DIFFERENTIABILITY JEE-MAIN-JR-MATHS VOL-IV

DIFFERENTIABILITY
SYNOPSIS W.E-2: f  x   sin x is differentiable at x= 0
 f is continuous at x = 0
Differentiability at a point :
 (i) A function f(x) is differentiable at a point W.E.-3: Examine the continuity and
differentiability of f  x   x at x = 0
Lt f  x   f  a 
x = a, if exists finitely and it
x a xa y x
Sol:
is denoted by f   a 
Lt f  x   f  a  Hence y  x is continuous everywhere but not
i.e f   a  
xa xa differentiable at x = 0
(ii)The right hand derivative of f(x) at x = a is ( sharp corner at x = 0)
denoted by f '  a   and is defined as W.E-4: Examine the continuity and
Lt f  a  h  f  a differentiability of y  sin x at
i.e f   a   
h0 h x  n , n  I
(iii) The left hand derivative of f  x  at x = a is Sol: It is clear from the graph that y  sin x is
denoted by f '  a   and is defined as continuous everywhere but not differentiable at
x  .....  2 ,   , 0,  , 2 ,.......... .
Lt f  a  h  f  a
i.e f   a   i.e., x  n , n  I
h 0 h
We observe that at all integral values of  , f has a
W.E.-1 : The differentiablity of sharp corner
  e1/ x  e1/ x  Y
 x , x  0
f  x     e1/ x  e 1/ x  at x = 0
 0 ,x 0
 Slope m1 Slope m2

f  0h  f  0 y  Sin x
Sol: We have f ' 0  lim

h0 h
X
2 2
 e 2/ h  1  0  1 Slope m1  Slope m2
 lim  2/ h   1
h 0 e 1  0 1

Differentiability of a function over an
f  0h  f  0 interval :
Similarly f ' 0   lim

1
h0 h  i) A function f  x  defined on an (a,b) is said to
 LHD  RHD
be differentiable in (a,b) if it is differentiable at
 f is not differentiable at x = 0
(iv)If f is differentiable at x = a then f is also each point of (a,b)
continous at x  a . However the converse need ii)A function f  x  defined on [a,b] is said to be
not be true. differentiable or derivable if
(v) If f is not continous at x = a then f is not
a) f is differentiable from the right at a.
differentiable at x = a
b) f is differentiable at every point on (a,b)
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c) f is differentiable from the left at b. Differentiability of Functional

iii)A function f is said to be a differentiable function, Equations
if it is differentiable at every point on its domain.  (i) if f( x + y) = f(x).f(y) then
iv)Exponential, logarithemic, trigonometric, inverse f '  x   f ' 0. f  x 
trigonometric functions are differentiable in their
' Lim f  x  h   f  x 
domain. Proof: f  x  
h0 h
v)Polynomial, constant functions are differentiable
at each point ‘x’ , where x  R Lim f  x   f  h   1
Standard Results =
h0 h
f x  g x  f x   g x  f x .g x 
= f  x  . f '  0
Differentiable Differentiable Differentiable Differentiable
(ii) Funtional equation relations.
Differentiable Non Non
May bo or not
Differentiable Differentiable
a) f  x  y   f  x  . f  y  x, y
Non Non May bo or not May bo or not
Differentiable Differentiable
 f  x   a x  a  0
. i) x  a is not diffrentiable at x = a
b) f  x  y  f  x  f  y x, y R
ii)  x  a n x  a is diffrentiable when n  1 and
is not differentiable when n < 1  f x   kx
iii) Sgn  x  a  is not differentiable at x = a c) f  xy   f  x  . f  y  x, y  R
n 1 n 1
iv) x sin , x cos are differentiable when n>1  f x   x n
x x
and are not differentiable when n  1
d) f  xy   f  x   f  y  x, y  R 
v)  x ,  x  are not differentiable at all intergral
points of x  f  x   k log x  x  0 
d   x d
vi)   x  f  t  dt  f    x     x   1 1
dx dx e) f  x  f    f  x   f   x  R  0
x  x
d
f   x     x 
dx  f  x   1  xn
W.E.-5 : Let f:R  R is differentiable function &
f x  mx  ny  m f  x   n f  y 
2t (f) f   ,m+n  0
f(1)= 4 then g  x  = xLt  dt =  m  n  mn
1
4 x -1
f  x  f  x  ax  b
f  x
2t 4 2tdt W.E-6: If f(x+y) = f(x).f(y)  x, y  R, f(5) = 2,
Sol : g  x   lim dt  lim
x 1  x  1
4
x 1 x 1 f '  0   3 then f '  5  = [AIEEE 2002]
Apply L-Hospital rule
Sol: f '  x   f '  0  . f  x 
f  x  f '  x   4.0
= 2 lim
1 f '  5   f '  0  . f  5  = (3)(2) = 6
x 1

 lim 2 f  x  f '  x  = 2f  1 f '  1 =8 f ' 1

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C.U.Q. LEVEL-I(C.W.)
1. If both f (x) & g(x) are differentiable functions DIFFERENTIABILITY AT A POINT
at x = x0, then the function defined as, h(x) =
Maximum {f(x), g(x)} : 1. Let f(x)= x 3 2 - x 3 + x 2 then
1) is always differentiable at x = x0 1) LHD at x=0 exist but RHD at x=0 does not
2) is never differentiable at x = x0 exist
2) f(x) is not differentiable at x=0
3) is differentiable at x = x0 when f(x0)  g(x0) 3) RHD at x=0 exist but LHD at x=0 does not
4) can not be differentiable at x = x0 if exist
4) f(x) is differentiable and continuous at x=0
f(x0) = g(x0) .
1 1
2. If f(x) differentiable everywhere then  a x - a- x 
1) |f(x)| is differentiable everywhere 2. If f  x = x. 1x - 1x  ,x  0(a>0), f(0)=0
 a +a 
2) |f|2 is differentiable everywhere then
3)  f  x is differentiable everywhere 1) f is differentiable at x=0
4) Sgn  f  x  is differentiable everywhere
2) f is not differentiable at x=0
3) f is not continuous at x=0
3. If f(x) = (x - a) g(x) and g(x) is continuous at x
= a, then f '  a = 4) limf
x0
 x does not exists
1) a g(a) 2) g '  a  3) g(a) 4) ag '  a  2
 x , if x  x0
4. If f  x  = sgn  x  then f ' 0 = 3. Let f(x)= ax+b,if x > x . If f is differentiable
 0
1) 0 2) -1 3) 1 4) does not exist at x 0 then
5. If f  0   0 , f '  0   2 then derivative of
1) a  x0 , b   x0 2) a  2 x0 , b   x0 2
y  f  f  x  at x = 0 is
3) a  2 x0 , b  x0 2 4) a  x0 , b  x0 2
1) 1 2) 2 3) 4 4) 8
C.U.Q - KEY 4. Let f(x)=|x-a|  (x), where  is a continuous
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 3 function and  (a)  0. Then
C.U.Q - HINTS 1) f   a       a  2) f is differentiable at x=a
1. Consider the graph of h(x) = max(x, x2) at x = 0
and x = 1 3) f   a       a  4) f   a      a 
for Differentiability : h (x) = max.(x2, – x2) 5. The left-hand derivative of f(x)=[x]sin  x at
2. Conceptual.
x = k, k is an integer is
3. By using f(a) = 0, we get f '  a = g  a
1) (-1)k(k-1)  2) (-1)k-1(k-1) 
0, x = 0 3) (-1)kk  4) (-1)k-1k 

f  x  = -1,x < 0
4. f (x) is not continuous at x=0 1 x  0
1,x > 0
 6. If f  x    2 then at x =0
x x  0
dy 1) f ' is differentialble 2) f is continuous
5.  f '  f  x   .f '  x 
dx 3) f is differentiable 4) f is not continuous

