JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Functions Question Bank Differentiability

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    The function                                                           \[f(x)={{x}^{2}}\,\,\sin \frac{1}{x},\,x\ne \,0,\,\,f(0)\,=0\]  at                                                                                                   \[x=0\] [MP PET 2003]

    A)            Is continuous but not differentiable

    B)            Is discontinuous

    C)            Is having continuous derivative

    D)            Is continuous and differentiable

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                                                     \[\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,f(x)={{x}^{2}}\sin \left( \frac{1}{x} \right)\] , but                                                                       \[-1\le \sin \left( \frac{1}{x} \right)\le 1\]  and                                                                                                 \[x\to 0\]            \                   \[\underset{x\to {{0}^{+}}}{\mathop{\lim }}\,f(x)=0=\underset{x\to {{0}^{-}}}{\mathop{\lim }}\,f(x)=f(0)\]                    Therefore                                                                                                   \[f(x)\]  is continuous at                                                                                                   \[x=0\] . Also, the function                                                                               \[f(x)={{x}^{2}}\sin \frac{1}{x}\]  is differentiable because                                   \[R{f}'(x)=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{{{h}^{2}}\sin \frac{1}{h}-0}{h}=0\] ,                                        \[L{f}'(x)=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{{{h}^{2}}\sin (1/-h)}{-h}=0\] .


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