CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    If\[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    \frac{x-1}{2{{x}^{2}}-7x+5}, & for\,x\ne 1  \\    -\frac{1}{3}, & for\,x=1  \\ \end{matrix} \right.\], then\[f(1)\]is equal to

    A)  \[-\frac{1}{9}\]                

    B)         \[-\frac{2}{9}\]

    C)  \[-13\]                

    D)         \[\frac{1}{3}\]

    E)  None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[f(1)=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{f(1+h)-f(1)}{h}\] \[=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{\frac{1+h-1}{2{{(1+h)}^{2}}-7(1+h)+5}-\left( -\frac{1}{3} \right)}{h}\] \[=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{\frac{h}{2(1+{{h}^{2}}+2h)-7-7h+5}+\frac{1}{3}}{h}\] \[=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{\frac{h}{h(2h-3)}+\frac{1}{3}}{h}=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{\left( \frac{1}{2h-3}+\frac{1}{3} \right)}{h}\] \[=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left( \frac{3+2h-3}{3h(2h-3)} \right)=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left( \frac{2h}{3h(2h-3)} \right)\] \[=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{2}{3(2h-3)}=\frac{2}{3(-3)}=-\frac{2}{9}\]


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