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7. If f(x)=|x - a |+ | x + b|, x  R,b>a>0. Then f  x0  h  f  x0  a  x 0  h   b  x 20
also, lim
h 0  h
 lim
h 0  h
1) f   a    1 2) f   a    0
2 2
x 0  ah  x
 lim 0
=a( x 2
 ax 0  b )
3) f   b    0 4) f   b    1 h 0  h 0

2
DIFFERENTIABILITY OVER AN  x 0  h  x 02
thus a  f  x    '
0 lim
h 0  h
 2x 0
INTERVAL
hence x 20  2x 20  b then b   x 2
0

 x x <1 a  h  a  a  h  0
 4. f '  a    lim
Let   
f x = 2- x 1 x 2 h 0  h
8. then f(x) is h  a  h
2
-2+3x - x x > 2 = lim
h 0  h
 lim   a  h     a 
h0 

1) differentiable at x=1
similarly f  a     a  '

2) differentiable at x=2
3) differentiable at x=1 and x=2 5 . Clearly f(k)=0, so the left hand derivative is equal
4) not differentiable at x=0
f k  h   f k 
2 to lim
x 2 0<x  1 h 0  h
9. Let f  x =  2 then which is k  h sin k  h     k  1 sin  k  h 
2x -3x+3 1<x<2 = lim
h 0  h
lim
h 0  h
correct k  1 1
k
sinh 
 lim (since h < 0) =  k  1  1 k

1) f is continuous in [0,2] h0  h

2) f ' is continuous in [0,2] 6. f 0   f 0 

3) f  x  is discontinuous at x  1  - 2 , if x < -b

f '  x  = 0, if - b  x  a
7. 2, if x > a
; f '  a    2, f '  b    0
4) x Lt f  x  = Lt f  x  
 1+ x  1-
10. Let f(x)=asin|x|+be|x| is differentiable when 1,

if x < 1
1) a = -b 2) a = b 3) a = 0 4) b = 0 f   x  = -1, if 1  x  2
8. 3 - 2x, if x > 2
LEVEL - I (C.W)-KEY 

1) 3 2) 2 3 )2 4) 4 5) 1 6) 4 f ' 1    1, f ' 1    1, f '  2    1, f '  2    1

7) 3 8) 2 9) 3 10) 1 f ' 2    f ' 2 

LEVEL - I (C.W)-HINTS 9. Lim f  x   1/ 2 ; Lim f  x   2

x  1 x  1
1. f(x)= x - x + x
3
2 3 2
x x
 a sin x  be if x  0
 
 a cos x  be if x  0
 L.H.D at x= 0 does not exist as Df=[0,  ) 10. f(x)= a sin x  be x ; f ' x    x
 if x  0 a cos x  be if x  0
x(a 1/ x - a -1/ x ) x(1 - a -2 / x )
2. lim f(x) = lim
x 0+ x 0+ a1/ x + a -1/ x = xlim
 0+ 1 + a -2 / x
=0 then f  0   a  b and f  0    a  b
' '

If a=-b, then f  0   f  0   ' '

 a2/ x -1 
also, lim f(x)= lim x  2/ x  = 0
x0- x0-
 a -1  LEVEL-I(H.W.)
so f is continuous at x=0
h(a 1/ h - a -1/ h ) 1 - a -2 / h DIFFERENTIABILITY AT A POINT
f ' (0+) = lim = xlim =1
x 0+ h(a 1/ h + a -1/ h )  0+ 1+ a -2 / h 1. Let f(x)=|x-1|+|x+1|
similarly f ' (0-) = -1 hence ,f is not differentiable 1) f(x) is differentiable at x  1
at x=0 2) f(x) is not differentiable at x  1
3. Since f is differentiable so it is continuous also, 3) f(x) is neither continuous nor differentiable at
abhha b
= Lim
h0 h
0 x  1
x 2 0  f  x 0   lim f  x   ax 0  b
4) f(x) is not continuous at x=0
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 0 x  0 DIFFERENTIABILITY OVER AN
2. Let f  x    x 2  x  0 then  x  R INTERVAL

1) f is differentiable 9. The set of all points where the function
2
2) f,f ’ both are continuous f  x   1  e  x is differentiable is
3) f is differentiable, f ’ is continuous
1)  0,   2)  ,  
4) All of these
3)  ,    0 4)  ,    0,1, 2
 x
 1 , x  0
f  x   1  2 x 10. The set of all points where f  x   2 x x is
3. Let  0
then
 x 0
differentiable
1) LHD f(x) at x=0 is 1
1)  ,   2)  ,    0
2) RHD of f(x) at x=0 is not equal to zero
3) f(x) is differentiable at x=0 3)  0,  4) [0, )

f  x  1
LEVEL-I (H.W)-KEY
4) xLt
0 1) 2 2) 4 3 )1 4) 2 5) 1
4. If f(x)=|log10x| then at x=1 6) 2 7) 3 8) 2 9) 3 10) 1
1) f is not continuous LEVEL-I (H.W)-HINTS
2) f is continuous but not differentiable  2x, if x  1 2, if x  1
 
3) f is differentiable f  x    2 , if  1  x  1  f '  x    0, if  1  x  1
1. 2x , if x  1  2, if x  1
 
4) the derivative is 1
  , f '   1   0 , f ' 1   0 , f ' 1   2
f '  1   2
 x  4 for x  1
5. f  x   3 2 , then  f(x) is not differentiable at x=  1
 x 2  x  3x  1 2 for x  1 0 x  0 0 x  0
2. f(x)=  x 2
 f' x  
1) f(x) is continuous at x=1 and x=4 x  0 2x x  0

2) f(x) is differentiable at x=4 ''  0 x  0

then f  x   2 x  0
3) f(x) is continuous and differentiable at x=1
4) f(x) is only continuous at x=1 f   0    f   0    0 and
f   0    0, f   0    2
f 3  h2   f 3  h2 
6. If f '  3  2 , then Lim is f and f  are differentiable
h 0 2h2 

1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 1/2 x
0
f  x  f 0  1

7. If [ . ] denote the greatest integer function and 3. f '  0    lim  lim 1  2

x

x0 x 0 x  0 x
2
f  x    tan x  , then 1 1
= 1 2 1 
1  2
1
f  x  does not exist
0

1) Lim
x 0 x
2) f is not continuous at x = 0 0
f  x   f 0 1

 lim 1  2
x
f '  0    lim
3) f  x  is differentiable at x = 0 x0 x0 x  0  x

4) f '  0   1 = 1 2
1
1 
1
0
0
1  2
8. If f  x   x e x , then at x = 0
 L.H.D of f(x) at x=0 is 1
1) f is continuous
4. Since g(x)=|x| is continuous but not differentiable
2) f is continuous but not differentiable
3) f is differentiable at x=0, so f is continuous but not differentiable for
4) the derivative is 1 log10x=0 i.e for x=1

