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What values of {{MATH_57}} and {{MATH_58}} make {{MATH_59}} differentiable at {{MATH_60}}?
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To start, we know that {{MATH_62}} must be continuous at {{MATH_63}}, since it has to be
differentiable there. We will start by making {{MATH_64}} continuous at
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So for the function to be continuous, we must have
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We also must ensure that the function is differentiable at {{MATH_68}}. In other words, we have to ensure that the following limit exists
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In order to compute this limit, we have to compute the two one-sided limits
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and
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since {{MATH_72}} changes expression at {{MATH_73}}.
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and
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Hence, we must have
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Ah! So now the equation that must be satisfied
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Therefore, {{MATH_78}}. Thus setting {{MATH_79}} and
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continuous) at {{MATH_81}}.
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Can we tell from its graph whether the function is differentiable or not at a point {{MATH_84}}?