Let f : R → R be a function defined by $f(x)=\frac{e^{[x]}-e^{-x}}{e^x+e^{-x}}$. Then
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
$f : R → R$
$f(x)=\frac{e^{|x|}-e^{-x}}{e^x+e^{-x}}$
$f(-2)=\frac{e^{|-2|}-e^{2}}{e^{-2}+e^{2}}=\frac{e^{2}-e^{2}}{e^{-2}+e^{2}}=0$
$f(-3)=\frac{e^{|-3|}-e^{3}}{e^{-3}+e^{3}}=\frac{e^{3}-e^{3}}{e^{-3}+e^{3}}=0$
Hence, we can see for different values of x we are getting same values of f(x). That means, the given function is many one.
∴ f is not injective.
For $x<0$
$f(x)=0$
For $x>0$
$f(x)=\frac{e^x-e^{-x}}{e^x+e^{-x}}$
$⇒f(x)=\frac{e^x-e^{-x}-2e^{-x}}{e^x+e^{-x}}=1-\frac{2e^{-x}}{e^x+e^{-x}}$
The value of $\frac{2e^{-x}}{e^x+e^{-x}}$ is always positive.
∴ The value of f(x) is always less than 1.
Numbers more than 1 are not included in the range but they are included in co-domain.