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If fx = xfor00for>0 then f(x) at x=0 is
MathematicsContinuity and DifferentiabilityMHT CETMHT CET 2017
Options:
  • A Continuous but not differentiable
  • B Not continuous but differentiable
  • C Continuous and differentiable
  • D Not continuous and not differentiable
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Continuous but not differentiable
Continuity at x=0
limx0-f x=limx0x=0
limx0+f x=0
f(0)=0
   continuous at x=0
For differentiability
f'( 0 + )=0
f'( 0 )=1
   Not differentiable
Alternative
Diagram:

It has sharp edge at x=0
   not differentiable but continuous

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