Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Continuity and Differentiability

Question:

Let $f'(x)=3x^2.\sin\frac{1}{x}-x\cos\frac{1}{x},\,x≠0,\,f(0)=0,\,f(\frac{1}{π})=0$, then which of the following is not correct.

Options:

f(x) is continuous at x = 0

f(x) is non-differentiable at x = 0

f'(x) is discontinuous at x = 0

f'(x) is differentiable at x = 0

Correct Answer:

f'(x) is discontinuous at x = 0

Explanation:

$f'(x)=3x^2.\sin\frac{1}{x}-x\cos\frac{1}{x}$

$⇒f(x)=\int\left(3x^2.\sin\frac{1}{x}-x\cos\frac{1}{x}\right)dx=\sin\frac{1}{x}.x^3-\int\cos\frac{1}{x}\left(-\frac{1}{x^2}\right)x^3dx-\int x\cos\frac{1}{x}dx$

$=x^3.\sin\frac{1}{x}+c$, since $f(\frac{1}{π})=0+c⇒f(x)=\left\{\begin{matrix}x^3\sin\frac{1}{x},&x≠0\\0,&x=0\end{matrix}\right.$

f(x) is clearly continuous and differentiable at x = 0 zero with f'(0) = 0.

$f''(0)=\underset{h→0}{\lim}\frac{3h^2\sin\frac{1}{h}-h\cos\frac{1}{h}}{h}=3h\sin \frac{1}{h}-\cos\frac{1}{h}$

This limit doesn’t exist, hence f'(x) is non-differentiable at x = 0 also $\underset{x→0}{\lim}f'(x)=0$

Thus f'(x) is continuous at x = 0.