Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Continuity and Differentiability

Question:

The function f(x) = 1 + |sin x| is

Options:

continuous nowhere

continuous everywhere

discontinuous at x = 0

None of these

Correct Answer:

continuous everywhere

Explanation:

$f(x) = 1 + |\sin x|$

so for $\sin x ≥ 0 ⇒ f (x) = 1 + \sin x$

$\sin x ≤ 0 ⇒ f(x) = 1 − \sin x$

for $\underset{x→0^+}{\lim}f(x)=1$

$\underset{x→0^-}{\lim}f(x)=1$

so f(x) is continuous for all $x∈R$