QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS

CHAPTER 5 : CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY

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PGT (MATHS)
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN
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 QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS
1. Show that the function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒙 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎
CBSE 2002
𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒙
𝒙 = 𝒙 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒙 > 𝟎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒙 = −𝒙 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒙 < 𝟎
𝟐𝒙 − −𝒙 , 𝒙 < 𝟎 𝟑𝒙, 𝒙<𝟎
𝒇(𝒙) = ቊ 𝒇(𝒙) = ቊ
𝟐𝒙 − 𝒙 , 𝒙 ≥ 𝟎 𝒙, 𝒙≥𝟎
𝐥𝐢𝐦+ 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒙 = 𝟎 At 𝒙 = 𝟎 we have to check
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙 →𝟎
𝐥𝐢𝐦− 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝟑𝒙 = 𝟎
RHL and LHL
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙 →𝟎

𝐥𝐢𝐦+ 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦− 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟎

𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙 →𝟎
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝒙
𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟎 = 𝒇(𝟎) is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎
𝒙 →𝟎
 QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS
𝒙𝟒 +𝟐𝒙𝟑 +𝒙𝟐
𝒊𝒇 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎
2. Discuss the continuity of 𝒇 𝒙 = ቐ 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙 at 𝒙 = 𝟎
𝟎 , 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟎 CBSE 2008

𝒇 𝒙 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎 if 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒇(𝟎)

𝒙 →𝟎
At 𝒙 = 𝟎 𝒇 𝟎 =𝟎
𝒙𝟒 + 𝟐𝒙𝟑 + 𝒙𝟐
𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙 →𝟎 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
𝒙𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏
= 𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙 𝒙
= 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒙 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 ×
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
 𝒙
𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒙 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 ×
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙 →𝟎 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
𝟐
𝒙 𝒙 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝒕 𝒕 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
= 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒙 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 × 𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙 →𝟎 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
When 𝒙 → 𝟎, 𝒕 → 𝟎
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒕
= 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒙 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 × 𝐥𝐢𝐦
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒕 →𝟎 𝒕
= 𝟎 𝟎+𝟎+𝟏 × 𝟏
=𝟎
𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟎 = 𝒇(𝟎)
𝒙 →𝟎
𝒇(𝒙) is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎
 QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS
𝟏 𝟏
− 𝒙 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝟎 < 𝒙 <
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
3. Discuss the continuity of the function 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒙 = at 𝒙=
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟑 𝟏
At 𝒙 =
𝟏
𝒇 =𝟏 −𝒙 𝒇𝒐𝒓 <𝒙<𝟏 CBSE 2011
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐

𝟑 𝟑 𝟏
𝐥𝐢𝐦+ 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝟏
𝟐
−𝒙 =
𝟐
−
𝟐
=𝟏 𝟏
At 𝒙 = we have to check
𝟏 𝒙 →𝟐 𝟐
𝒙→
𝟐 RHL and LHL
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝐥𝐢𝐦− 𝒇(𝒙) =
𝟏
𝐥𝐢𝐦𝟏
𝟐
−𝒙 =
𝟐
−
𝟐
=𝟎
𝒙→ 𝒙 →𝟐
𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
𝐥𝐢𝐦+ 𝒇(𝒙) ≠ 𝐥𝐢𝐦− 𝒇(𝒙) − 𝒙 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝟎 < 𝒙 <
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝒙 →𝟐 𝒙 →𝟐
𝒇𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒙 =
𝟐
𝟑 𝟏
𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒙) 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝟐
− 𝒙 𝒇𝒐𝒓 < 𝒙 < 𝟏
𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
𝒙 →𝟐 is not continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟐
 QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS
𝟏 −𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝒙
,𝒙 < 𝟎
𝟐𝒙𝟐
4. If The function 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒌, 𝒙=𝟎 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎, find the value of ‘𝒌’
𝒙
, 𝒙>𝟎 CBSE 2010
𝒙

𝒇 𝒙 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟎 if 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒇(𝟎)

𝒙 →𝟎
𝐥𝐢𝐦+ 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦− 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒇(𝟎)
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙 →𝟎
𝟐
𝒙 𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝒙 𝒙 𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝒍𝒊𝒎+ = 𝒍𝒊𝒎 𝟐
= 𝒌 ⟹ 𝒍𝒊𝒎 = 𝒍𝒊𝒎 𝟐
=𝒌
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙 𝒙 →𝟎 𝟐𝒙 𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙 𝒙 →𝟎 𝟐𝒙
𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝒙
𝒍𝒊𝒎 𝟏 = 𝒍𝒊𝒎 𝟐
=𝒌
𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙 →𝟎 𝒙
𝟏=𝟏=𝒌 𝒌=𝟏
 QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS
𝟑𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃 , 𝒙 > 𝟏
5. If The function 𝒇 𝒙 = ቐ 𝟏𝟏, 𝒙 = 𝟏 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟏, find the values of 𝒂 and 𝒃
𝟓𝒂𝒙 − 𝟐𝒃, 𝒙 < 𝟏
CBSE 2002,2010,2011,2012
𝒇 𝒙 is continuous at 𝒙 = 𝟏 if 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒇(𝟎)
𝒙 →𝟏
𝐥𝐢𝐦+ 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦− 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒇(𝟏)
𝒙 →𝟏 𝒙 →𝟏

𝒍𝒊𝒎 𝟑𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃 = 𝒍𝒊𝒎 𝟓𝒂𝒙 − 𝟐𝒃 = 𝟏𝟏

𝒙 →𝟏 𝒙 →𝟏

⟹ 𝟑𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟓𝐚 − 𝟐𝐛 = 𝟏𝟏

𝟑𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟏𝟏 ; 𝟓𝒂 − 𝟐𝒃 = 𝟏𝟏

𝒂=𝟑 𝒃=𝟐