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Consider a function gx=fx-2, xR, where fx=1x:x1ax2+b:x<1. If gx is continuous as well as differentiable for all x, then
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  • A a=-12,b=32
  • B a=12,b=32
  • C a=-12,b=-32
  • D None of these
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The correct answer is: a=-12,b=32
For gx to be continuous and differentiable xR, fx must be continuous and differentiable xR
Since, f(x) is continuous for all x, therefore, it is continuous at x=1 also.
f1=limh0+f1-h=1=limh0+a1-h2+b
a+b=11
Also, fx is differentiable at x=1f'1=f'1+
limh0+f1-h-f1-h=limh0+f1+h-f1h
limh0+a1-h2+b-1-h=limh0+11+h-1h
limh0+a+b-1+h2-2ha-h=limh0+1-1-hh1+h
2a=-1 Usina+b=1
a=-12
Hence, a+b=1b=1-a=32.

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