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5. Since g(x)=|x| is a continuous function and

lim f  x   3  lim f  x  , so f is continous function. In
LEVEL-II(C.W.)
x 1 x 1

particular f is continuous at x=1 and x=4) f is DIFFERENTIABILITY AT A POINT

clearly not differentiable at x=4) Since g(x)=|x| is  1 2
not differentiable at x=0. Now   2 x , for x  1
f  x  
f 1  h   f 1 3  h  3 1. If  3 x 2  1, for x  1 , then
f ' 1    lim  lim  1
h 0  h h 0  h  2
 12 1  h
3 2
 1  h   3 1  h    12   3 1) f is differentiable everywhere on R
f ' 1    lim
h 0  h 2) f ' 1    1 and f ' 1    0
3) f ' 1    1 and f ' 1    3
 12   h3  3h2  3h   h2  2h  3h 5 4) f ' 1    1 and f ' 1    1
= lim
h 0  h

2
x x
2. If f ( x)  then derivative of f(x) at
 f 3  h   f 3  h 2 2
  x2
6. lim  x=0 is
h 0  2h 2 
  1) 0 2) 1 3) 1/2 4) does not exist
3. Let f and g be differentiable functions
1  f  3 h   f  3 f  3  h   f  3 
2 2 satisfying g  a   b,g'  a   2 and fog=I(identity
 lim  lim  function). Then f ' b is equal to
2 h0 h2 h0 h2  1) 1/ 2 2) 2 3) 2 / 3 4) 3

2
4. Let f(x)=x |x| then the set of values where f(x)
1 1 is three times differentiable is

2

f '  3     f '  3    2 f '  3   2
2
 1) Infinite 2) 2 3) 3 4) 0
2
5. If f(x)=p|sin x| + qe |x|+r|x| 3 and f(x) is
7. 0  x   / 4 ,  tan x   0 . Also tan 2 x is an differentiable at x=0, then
even function 1) q+r=0; p is any real number
2) p+q=0; r is any real number
 f  0  x  f  0  f  h   f 0 3) q=0, r=0; p is any real number
lim    lim 0
x0
 x  h 0 h 4) r=0,p=0; q is any real number

 f is continuous at x = 0 and differentiable 3x  2, x  1


x = 0. Also f '  0   0 6. If f  x    1 x 2  7, x  1 , then which of the
 2
 xe x
8. L.H .D  lim  1 following is not true
x 0  x
1) f ' 1    1 2) f ' 1    3
x
xe 3) f ' 1    f ' 1    1
R.H .D  lim  1
x 0 x 4) f is not differentiable at x = 1
2 sin 4  x 
xe x
f '  x  7. Let f(x)= 1  x 2 ,where  x is the greatest
9.
1 e x
2 is not differentiable only at x = 0  
integer less than or equal to x, then
 2x2 x  0 1) f(x) is not differentiable at some points
10. f  x    2 is differentiable everywhere. 2) f(x) exists but is different from zero
2x x  0 3) LHD (at x = 0) = 0, RHD (at x = 1) = 0
4) f  x  =0 but f is not a constant function
'

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8. The function given by y  x  1 is 14. If f : R  R be a differentiable function, such

differentiable for all real numbers except the
that f  x  2 y   f  x   f  2 y   4 xy for all
points
1) 0,1, 1 2) 1 3) 1 4) 1 x, y  R then
9. If f : R  R is an even function which is twice
1) f  1  f   0   1 2) f  1  f   0   1
differentiable on R and f ''    1
then f ''    is 3) f   0   f  1  2 4) f   0   f  1  2
1) -1 2) 0 3) 1 4) 2 15. Let f be a differentiable function satisfying the
DIFFERENTIABILITY OVER AN  x  f  x
INTERVAL condition f 
 y  f  y , for all

10. Let a function y = f(x) be difined as x  2 t  t , x, y   0   R and f  y   0 . If f  1  2 , then

2
y  t  t t ,Where t  R then f(x) is f   x  is equal to
1) Continuous and differentiable in  1,1 f  x 2 f  x
1) 2 f  x  2) 3) 2xf  x  4)
2) Continuous but not differentiable in  1,1 x x
LEVEL-II (C.W)-KEY
3) Continuous  1,1 and differentiable in (-1,1) 1) 3 2) 1 3 ) 1 4) 1 5) 2 6) 3
only 7) 3 8) 1 9) 3 10) 1 11) 3 12) 3
13) 4 14) 4 15) 4
4) Discontinuous on  1,1
LEVEL-II (C.W)-HINTS
1,  2  x  0
11. Let f(x)=  x2  1, 0  x  2 and g(x)=|f(x)|+f|x|   x if x  1
1. f 'x   
then the number of points which g(x) is non 3x if x  1
differentiable, is
1) at most one point 2) 2 x x 
 0 
 f ( x)  f (0) 
3) exactly one point 4) infinite lim   lim  x  2 
2. f '0  x0  x  0  x0  x  0 

cos x , x  1
12. If f(x)=  x  2 , 1  x  2 , then f(x) is  

 
1) discontinuous and non-differentiable at x=-1 3. fog=I  fog  x   x for all x  f  g  x   g  x   1
' '

and x=1 for all x

1 1
2) continuous and differentiable at x=0  f '  g  a  = =  f ' b   1  g  a   b 
g'  a  2 2
3) not differentiable at x= 1/2
 x 3 , if x  0  6, if x  0
 
4) continuous but not differentiable at x=0 4. f(x)=  03 , if x  0 and f '''  x    0, if x  0
6 , if x  0
 x , if x  0 
DIFFERENTIABILITY OF
FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS f '''  0    f '''  0   f '''  x  is exists except at x=0

13. Let f(x+y)=f(x)f(y) and f(x)=1+xg(x)G(x),

 number of points = 
where lim g  x   a and
x0
lim G  x   b
x 0
. Then f '  x  is
equal to 5. For   2  x  0 ,f(x)= p sin x  qe x  rx3 , so

1) 1+ab 2) ab 3) f(x) 4) abf(x) = -p -q

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x
For 0  x   2 , f(x)=p sin x+qe +rx3,  2  x, 1 x  2
x
f (x)  f (0)  lim  p sin x  q  e  1   rx 2 
 1, 1/ 2  x  1
f ' (0)  lim     =p+q 
 x  x 
x 0 
x 0  x 0 
 0, 0  x  1/ 2
For f to be diffentiable at x=0,we must have 
p+q = - p -q  p + q =0.  1, x0
 0, 1 / 2  x  0
 3, if x  1 
6. f 'x    1, 1 / 2  x  1/ 2
 x, if x  1
It is evident from the definition that f(x) is
sin 4  x  discontinuous at x=1/2
7. We have 2
 0, x f  x  h  f  x  f  x  h  f  x 
1   x 13. f '  x   lim
h 0 h
 lim
h 0 h

