JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Functions Question Bank Differentiability

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    If \[f(x)\] is a differentiable function such that \[f:R\to r\] and \[f\left( \frac{1}{n} \right)=0\ \forall \ n\ge 1,n\in I\] then [IIT Screening 2005]

    A)            \[f(x)=0\ \forall \ x\in (0,\,1)\]

    B)            \[f(x)=0\forall x\in (0,\,1)\]

    C)            \[f(0)=0\] but \[f'(0)\] may or may not be 0

    D)            \[|f(x)|\,\le 1\ \forall \ x\in (0,\,1)\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

               \[f(1)=f\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)=f\left( \frac{1}{3} \right)=......=\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,f\left( \frac{1}{n} \right)=0\]            Since there are infinitely many points in \[x\in (0,\,1)\] where \[f(x)=0\] and \[\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,f\left( \frac{1}{n} \right)=0\] Þ \[f(0)=0\]            And since there are infinitely many points in the neighbourhood of \[x=0\] such that            Þ \[f(x)\] remains constant in the neighbourhood of \[x=0\] Þ \[f'(0)=0\].


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