Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Continuity and Differentiability

Question:

$f(x)=\left\{\begin{matrix}x,&x\,is\,rational\\1-x,&x\,is\,irrational\end{matrix}\right.$, then at $x=\frac{1}{2}$, f(x) is

Options:

continuous but non-differentiable

discontinuous

differentiable

none of these

Correct Answer:

continuous but non-differentiable

Explanation:

$f(\frac{1}{2})=\frac{1}{2},\underset{x→\frac{1} {2}}{\lim}f(x)=\frac{1}{2}$. But $f'(\frac{1}{2})$ is not well defined.