[ 4  x  is an integral multiple of '  ' ]  f  x  y   f  x  f  y 

f h   1 1  hg  h  G  h   1
 f  x  lim  f  x  lim
 f  x   0 for all x h 0 h h 0 h

 f  x  lim g  h  G h   f  x  lim G h  lim g h   abf  x 

h 0 h 0 h 0

8. 14. f  x  2 y   f  x   f  2 y   4xy for all x, y  R

(1, 0) 0 (1, 0)

putting x = y = 0, we get f  0   0
9. f : R  R is an even function Now, f  x  2 y   f  x   f  2 y   4 xy
f '  x  is an odd function f  x  2 y  f  x f 2y
  2x 
Hence f ''  x  is even 2y 2y
f  x  2 y   f  x
f ''     f ''    1  lim
y 0 2y
10. When t  0 ,
 f  2 y   f  0 
we have x  2t  t and  lim 2 x  
y 0
 2y 
y  t 2  t 2  2t 2  y  2 x 2 , x  0
When t<0, we have  f   x   2 x  f   0  for all x
x = 2t +t = 3t and y = t2 - t2 = 0  y =0 for all  f  1  2  f   0 
x <0
 x  f  x
1, 2 x0 15. f  y   f y , replacing x and y both by 1,
11.

f  x   1  x 2 ,0  x  1    
 2
O  x  1,1  x  2 we get
and f  x   x 2
 1, 2  x  2 f 1
f 1   f 1  1
f 1
x2 , 2 x 0

 g  x   0, 0 x 1 f  x  h  f  x
 Now f   x   lim
 2

2 x  1 ,1  x  2 h 0 h
(by adding the function in proper domains)  f  x  h 
 g  x  is differentiable everywhere except at x=1   1
 f  x 
 f   x   f  x  lim  
 cos  x  x 1
h 0
 h 
12. We have, f  x    x  2 1 x  2
 

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1
  xh   cos x  sin x for x  0
 f    1 6. If f  x    the value of
 f   x   f  x  lim   x    k for x  0

h 0
 h  k, so that f is differentiable at x=0 is
 
1
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2
4) 2
 h 7. If 0<a<1 and f is defined as
f 1    f 1
f  x  x
 f  x  lim a
x if x  0
x h 0 h f  x   then
x 0 if x  0
1) f is differentiable at x=0
f  x 2 f  x
 f  x  f  1  2)f is not continuous
x x 3) f is not differentiable at x=0
4) f is bounded
LEVEL-II(H.W.)
 1, x0
DIFFERENTIABILITY AT A POINT 8. If f(x)= 1 sinx, 0  x   , then derivative of
 2

   f(x) at x=0
1. If f  x   x  sin x for x    ,  , then its 1) is equal to 1 2) is equal to 0
 2 2
left hand derivative at x = 0 is (Eam-2011) 3) is equal to -1 4) does not exist
1) 0 2) -1 3) -2 4) -3 DIFFERENTIABILITY OVER AN
2. The function INTERVAL
f  x    x 2  1 x 2  3x  2  cos  x  9. Let h(x)=min{x,x2} for x   . Then which of the
following is correct
is not differentiable at
1) h is continuous for allx
1) x=-12) x=0 3) x=1 4) x=2
2) h is differentiable for all x
 sin x 2  5 x  6 3) h’(x)=1 for all x>1

f  x    x 2  5 x  6 , x  2,3 4) h is not a differentiable at 2 values of x
3. Let
  x
 1 , x  2 or 3 10. Let f  x  3  x 1
then f(x) is
the set of all points where f is differentiable is 7  x 1  x  7
1)  ,   2)  ,    2 1) continuous  1  x  7 but not differentiable
3)  ,    3 4)  ,    2,3 at x=1
4. f  
x  cos x is not differentiable for the 2) continuous -1  x<7 & differentiable at x=1
3) neither continuous in [-1,7)nor
points given by x  differentiable at x=1
 4) continuous & differentiable at x=1
1) 2)  2n  1  , n  I
2 DIFFERENTIABILITY OF
 FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS
3)  2n  1 n  I 4) 0
2 11. If f  x  y   2 f  x  f  y  all x, y  R where
5. Let ‘f ’ be a function defined by
2 f  sin x   f  cos x   x, x then set of points f   0   3 and f  4  2 , then f   4  is equal to
where ‘f’ is not differentiable is 1) 6 2) 12 3) 4 4)3
1) Set of all natural numbers 12. Let f(x+y)=f(x)f(y) and f(x)=1+(sin2x)g(x) where
2) Set of all irrational numbers g(x) is continuous. Then f 1 (x) equals
1) f(x)g(0) 2) 2f(x)g(0)
3) 0,1, 1 4) 1, 1
3) 2g(0) 4) 2f(0)
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LEVEL-II (H.W)-KEY From the graph it is clear that h is continuous.

1) 3 2) 4 3)4 4) 3 5) 4 6) 2 Also h is differentiable except possible
7) 3 8) 4 9) 4 10) 3 11) 2 12) 2 at x=0 and 1

LEVEL-II (H.W)-HINTS 1, x  1

' 
h ( x)  2 x, 0  x  1
1. x  0 ,f  x   x  sin x 1 x  0

2. By verification f '  2    f '  2  
h(1  t)  h(1) 1  t 1
 f(x) is not differentiable at x=2 for x=1, h '
(1 )  lim
t 0  t
 lim
t 0 t
1

3. The function is clearly differentiable except h(1  t)  h(1)

(1  t) 2
1
possible at x =2,3 but h (1)  lim
'

t
 lim
t 0 t t 0 
 2

f (2  h)  f (2) sin h (1  h)  h(1  h) so h is not differentiable at 1

f ' (2 )  lim  lim
h 0  h h 0  h 2 (1  h) similarly h ' (0)  0 but h ' (0)  1
 sin h(1  h)  1 x
  lim   1 which is does not exist 3 x 1
10. f  x  
h 0 
 h(1  h) h 7  x 1  x  7
4. f is not differentiable at all points where cosx = 0
 
f ' 1  3log 3, f ' 1   0-1=-1 f ' 1    f ' 1  
5. 2 f  sin x   f  cos x   x (1)  f(x) is not differentiable at x=1
Hence f is not differentiable at x=1

Replacing ‘x’ by x, f  4  h  f 4
2 11. f   4   lim

h 0 h
2 f  cos x   f  sin x   x (2) f  4  h  f  4  0
2  f   4   lim

h 0 h
Solving(1) and (2) 3 f  sin x   3x  2 f  4 f  h   2 f  4 f  0
2  f   4  lim

h0 h
(or) f  sin x   x   f  h   f  0 
6  f   4   lim 2 f  4   
h 0
 h0 
 f  x   Sin 1 x  
6 f  h   f  0
f   4   4 lim
1 h0
h 0
f  x  is not differentiable at
1 x 2
 4 f   0   4  3  12
x = 1,-1 f  x  h  f  x  f  x  f h   f  x 
1
12. f '  x   lim
h 0 h
 lim
h 0 h
6. lim  cos x  sin x
k f h   1 1   sin 2h  g h   1
x 0
 f  x  lim  f  x  lim
h 0 h h 0 h
 tan x
lim  1sin x log cos x   lim
k  ex 0 e x  0 cos x
 e0  1  f  x  lim
sin2h
.lim g  h   2f  x  g  0 
h 0 h h 0
xa  0 1
7. f '  0    lim  lim 1a LEVEL-III
x 0 x  0 x 0 x

