SOLUTION: Find the value of the constant c that makes the following function continuous on (-infinity, infinity). function: https://postimg.cc/kVW5JtGM

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Question 1200050: Find the value of the constant c that makes the following function continuous on (-infinity, infinity).
function: https://postimg.cc/kVW5JtGM

Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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All you need for it is to have two expressions equal at s = 5


    c*5 + 3 = c*5^2 - 3,

or

    5c + 3 = 25c - 3

    3 + 3 = 25c - 5c

      6   =   20c

      c   =  6%2F20 = 3%2F10 = 0.3.


ANSWER.  c = 3/10 = 3%2F10 = 0.3.

Solved.