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The no. of points of discontinuity of the function $f(x)=x-[x]$ in the interval $(0,7)$ are
MathematicsContinuity and DifferentiabilityVITEEEVITEEE 2018
Options:
  • A 2
  • B 4
  • C 6
  • D 8
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 6
The graph of the function $f(x)=x-[x]$ for the interval $(0,7)$ is shown below:


It is obvious from the above graph that the function $x-[x]$ is discontinuous at the points $x=1,2,3,4,5,6 .$ Therefore no. of points of discontinuity of the given function in the given interval are $6 .$

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