Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Continuity and Differentiability

Question:

The function f defined by $f(x)=\left\{\begin{matrix} ax+1 & if & x≤3\\bx+3 & if & x> 3\end{matrix}\right. $ is continuous at x = 3 if

Options:

$a=b-\frac{2}{3}$

$a=b+\frac{2}{3}$

$a=b-\frac{1}{3}$

$a=b+\frac{1}{3}$

Correct Answer:

$a=b+\frac{2}{3}$

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → $a=b+\frac{2}{3}$

$f(3)=3a+1$

$\underset{x→3}{\lim}bx+3=3b+3$

so $3a+1=3b+3$

$a=b+\frac{2}{3}$