12th Class Mathematics Sample Paper Mathematics Olympiad - Sample Paper-4

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    Let \[\phi \left( \mathbf{x} \right)=~\left\{ \begin{align}   & \frac{1-\cos \lambda x}{x\sin x},x\ne 0 \\  & \frac{1}{2},x=0 \\ \end{align} \right.\] If \[\phi \left( \mathbf{x} \right)\]is continuous at \[\mathbf{x}=\mathbf{0}\], then\[\lambda \]=

    A)  0                                

    B) ±1            

    C) 2                                 

    D) \[-2\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b] \[\because \phi \left( x \right)\]is continuous at \[x=0\] Then \[\underset{x\to {{0}^{-}}}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\phi \left( x \right)=\underset{x\to {{0}^{+}}}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\phi \left( x \right)=\phi \left( 0 \right).\] Now, \[\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{1-\cos \lambda x}{x\sin x}=\frac{1}{2}.\] \[\Rightarrow \underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{2{{\sin }^{2}}\frac{\lambda x}{2}}{{{x}^{2}}}.\frac{x}{\sin x}=\frac{1}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,2.{{\left( \frac{\sin \frac{\lambda x}{2}}{\frac{\lambda x}{2}} \right)}^{2}}\times \frac{{{\left( \frac{\lambda }{2} \right)}^{2}}}{\left( \frac{\sin x}{x} \right)}=\frac{1}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow 2\times 1\times \frac{{{\lambda }^{2}}}{4}=\frac{1}{2}\Rightarrow {{\lambda }^{2}}=1\] \[\therefore \lambda =\pm 1\] Hence, option [b] is correct.


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