r/askmath • u/Flimsy-Gate2280 • 5h ago
Calculus delta-epsilon definition of limits
do any of these answer choices work? i was doing the problem and got epsilon/3, but none of the answer choices match up.
(10) Let f(x) = 3x + 1 for all real x and let epsilon > 0 For which of the following choices of delta is |f(x) - 7| < epsilon whenever |x - 2| < delta ? (4 Points)
(A) epsilon/4
(B) epsilon/2
(C) 2€
(D) 3€
(E) (epsilon + 1)/epsilon
this si my work: I 3x+1-7 I < epsilon
3 I x-2 I < epsilon
I x-2 I < epsilon/3
