CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2003

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    If\[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    \frac{2x-1}{\sqrt{1+x}-1}, & -1\le x<\infty ,x\ne 0  \\    k, & x=0  \\ \end{matrix} \right.\] is continuous everywhere, then k is equal to :

    A)  \[\frac{1}{2}\log 2\]      

    B)          \[\log 4\]

    C)  \[\log 8\]           

    D)         \[\log 2\]

    E)  none of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[\because \]\[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    \frac{{{2}^{x}}-1}{\sqrt{1+x-1}}, & x\ne 0  \\    k, & x=0  \\ \end{matrix} \right.\] \[\therefore \,\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\frac{{{2}^{x}}-1}{\sqrt{1+x}-1}\,=\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\frac{{{2}^{x}}\,{{\log }_{e}}2}{\frac{1}{2\sqrt{1+x}}}\]  (By LHospitals rule) \[=2{{\log }_{e}}2={{\log }_{e}}4\] \[\because \]\[f(x)\]is continuous at\[k=0\] \[\therefore \] \[\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,f(x)=f(0)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{\log }_{e}}4=k\]


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