Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    If\[f\left( x \right)=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    a{{x}^{2}}+b, & b\ne 0,\,\,x\le 1  \\    b{{x}^{2}}+ax+c, & x>1  \\ \end{matrix} \right.\],then \[f\left( x \right)\]is continuous and differentiable at\[x=1\], if

    A) \[c=0,\,\,a=2b\]

    B)                         \[a=b,\,\,c\in R\]

    C) \[a=b,\,\,c=0\] 

    D)        \[a=b,\,\,c\ne 0\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Given,                 \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    a{{x}^{2}}+b, & b\ne 0,\,\,x\le 1  \\    b{{x}^{2}}+ax+c, & x>1  \\ \end{matrix} \right.\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[f(x)=\left\{ \begin{matrix}    2ax, & b\ne 0,\,\,x\le 1  \\    2bx+a, & x>1  \\ \end{matrix} \right.\] Since,\[f(x)\]is continuous at\[x=1\] \[\therefore \]  \[\underset{x\to {{1}^{-}}}{\mathop{\lim }}\,f(x)=\underset{x\to {{1}^{+}}}{\mathop{\lim }}\,f(x)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[a+b=b+a+c\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[c=0\] Also,\[f(x)\]is differentiable at\[x=1\].                 \[\therefore (LHD\,\,at\,\,x=1)=(RHD\,\,at\,\,x=1\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[2a=2b(1)+a\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[a=2b\]


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