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Find the values of a and b such that the function f defined by `f(x)={:{((x-4)/(|x-4|)+a", if "xlt4),(a+b", if "x=4" is a"),((x-4)/(|x-4|)+b", if "xgt4):}`
continuous function at `x=4`.

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`a=1, b=-1`
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