Practicing Success
If $f(x)=|\cos x-\sin x|$, then $f'(\pi / 4)$ is equal to |
$\sqrt{2}$ $-\sqrt{2}$ 0 none of these |
none of these |
We have, $f(x) =|\cos x-\sin x|$ $\Rightarrow f(x) = \begin{cases}\cos x-\sin x, & \text { for } 0<x \leq \frac{\pi}{4} \\ Clearly, (LHD at $x=\pi / 4$) = $\left\{\frac{d}{d x}(\cos x-\sin x)\right\}$ $=(-\sin x-\cos x)_{x=\pi / 4}=-\sqrt{2}$ and, (RHD at $x=\pi / 4$) = $\left\{\frac{d}{d x}(\sin x-\cos x)\right\}$ at $x=\pi / 4$ $=(\cos x+\sin x)_{x=\pi / 4}=\sqrt{2}$ ∴ (LHD at $x=\pi / 4$) ≠ (RHD at $x=\pi / 4$) Thus, $f'(\pi / 4)$ does not exist. |