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If a function f:RR satisfy the equation f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y),x,y and the function f(x) is continuous at x=0, then
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Options:
  • A f(x) is continuous for all positive real values of x
  • B f(x) is continuous for all x
  • C f(x)=0 for all x
  • D None of the above
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The correct answer is: f(x) is continuous for all x

 limx0fx=f0

Let a be any point

Now, at x=a,limxafx=limh0fa+h

=limh0fa+limh0fh

=fa+f0=fa+0=fa

 fx is continuous at x=a, where a is any arbitrary point.

Hence, fx is continuous for all x.

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