0<a<1  (1-a)>0  f  0    , does not exist
' 1. If f  x   cos x  sin x , then f '   
4
 d  1) 2 2)  2 3) 0 4) does not exists
8. We have (LHD at x=0)=  dx 1  x 0
0
2. Let f(x) be a polynomial of degree two which
 x, x  1 is positive for all x  R.
 g  x   f  x   f   x   f   x   f   x   x2 f iv  x  ,
h ( x)   x 2 , 0  x  1
9. then for any real x
 x, x  0
 1) g(x)<0 2) g(x)>0 3) g(x)=0 4) g(x)  0

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3. Let f:R  R & g:R  R be defined by 10. Given that f(x) is a differentiable function of
g(x)=xf(x) then x and that f(x).f(y)=f(x)+f(y)+f(xy)-2 and that
1) g is a differentiable function
f(2)=5. Then f 1 (3) is equal to
2) g is differentiable at 0 if f is continuous at 0
3) g is a constant function 1) 6 2) 24 3) 15 4) 19
4) f is a differentiable function 11. If f(x+y+z) = f(x).f(y).f(z) for all x,y,z and
4. Let f(x)=|[x]x|, for -1  x  2 Where [] f(2)=5, f  0  =3, then f ' (2) equals
represents the integral part function then 1) 15 2) 9 3) 16 4) 6
1) f(x) is discontinuous at x=0
12. Suppose that f is a differentiable function with
2) f(x) is differentiable at x=1
3) f(x) is not differentiable at x=2 the property that f(x+y) =f(x)+f(y)+xy and
1
4) f(x) is differentiable at x=2 lim f  h   3 , then
h 0 h

5. The function f(x)=|x3| is 1) f is a linear function 2) f(x)=3x+x2

1) differentiable everywhere 3) f(x)=3x+ x 2 4) f(x)=3x- x 2
2 2

2) continuous but not differentiable at x=0

 x  y  f  x  f  y 
3) not a continuous function 13. if f    x, y  R
4) a function with range (0,  )  2  2
6. Which of the following function is and f  0  1, f 0  1, then f 2 
differentiable at x=0
1 1
2) 
1) cos  x   x 2) cos  x   x
1) 3) 1 4) -1
2 2
14. Let f(x) be differentiable function such that
3) sin  x   x 4) sin  x   x  x y  f  x 1
f   f  x  f  y  x and y. If lt  then
7. The set of all points differentiability of the  1  xy  x 0 x 3

x 1 x f ' 1 equals

function f(x)= x
for x  0 and f(0)=0 is
1 1 1 1
1) (-  ,  ) 2) [0,  ) 3)(0,  ) 4) (-  ,  )~{0} 1) 2) 3) 4)
4 6 12 8
8. For what triplets of real numbers (a,b,c) with 15. Let f(x) be defined for all x>0 and be
a  0 the function f(x) x
f   =f(x)-f(y) for
continuous. Let f(x) satisfy
 y
 x x 1
 2 all x,y and f (e)=1 Then which of the following
 ax  bx  c otherwise may be true
is differentiable for all real x 1) f(x) is bounded 2) f( 1 x )  0 as x  
' 1
1)  a,1  2a, a  a  R, a  0 3) x f(x)  1 as x  0+ 4) f  x  
x
2)  a,1  2a, c  a, c  R, a  0  A  sin  x  B  , x  1
1

16. Let f(x)=  x, x  1

is differentiable

3)  a, b, c  a, b, c  R, a  b  c  1 then
1) A=-1,B=-1 2) A=1,B=-1
4)  a,1  2a,0  a  R, a  1 3) A=B=1 4) A=0,B=1
 x 2  1, x1

9. Let f(x)=

x 3e
1
x
4
1
 ,x  0 and f(0)=0 then 17. Let f(x)= k  x  1 , x  1 then

x
2e 1) f is continuous for only finitely many values of k
1) f is not continuous 2) f is discontinuous at x=1
2) f is continuous but not differentiable at x=0 3) f is differentiable only when k=2
3) f '  0  exist 4) f '  0   =2 4) there are infinitely many values of k for which f
is differentiable

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 n 1
 x sin , x  0
 1  x  c 
18. Let f(x)=  x , then f(x) is continuous
 0 ,x0 b sin  2  ,  1  x  0
  
but not differentiable at x=0 if 2
 1 at x0
1) n  (0,1] 2) n  [1,  ) 24. f  x   
2
3) n  (-  ,0) 4) n=0  ax
 2
x  e 1 1
  1  1  t  dt if x  2
0 x
 x 2
19. Let f(x)=  0 , then
 5x  7 if x  2
1
1) f is not continuous at x=2 If f(x) is differentiable at x =0 and c  then
2
2) f is continuous but not differentiable at x=2 1) a = 1 and 64b2 + c2 = 4
3) f is differentiable everywhere 2) a = 0 and 64b2 + c2 = 2
3) a = 2 and 64b2 + c2 = 1
4) f ’(2+) does not exist 4) a = 3 and 64b2 + c2 = 3
20. The values of a and b such that the function f 25. The function f defined by
ax 2  b, x  1
defined as f  x    1 is  sin x 2
 x , x 1  for x  0
f  x   x is
differentiable are  0 for x  0

1) a=1,b=-1 2) a= 1 2 ,b= 1 2
1) continuous and derivable at x=0
3) a= 1 2 ,b= 3 2 4) a= 3 2 ,b= 3 2 2) neither continuous nor derivable at x=0
3) continuous but not derivable at x=0
 sin3 x 2 4) continuous but not derivable at x=1
 x  0
21. Let the function f x   x
 0 x  0  x2
  , x  2
 tan1  x  2 
1) is continuous but not derivable at x=0 26. If f(x)=  , then f(x) is
 2 , x  2
2) neither continuous nor differentiable at x=0
1) continuous at x = -2
3) continuous but not differentiable at x=1
2) not coninuous at x = -2
4) continuous and differentiable at x=0 3) differentiable at x = -2
4 2
 x  x  x  2 for x  1 4) continuous but not derivable at x = -2
22. The function f(x)= 3x3  x 2  x for x  1
is
  x
 2 ,x  0
27. If a function f(x) is defined as f(x)=  x
1) continuous everywhere
 0 ,x  0
2) differentiable everywhere
then
3) differentiable at x=1
1) f(x) is continuous at x=0 but not differentiable at x=0
4) such that f ' exists everywhere but f '' is not
2) f(x) is continuous as well as differentiable at x=0
continuous at x=1 3) f(x) is not continuous at x=0
 sin 2x if
6 0 x  4) f(x) is continuous everywhere
23. Let f(x) be defined by f  x   ax  b if   x  1 28. At the point x=1, the function
 6 
 x 3  1; for 1  x  
The values of a and b such that f and f ' are f(x) =  x  1; for    x  1 is
continuous, are
1) continuous and differentiable
1 1 1
1) a = 1, b = 2 + 
6 2) a = 2 ,b= 2 2) continuous and not differentiable
3) a = 1, b = 3 - 6 4)a = 3 ,b = 3 + 6 3) discontinuous and differentiable
2 2 2
4) discontinuous and not differentiable
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 1 37. If f(x)= x  2 2x  4  x  2 2x  4 then f(x) is

