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For the following exercises, determine whether or not the given function f is continuous everywhere. If it is continuous everywhere it is defined, state for what range it is continuous. If it is discontinuous, state where it is discontinuous.
f(x) = 2x + 5/x
A function is said to be continuous in an interval if it is defined for every value within that interval.
Consider the following function:
f(x) = 2x + 5/x
Since the denominator cannot be equal to 0 in a rational number.
So the function is not defined at x = 0.
Hence the function is discontinuous at x = 0.
So the function f(x) = 2x + 5/x is continuous for the interval (-∞, 0) ∪ (0, ∞).
The function f(x) = 2x + 5/x is continuous for the interval (-∞, 0) ∪ (0, ∞).