Which of the following functions is differentiable at x = 0?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
Linear combination of one differentiable and one non-differentiable function is always nondifferentiable.
Hence (a) and (b) are wrong.
Now, $\tan(|x|)-|x|=\frac{|x|^3}{3}+\frac{2|x|^5}{15}+.....$ is differentiable at x = 0,
whereas $\tan(|x|)+|x|=2|x|+\frac{|x|^3}{3}+\frac{2|x|^5}{15}+.....$ is not differentiable at x = 0.
[∵ |x| is not diff. at x = 0]