 x  1 sin , if x  1 differentiable on
29. Let f  x    x 1
1)  ,   2)  2,   4 3)  2,   4) (0,  )
0 , if x  1 38. Let f(x)=(x+|x|)|x|, then for all x
Then which one of the following is ture? 1) f is continuous for some x
[AIEEE 2008] 2) f is differentiable for some x
1) f is neither differentiable at x  0 nor at x  1 3) f  is continuous 4) f  is continuous
2) f is differentiable at x  0 and at x  1 39. If f(x)= x  x  x  1 then
3) f is differentiable at x  0 but not at x  1
4) f is differentiable at x  1 not at x  0 1) f is continuous but not differentiable at x=0
2) f is differentiable at x=0
f  x   f c  3) f is differentiable but not continuous at x=0
30. If lim
xc xc
exists finitely, then
4) f is not differentiable at x=0
1) lim f  x   f  c  2) lim f '  x   f '  c  40. The number of points at which the function
xc xc
f(x)=|x-0.5|+|x-1|+tanx does not have a
3) lim f  x  does not exist
xc
derivative in the interval (0,2) is
4) lim f  x  may or may not exist
xc
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
31. Let f(x) be a function differentiable at x=c. 41. Suppose f  x  is differentiable at x  1
Then lim f  x  equals
xc
1
1 and lim f 1  h   5, then f ' 1 equals
1) f  c 
'
2) f  c 
''
3) f c  4) f(c) h0 h
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 6
32. If x+4|y|=6y, then y as a function of x is x
1) continuous at x=0 2) derivable at x=0 42. The set of poits where f  x   1  x is
dy 1 dy
3) dx
= 2 for all x 4) dx
=0 for all x differentiable is
33. The set onto which the derivative of the 1)  ,0    0,   2)  , 1   1,  
function f(x)=x(logx -1) maps the set [1,  ) is
1) [1,  ) 2) (0,  ) 3) [0,  ) 4) (0,0) 3)  ,   4)  0, 
2x
 e x  0
43. Let f : R  R be a funtction defined by
34. Let g(x)= e2x then g(x) does not
 x  0 f  x   min  x  1, x  1 , Then which of
satisfies the condition the following is true? [AIEEE - 2007]
1) continuous x  R 1) f  x  is differentiable everywhere
2) not differentiable at x=0 2) f  x  is not diffferentiable at x  0
3) continuous x  R & non differentiable at x=0 3) f  x   1 for all x  R
4) g(x) is continuous & differentiable everywhere 4) f  x  is not differentaible at x  1
  x  5 3 
35. If the function f(x)=  A  sin(x-5) 44. If funcion f  x  is differentiable at
 
+acos(x-2), where [.] denotes the greatest x2 f  a   a2 f  x 
x  a, then lim is :
integer function and a R ,is continuous and x a xa
differentiable in (7,9) then [AIEEE- 2011]
1) A  [8,64] 2) A  (0,8] 1)  a 2 f '  a  2) a f  a   a 2 f '  a 
3) A  [64,  ) 4) A  (0,0)
2
3) 2a f  a   a 2 f '  a  4) 2a f  a   a 2 f '  a 
36. Let f(x)=[x] + x ,where [ ] & { } respectively
denotes the greatest integer and fractional 45. If f :  1,1  R be a differentiable function
part of functions, then with f  0   1 and f '  0  1 . Let
1) f(x) is continuous at all integral points 2
2) f(x) is not differentiable x  I g  x    f  2 f  x   2  , then g '  0  is
3) f(x) is discontinuous as x  I-{1} equal to (AIEEE-2010)
4) f(x) is continuous & differentiable at x=0 1) 4 2) -4 3) 0 4) -2
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LEVEL-III - KEY  sin x  x x  0

1) 4 2) 2 3) 2 4) 3 5) 1 6) 4 f  x  sin x  x  
 sin x  x x  0
7) 4 8) 1 9) 2 10) 1 11) 1 12) 3
13) 4 14) 2 15) 4 16) 2 17) 3 18) 1 is differentiable at x=0
19) 2 20) 3 21) 4 22) 1 23) 3 24) 1 7. f  x  is not exist at x=0
'

25) 1 26) 2 27) 3 28) 2 29) 3 30) 1  f(x) is differentiable x   ,    0
31) 4 32) 1 33) 3 34) 3 35) 3 36) 3  1 x 1
37) 2 38) 3 39) 2 40) 3 41) 3 42) 3 8. f   x  
43) 1 44) 3 45) 2 2ax  b x  1
f is differentiable, then f  1   f  1 
 
LEVEL-III - HINTS
 1  2a  b  b  1  2a    (1)
cos x  sin x for x   0,  / 4 
1. f x   Given f(x) is continous at x =1 then 1 =a+b+c
sin x  cos x for x    / 4,  / 2 
  0
1

x 3e x
4 
 x 3e
 1x
4  0
2
2. Let f(x)=ax +bx+c. As f(x)>0 for all x  R, we 9. f ' 0   lim 2e
1
x
 lim 2  e x
1

x 0 x 0 x 0 x0
must have, a>0 and b2-4ac<0
3e   4
g( x) =ax 2 + bx +c+( 2ax+ b) +2 a+ 0+ (x 2 ) . 0 
2  e 
2

=ax2+(b+2a)x+b+c+2a
  0
1

x 3e x
4 x 3e 1
x
 4 0
Discriminant of g(x)=(b+2a)2-4a(b+c+2a) 2e
1
x
2  e x
1
'
f  0    lim  lim
x0 x  0
= -4a2+(b2-4ac)<0 x0 x 0

Thus g(x)>0 for x  R  4 

 3  1x  3
 e 
 lim   3
3. By options (2) is correct. x 0 2
1
1  f ' 0   f ' 0  
1
e x

  x,  1  x  0

 0, 0  x  1
then f is not differentiable at x=0 and continuous
4. f(x)=  x, 1  x  2 at x=0
 4 , 2  x  3 or x  2(as given) 10. We have, f  x  .f  y   f  x   f  y   f  xy   2
Now Lt f  x   0 , Lt f  x   0 then f(0)=0
x 0  x0
 x   f  x   f  1x   f 1  2
 f  x  .f 1

 f(x) is continuous at x=0  f  x .f  1   f  x   f  1 

x x
Again lt f  x   0 , lt f  x   lt x  1
x 1 x 1 x 1
(since f 1  2 putting x=y=1)
f(x) is discontinuous at x=1 so we say f(x) is non-
 f  x   x  1  f  2   x  1 (since f(2)=5)
n 2

differcutiavle at x =1
n2
Again lt f  x   lt x  2   f  x   i.e  4
x2 x 2 x 2
 f  x   x 2  1  f  3   10
 f(x) is discontinuous at x=2)
So non-differentiable at x=2 11. We have, f  x  y  z   f  x  f  y  f  z  for all x,y,z
 f  0   f  0  f  0 f  0  (putting x=y=z=0)
 x 3 if x  0

