Thread: I think I am making this harder

the definition of continutiy is stated in garbled forms. Identify the one that is equivalent for the definition of continuity and draw a sketch of what each of the others represents.

a. for every epsilon > 0 and every delta > 0, |x - c| < delta implies |f(x) - f(c)| < epsilon.

b. There is an epsilon >0 such that for every delta>0, |x - c| <delta implies
|f(x) - f(c)| < epsilon.

c. for some epsilon > 0, there is a delta > 0 such that |x - c| < delta implies |f(x) - f(c)| < epsilon.

d. There is a delta >0 such that for every epsilon >0, |x - c| <delta implies
|f(x) - f(c)| < epsilon.


I chose d. I don't know for sure.

Originally Posted by Susie38

the definition of continutiy is stated in garbled forms. Identify the one that is equivalent for the definition of continuity and draw a sketch of what each of the others represents.

a. for every epsilon > 0 and every delta > 0, |x - c| < delta implies |f(x) - f(c)| < epsilon.

b. There is an epsilon >0 such that for every delta>0, |x - c| <delta implies
|f(x) - f(c)| < epsilon.

c. for some epsilon > 0, there is a delta > 0 such that |x - c| < delta implies |f(x) - f(c)| < epsilon.

d. There is a delta >0 such that for every epsilon >0, |x - c| <delta implies
|f(x) - f(c)| < epsilon.


I chose d. I don't know for sure.

THe definition for coutinouity of real function is that,

By definition we have,
there is a such as, whenever .

The meaning of "whenever" is the same as this implies something else. Thus it is a saying,
.... implies thus (d) is the correct choice.

How do I use a graph to represent the other 3 choices that were not the right answer?