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# Show that $f$ is continuous on $(-\infty, \infty )$.$f(x) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 1 - x^2 & \mbox{if$ x \le 1 $}\\ \ln x & \mbox{if$ x > 1 $} \end{array} \right.$

## $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}1-x^{2} & \text { if } x \leq 1 \\ \ln x & \text { if } x>1\end{array}\right.$By Theorem $5,$ since $f(x)$ equals the polynomial $1-x^{2}$ on $(-\infty, 1], f$ is continuous on $(-\infty, 1]$By Theorem $7,$ since $f(x)$ equals the logarithm function $\ln x$ on $(1, \infty), f$ is continuous on $(1, \infty)$At $x=1, \lim _{x \rightarrow 1^{-}} f(x)=\lim _{x \rightarrow 1^{-}}\left(1-x^{2}\right)=1-1^{2}=0$ and $\lim _{x \rightarrow 1^{+}} f(x)=\lim _{x \rightarrow 1^{+}} \ln x=\ln 1=0 .$ Thus, $\lim _{x \rightarrow 1} f(x)$ exists andequals $0 .$ Also, $f(1)=1-1^{2}=0 .$ Thus, $f$ is continuous at $x=1 .$ We conclude that $f$ is continuous on $(-\infty, \infty)$

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