# Math Help - I need help to find the value of " m " (variable)

1. ## I need help to find the value of " m " (variable)

In this function y = {sin2x/x (for x no 0), and m-1 (for x=0) } find the value of m that function y to be countinous in x=0.
Can anybody help me with this?

2. ## Re: I need help to find the value of " m " (variable)

I'm not sure how advanced your definition of continuity is. In the most elementary terms, a function is continuous at a point b if 1) the limit of the function at b exists and 2) it equals $f(b)$.

You can see that $f(x)= \frac{sin(2x)}{x}$ has a removable discontinuity at $x=0$. So, the limit exists at 0, but the actual value of the function is undefined (because that pesky x in the denominator becomes zero, and dividing by zero is undefined). So, if we simply define $f(0)=2=m-1$, we have defined the function so that the limit at 0 exists, and the function takes on the value of the limits. So, m=3.

3. ## Re: I need help to find the value of " m " (variable)

Originally Posted by reobjan
In this function y = {sin2x/x (for x no 0), and m-1 (for x=0) } find the value of m that function y to be countinous in x=0.
Hint: ${\lim _{x \to 0}}\frac{{\sin (x)}}{x} = 1$ so ${\lim _{x \to 0}}\frac{{\sin (2x)}}{x} = ~?$

4. ## Re: I need help to find the value of " m " (variable)

Just a little more:
${\lim _{x \to 0}}\frac{{\sin (x)}}{x} = 1$ so ${\lim _{x \to 0}}2\frac{{\sin (2x)}}{2x} = ~?$[/QUOTE]