5. f(x)=|x3| then f  x    0 if x  0
 3

 f  0 1   f  0  
2
  0  f 0  1
 x if x  0
(  f  0   0  f  x   0 for all x)
f '  0    0;f '  0    0  f '  0    f '  0   Putting z=0 and y=2, we get
then f is differentiable at x=0 f  x  2  f  x  f  2  f  0   f  x  2  5f  x  for all x
i.e f is continuous at x=0 ' '
 f  2   5f  0   5  3  15
6. cos x = cosx is differentialbe at x=0, but x is hence f is differentiable everywhere
not differentiable at x=0, Hence 1 & 2 options f  x  h  f  x  f  x   f h   xh  f  x 
12. f '  x   lim  lim
are not correct. h 0 h h 0 h

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1 5  2  h  7  3
=  lim f h   x  3  x
h 0 h f '  2    lim 5
h 0  h
Hence f(x)=3x+ +c. Putting x=y=0 in the given x2
2 Hence f is continuous but not differentiable at x=2
equation, we have f(0)=f(0)+f(0)+0  f(0)=0. 20. Since every differentiable function is
Thus c=0 and f(x)=3x+ x2
2 continuous, so we must have
13. Take f(x) = ax+b lim f  x   f 1  a  b  1
x 1
 xy 
14. f   f  x   f  y   f  x   A tan1 x for f to be differentiable, f 1   f 1   ' '

 1  xy 
 a 1  h2  b  1  11  h  1
f x tan1 x 1  lim    lim 
Now, x 0
lt
x
 A lt
x 0 x
, A  1
3
 f  x 
3
tan1 x h0 
 h  h0  h


15. A function satisfying the given functional
equation is f(x)=log x. Clearly f(x) is not bounded  lim 

 a 2h  h2    lim h
h 0   h  h 0  h 1  h (as a-b=-1)

and f     logx  0 as x   .
1
x

 2a  1 , Hence a 1
2 and b  32
Also x f(x)=xlog x  1 as x  0 . But f  x   . ' 1
x

sin x 2  sin x 2 
In fact, it can be shown that any continuous 21. lim f  x   Lt 
x sin2 x 2  = Lt   2 2
 . Lt x sin x 
x 0 x 0 x2 x0 x 2  x 0
functions satisfying the given functional equation
is of the form k log x, for some k>0. = 0=f(0)
Since f(e)=1 so k=1 sin3 h2
0
and LHD at x=0 is f 0  h  0 h =0
Lt 
16. As x  1 sin 1  x  B  is defined when B = -1 h 0 h h

from the options.f is differentiable  f is RHD=0

continuous.  f(x) is differentiable at x=0
2
 x  1 if x  1  2x if x  1  x 4  x 2  x  2 for x  1
17. f  x   then f  x   k '
22. f(x)= 3x 3
 x2  x
k  x  1 if x  1 if x  1  for x  1

i.e 2(1)=k then k=2

f ' 1    f ' 1   4x 3  2x  1 for x  1
f ' x   2
18. since f(x) is continuous at x=0, therefore 9x  2x  1 for x  1

lim f  x   f  0   0  lim x n sin 1

x0 x0
 x  0  n  0 f ' 1    5,f ' 1    8  f ' 1    f ' 1  

f(x) is differentiable at x=0 if  f(x) is not differentiable at x=1

f  x   f 0 lim f  x   f 1

satisfied, then f is continuous at x=1
lim
x0
exists finitely x 1

 f(x) is continuous at everywhere

x0

x n sin  1x   0
 lim
x 0 x
exists finitely 23.
sin2x if 0  x   6
f  x   ,
ax  b if  6  x  1
 lim xn 1 sin  1 x  exists finitely  n  1  0  n  1
x 0
' 2cos 2x if 0  x   6
n 1
If n  1 , then lim x sin   does not exist and hence 1
x
then f  x    a if  6  x  1
x 0

f(x) is not differentiable at x=0 f and f' are continuous

hence f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at lim f  x   lim
x6  x 6
f  x  lim sin 2x  lim ax  b
x6 x 6

x=0 for 0  n  1 , i.e n   0,1

3 a 3 
x 1 x  bb 
2 6 2 6
19. For x>2,  1  1  t  dt   1  1  t  dt   1  1  t  dt
0 0 1
lim f '  x   lim f '  x  then lim 2 cos 2x  lim a
x6  
x 6 x 6 x 6
1 x 2
x
   2  t  dt   tdt  1  i.e. a=1
0 1
2

1  x2 2 , x  2 24. Find f   x  and f   0   f   0 

Thus, f  x  
5x  7,x  2
sin x 2
lim f  x   1  4 2  3  f  2   lim f  x  0
x2 x  2 25. f '  0   lim x 1
x0 x0
1  1
2 2  h   3 2
 12  h 2
 2h
f '  2    lim
h 0  h
 lim
h 0  h
2 then f is differentiable at x=0

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0
2  h  2  LHD at x=0 is 2e
=2
26. lim f  x   lim f  2  h   lim
x2 h 0 h 0 tan 1
 2  h  2  RHD at x=0 is -2e0 =-2
As LHD at x=0  RHD at x=0
h h
 lim
h 0
 lim
tan1  h  h 0 tan1 h 
 1  g(x) is not differentiable at x=0
2x 2x
Again Lt g  x   Lt e  1 and Lt g  x   Lt e
x 0  x 0 x 0 x 0
1
2  h  2
and lim f  x   lim f  2  h   lim
x2 h 0 h 0 tan1  2  h  2  Lt g  x   Lt g  x 
 x 0 x0

h  g(x) is continuous at x=0, more over g(x) is

 lim 1  lim f  x   lim f  x 
h 0 tan 1
h x  2 x2 continuous  x  R
so, f is neither continuous nor differentiable at x=-2 35. [x] is not conitnuous and differentiable at
integral values (points)
 x x 1, x  0

f  x    x2
,x0  ,x 0
 x

 1, x  0
So f(x) is continuous and differentiable in (7,9)
27. we have,  0, x  0  0, x  0  0, x  0
     x  5 3 
if    0  A  9  5 3  A  64  A  [64,  )
 A   
f(x) is not continuous at x=0
28. we have, lim f  x   lim  x  1  0 and
x 1 x 1
36. If k I
2
Lt f  x   k 2  0  Lt f  x    k  1  1
x 1 x 1

lim f  x   lim x 3  1  0 
. Also f 1  1  1  0 x k  x k 

so, f(x) is continuous at x=1)Clearly Lf 1  2 and ' Again Lt f  x   Lt f  x   f k 

x k  x k 

k2=(k-1)2+1  2k=2 then k=1

Rf 1  3 .Therefore, f  x  is not differentiable at x=1
'

i.e., f(x) is continuous at k=1 and no other integral

1  point.
1  h  1 sin  0 So f(x) is discontinuous for all integral points
29. Lf ' 1  lim  1  h 1 
except x=1
h 0 h
2
 2x  y 
1 1 37. f  x     2  2x  4
  lim sin similiraly Rf ' 1  lim sin 
 2 
h 0 h h  0 h
‘f’ is not differentiable at x=1, Clearly ‘f’ is  2x  4 
2

