JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main - Mock Test - 7

  • question_answer
    Let \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{align}   & {{x}^{p}}\sin \frac{1}{x},x\ne 0 \\  & 0\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,,\,x=0 \\ \end{align} \right.\] then f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at \[x=0\] if

    A) \[0<p\le 1\]                 

    B) \[1\le p<\infty \]

    C) \[-\infty <p<0\]                      

    D) \[p=0\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[f(x)={{x}^{P}}\sin \frac{1}{x},\]\[x\ne 0\] and \[f(x)=0,\,x=0\]
    Since at \[x=0,\] \[f(x)\] is a continuous function
    \[\therefore \,\,\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\,f(x)=f(0)=0\]
    \[\Rightarrow \,\,\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\,{{x}^{P}}\sin \frac{1}{x}=0\Rightarrow p>0\]
    \[f(x)\] is differentiable at \[x=0,\]if \[\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\frac{f(x)-f(0)}{x-0}\]exists
    \[\Rightarrow \,\,\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\,\frac{{{x}^{P}}\sin \frac{1}{x}-0}{x-0}\] exists
    \[\Rightarrow \,\,\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\,\,{{x}^{P-1}}\sin \frac{1}{x}\]     exists
    \[\Rightarrow \,\,p-1>0\] or \[p>1\]
    \[\therefore \]  for \[0<p\le 1,\] \[f(x)\] is a continuous function at \[x=0\]but not differentiable.
     


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