JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 2 · Mathematics · Differentiation and Application of Derivatives · medium
Consider four real functions, each defined on the whole real line, and examine differentiability at the stated point. Which conclusions hold?
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Consider four real functions, each defined on the whole real line, and examine differentiability at the stated point. Which conclusions hold?
A.g(x)=(x2−1)∣x−1∣ is differentiable at x=1
B.h(x)=∣x∣cosx is differentiable at x=0
C.p(x)=max{sinx,cosx} is differentiable at x=π/4
D.q(x)={xsin(1/x),0,x=0x=0 is differentiable at x=0
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Answer:A
(A) g(x)=(x−1)(x+1)∣x−1∣. Near 1, g(x)=±(x+1)(x−1)2, so hg(1+h)−g(1)=±(2+h)h→0 from both sides; the one-sided derivatives agree, so g is differentiable. True. (B) xh(x)−h(0)=x∣x∣cosx→+1 from the right and −1 from the left; false. (C) At π/4 the two functions cross with slopes cos4π=21 and −sin4π=−21, giving a corner; false. (D) The difference quotient is sin(1/h), which oscillates between −1 and 1 and has no limit; false. Only A is correct. Remember the test: a function with a modulus factor is differentiable at the zero of the modulus only if the other factor also vanishes there, and the oscillating example fails because no limit exists.