Mending a Hole, and the One Value That Does It

You'll learnwhich kind of break can be mended, that the value to assign is the limit and nothing else, and why canceling a factor computes that value without assigning it.

One curve with a hole at 1 and a wall at 4. The hole can be filled, but only one number fills it: the height both sides are heading for. Canceling the shared factor is how you find that number, and writing the new function is how you use it. Twelve short steps; press Next for each one.

12 STEPS · 6 QUICK CHECKS · THE REPAIR VALUE IS THE LIMIT · v2

the repair value is the limit, and canceling only computes it

Before you start

What you're looking at

One curve with two breaks: a hole at x = 1 and a vertical wall at x = 4. A hollow ring marks a height the curve heads for; a filled point marks a value the function takes.

The question

Which break can be mended, and what exactly do you assign at the point?

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