BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    If \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    \frac{1-\sqrt{2}\sin x}{\pi -4x}, & if\,x\ne \frac{\pi }{4}  \\    a & if\,x=\frac{\pi }{4}  \\ \end{matrix} \right.\] is continuous at \[\frac{\pi }{4},\] then a is equal to

    A)  4                                            

    B)  2                            

    C)  1                            

    D)         1/4

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    \frac{1-\sqrt{2}\sin x}{\pi -4x}, & if\,x\ne \frac{\pi }{4}  \\    a, & if\,x=\frac{\pi }{4}  \\ \end{matrix} \right.\] \[\underset{x\to \frac{\pi }{4}}{\mathop{\lim }}\,f(x)=\underset{x\to \frac{\pi }{4}}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{1-\sqrt{2}\sin x}{\pi -4x}\] \[=\underset{x\to \frac{\pi }{4}}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{-\sqrt{2}\cos x}{-4}\] (by L Hospitals rule) \[=\frac{\sqrt{2}.\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}}{4}=\frac{1}{4}\] Since,\[f(x)\] is continuous at\[x=\frac{\pi }{4}.\] \[\therefore \]  \[\underset{x\to \frac{\pi }{4}}{\mathop{\lim }}\,f(x)=f\left( \frac{\pi }{4} \right)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{1}{4}=a\]


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