Epsilon-Delta proof of sum of two continuous functions.

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$$\lim _{x\rightarrow a} f(x)+g(x) = f(a)+g(a)$$

Since $f$ and $g$ are continuous, $|f(x)-f(a)|< ε_1$ when $0<|x-a|< \delta_f $ and $|g(x)-g(a)|< ε_2$ $\ $ when $0<|x-a|< _g$

Let $$ be defined as $\min(_g ,_f)$ and $h(x)$ be defined as $f(x)+g(x)$

$\ |f(x)-f(a)|+|g(x)-g(a)|< ε_1+ε_2$ (1)

$\ |f(x)-f(a) + g(x)-g(a)|< ε_1+ε_2$

$\ |h(x)-h(a)|< ε_1+ε_2$

We can replace $_f$ and $_g$ by $$ to get

$|f(x)-f(a)| < ε_1$ when $0<|x-a|<$ and $\ |g(x)-g(a)|< ε_2$ when $0<|x-a|<$

Since (1) is true when $0<|x-a|<$, we can find a $$ for every value of $ε_1+ε_2$

$\ |h(x)-h(a)|< ε_1+ε_2$ can be rewritten as $\ |h(x)-h(a)|< r_1+r_2$

Any real number can be expressed as the sum of two real numbers so r=$\ r_1+r_2$

Which gives us $\ |h(x)-h(a)|< r$ when $0<|x-a|< $

substituting r=ε we get $\ |h(x)-h(a)|< ε$ when $0<|x-a|< $ for all positive real values of ε.

Is this an acceptable proof?