  2  2 2x  4
differentiable at x =0. 2
As Lf '  0   Rf '  0   Cos1  Sin1 1 
30. since f(x) is differentiable at x=c, therefore it is
 f x 
2
 2x-4  2   2x  4  2 


continuous at x=c. Hence lim f  x   f  c   dy 

 1 
dy
0
xc
  1
31. since f(x) is differentiable at x=c, therefore it is  dx  dx

continuous at x=c. Hence lim f  x   f  c  xc  4

if 2x  4  2  0 i.e 2x  4  2 i.e x  4
32. We have, x+4|y|=6y 
 2

 x  4y  6y, if y  0  f  x    x  2 if 2x  4  2 i.e 2x  8 i.e x  4
 
 x  4y  6y, if y  0 2 2 if 2  x  4

 12 x, if x  0  12 x, if x  0
y  y  f x  
1 x,if x  0
 10  110 x,if x  0 ' 1
Now f  x   2 x2
if 4x
clearly, y  f  x  is continuous at x=0 but it is not
differentiable at x=0 0 if 2  x  4
1
33.
1
f '  x   log x  1  x    log x
But when x=4, f  4   0 not defined '

x
 f(x) is differentiable on [2,4)  (4,  )
since log x is increasing function so f maps 1,  '
i.e x   2,    4
onto 0,
  x  x   x   0, x  0
e
2x

g  x    2 x
x0 38. We have, f  x    x  x  x  2x , x  0 2
34. Given e x0
, then 
As is evident from the graph of f(x) that it is
 2e2 x  x  0
g x =  2e 2x  x  0 continuous and differentiable for all x, also


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0, x  0
f ' x   2 xf  a   a 2 f '  x 
4x, x  0 lim
x a 1
clearly, f  x  continuous for all x but it is not
'

differentiable at x=0  2af  a   a 2 f '  a 

Y
Y
 
45. g ' x  2 f  2 f  x  2   f '  2 f  x   2  2 f '  x
1 2
f (x)=x

X1
f(x)=0
O
f(x)=4x
X
X1
f(x)=0
O
X  
g '  0   f  2 f  0  2   f '  2 f  0   2 2 f '  0

 2 f  0  f '  0  2 f '  0  2 1 1 21  4

Y1 Y1

fig( i) fig(ii) LEVEL-IV

39. we have f  x   x  x  x 1  Here each question contains two statements:
x  x 1 x  for Statement -1 (Assertion ) and Statement-2
 f ' x   x  x 1   2 x x 1
x  0, 1 . (Reason):
each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and
Also f  0    1 , so f(x) is differentiable and hence
'

(4) out of which, only one is correct

continuous at x=0
1) Statement-1 is true, statement -2 is true.
40. we have, f  x   x  0.5  x  1  tan x,0  x  2
Statement-2 is a correct exaplanation for
2x  1.5  tan x, 0  x  0.5 statement-1

 0.5  tan x, 0.5  x  1 2) Statement-1 is true, statement -2 is true.
2x  1.5  tanx, 1  x  2
 Statement-2 is not a correct exaplanation for
statement-1
It is evident from the above definition that
3) Statement-1 is true, statement -2 is false.
Lf '  0.5   Rf '  0.5  and Lf ' 1  Rf ' 1 . Also, the 4) Statement-1 is false, statement -2 is true.
function is not continuous at x   2 . So, it cannot x
be differentiable at three points 1. Statement-1: if y  f  x   1  x , x  R , then

' f 1  h  f 1 f(x) is differentiable everywhere.

41. f 1  lim
h0 h x
Statement-2: If f  x   1  x , x  R , then
f 1  h 
given that lim  5 and hence
h 0 h
 1
f 1  0  2
,x0
 1  x 
f 1  h  f   x  
f 1 1  lim 5  1 ,x  0
h 0 h  1  x 2

 x
 ;x  0
1  x  2
 

f '  x   2. Statement-1: If f  x    tan x  , x  0,  ,
 3
42.  x ;x 0
 1  x 2  
 then f    does not exist.
4
43. f  x   x  1,  x  R
 
x2 f  a   a2 f  x  Statement-2: Lf     
44. lim 4
x a xa
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1  dy
3.
n
Statement-1: f  x   x sin   is  x 1
x 2 dx
 Statement-1 is false
differentiable for all real values of x  n  2  . statement-2 is clearly true
Statement-2: For n  2 , right derivative = left 5. Statement-2:
derivative (for all real value of x) lim f  x  lime x  limex  e0 1 f  0
x0 x0 x0
1
4. Statement-1: The function y  sin  cos x  is statement-1:
not differentiable at the points where sin x=0. f  x  f 0
Lf   0   lim
dy  sin x x 0  x0
Statement-2: dx  sin x , So the function is not   x 
e 1 ex 1
 lim  lim 1
differentiable at the points where sin x =0 x 0 x x 0 x
x
5. Statement-1: f  x   e is differentiable at x=0 and R f '  0  =-1

Statement-2: f  x   e  x is continuous at x=0 6. Let h  x    gof  x 

6. Let f  x   x x and g(x) = sin x   gof  x   g  f  x    sin  x x 

Statement-1: gof is differentiable at x=0 and its  sin x 2 if x  0
derivative is continuous at that point h  x   2
Statement-2: gof is twice differentiable at  sin x if x  0
x=0 2 x sin x 2 if x  0
h  x  

7. Consider the function, f  x  x  2  x  5 , x  R. 2
 2 x cos x if x  0
Statement-1: f '  4   0 h  x  h  0
 Rh  0   lim
Statement-2: f is continuous in  2,5 , x 0 x
Now sin x 2

differentiable in  2,5  and f  2   f  5 .  lim 0

x 0 x
LEVEL-IV - KEY
1) 1 2) 3 3) 1 4) 4 5) 4 6) 3 7) 1  x  2, x  2  0
7. f  x  x  2  
 2  x, x  2  0
LEVEL-IV - HINTS
1. verify at x  0  x  2, x  2

 2  x, x  2
 
f  x  f    x  5, x  5
Rf   lim 4 Similarly, f  x   x  5  
2. 
x   5  x, x  5
4 x
4  f  x  x  2  x  5

 lim
 tan x   0  1     x  2  5  x  3, 2  x  5
  0
x 
4 x Thus f  x   3, 2  x  5
4
f '  x   0, 2  x  5
1
3. xn sin is differentiable when n>1
x f '  4   0, statement 1 is ture.
    f  2   3 and  f  5  5  2  0  3
4. y  sin 1  cos x   sin 1  sin   x  
 2   statement -2 is also true and a correct
explantion for statement 1.

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