LA SALLE GREEN HILLS
Senior High School – STEM Calculus
Instructor: Mr. Vitus Paul L. de Jesus
Exercise Set 1: Review of Graphing Functions / Limit of a Function
I. Graph.
A. Linear Functions: y = f(x) = ax + b where a ≠ 0
3x 7
a. f(x) = x + 3 b. g(x) = -2x + 1 c. h(x) = −
5 4
B. Quadratic Functions: y = f(x) = ax2 + bx + c where a ≠ 0
a. f(x) = x2 + 4x + 3 b. g(x) = -2x2 + 3x – 1 c. h(x) = 3(x - 1)2 + 1
C. Absolute Value Functions: y = f(x) = a | x - h | + k where a ≠ 0
a. f(x) = |x| b. g(x) = 2|x - 1| + 3 c. h(x) = -2|x + 1| - 3
g(x)
D. Rational Functions: f(x) = where h(x) is a factor of g(x) and h(x) ≠ 0
h(x)
2 2 3
x + 4 x+ 3 −2 x +3 x – 1 x −1
a. f(x) = b. g(x) = c. h(x) =
x +1 x−1 x−1
E. Trigonometric Functions (Basic)
a. f(x) = sin x b. g(x) = cos x c. h(x) = tan x
F. Piecewise Functions
(x) =
{−22 ifif x≤3
x>3 b. g(x) =
{x+35 ifif x≠2
x=2
a. f
{
x +3 if x <−3
{
x+ 3 if x≤2
2
c. h(x) = x +4 x +3 if x> 2 d. k(x) =
x 2 +4 x +3 if
2|x−1|+3 if
−3≤x <2
x≥2
G. Greatest Integer Functions
a. f(x) = ⟦ x ⟧ b. g(x) = ⟦ x +2 ⟧ c. h(x) = -2⟦ x +2 ⟧
II. Construct a table of values to estimate the limit of each function numerically. Support your answer using
the graph of the function.
{
x +3 if x <−3
2
x +4 x +3 if −3≤x <2
lim ( x +3 ) lim 2|x−1|+3 if x≥2
a. x →−5 f. x →−5 h(x) where h(x) =
lim ( x + 4 x +3 )
2
lim ⟦ x +2 ⟧
b. x →−5 g. x →−5 g(x) where g(x) =
lim ( 2|x - 1| + 3 ) lim ( x2 +4 x +3
x+1 )
c. x →−5 h. x→−1
{
x +3 if x <−3
lim ( x +4x+1x +3 )
2 2
x +4 x +3 if −3≤x <2
lim 2|x−1|+3 if x≥2
d. x →−5 i. x →−3 h(x) where h(x) =
lim ( sin x ) lim ( x3 −1
x−1 )
e. x →π j. x→−1
