Practicing Success
If the function $f(x)=\left[\frac{(x-2)^3}{a}\right] \sin (x-2)+a \cos (x-2)$, [.] denotes the greatest integer function, is continuous and differentiable in (4, 6), then |
$a \in[8,64]$ $a \in(0,8]$ $a \in[64, \infty)$ none of these |
$a \in[64, \infty)$ |
We have, $x \in(4,6)$ $\Rightarrow 4<x<6$ $\Rightarrow 2<x-2<4$ $\Rightarrow 8<(x-2)^3<64 \Rightarrow \frac{8}{a}<\frac{(x-2)^3}{a}<\frac{64}{a}, a>0$ For f(x) to be continuous and differentiable in $(4,6),\left[\frac{(x-2)^3}{a}\right]$ must attain a constant value for all $x \in(4,6)$ Clearly, this is possible only when $a \geq 64$ In that case, we have $f(x)=a \cos (x-2)$ which is continuous and differentiable. Hence, $a \in[64, \infty)$ |