 - Limits
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 2, Problema 2.9a

Complete the following sentences in terms of a limit.


a. A function is continuous from the left at a if _____.

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Step 1: Understand the concept of continuity from the left. A function is continuous from the left at a point \( a \) if the left-hand limit of the function as \( x \) approaches \( a \) is equal to the function's value at \( a \).
Step 2: Express the left-hand limit mathematically. The left-hand limit of a function \( f(x) \) as \( x \) approaches \( a \) from the left is denoted as \( \lim_{{x \to a^-}} f(x) \).
Step 3: State the condition for left continuity. For the function \( f(x) \) to be continuous from the left at \( a \), the condition \( \lim_{{x \to a^-}} f(x) = f(a) \) must be satisfied.
Step 4: Consider the implications. This means that as \( x \) gets arbitrarily close to \( a \) from values less than \( a \), the function values \( f(x) \) should approach \( f(a) \).
Step 5: Summarize the sentence. A function is continuous from the left at \( a \) if \( \lim_{{x \to a^-}} f(x) = f(a) \).

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