Batch : SR05 Differentiability Home Assignment # 01

 x 2e  
2 x 1
; 0  x 1
1. Given f  x    . If f(x) is differentiable at x = 1, then find the
a sgn  x  1 cos  2x  2   bx ; 1  x  2
2

value of a and b.

2. Examine the continuity and differentiability of f  x   x  x  1  x  2 ; x  R .

3. Find the set of all points where f  x    x    x 2  is non-differentiable, where [.] denotes GIF.
2

 2x  1 
4. Discuss the differentiability of f  x    x  cos    , where [.] denotes GIF.
 2 

 
5. If f  x   min 1, x 2 , x 3 , then discuss the differentiability of f(x) in R.

6. Discuss the differentiability of f  x   max 1  x  , 1  x  , 2 ; x   ,   .

 
7. If f  x   max x 2  2ax  1, b has two pints of non-differentiability, then prove that a 2 1  b .
  x, x0

8. If a function f x  is defined as f x    x ,2
0  x  1, then -
x  x  1, x  1
2

(a) f x  is differentiable at x  0 and x  1 (b) f x  is differentiable at x  0 but not x  1

(c) f x  is differentiable at x  1 but not x  0 (d) f x  is not differentiable at x  0 and x  1

  e1 / 2  e 1 / x 
x  , x  0
9. If f x     e1 / x  e 1 / x  x  0 , then at x  0, f x  is -

 0,
(a) differentiable (b) not differentiable  
(c) f ' 0   1  
(d) f ' 0   1
10. If f x   x 3 Sgn x  , then -
(a) f is differentiable at x  0 (b) f is continuous but not differentiable at x  0
(c) f ' 0    1 (d) None of the above
11. The function f x   x 2  1 x 2  3x  2  cos x  is not differentiable at x -
(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
gx cos1 / x , if x  0
12. Let f x    , where gx  is an even function, differentiable at x  0, passing
 0, if x  0

through the origin. Then, f ' 0 is equal to -

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) Does not exist

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   1 1 
     , x  0
13. If f x   xe then f x  is -
 x x  , x  0
 
 0 
(a) discontinuous everywhere
(b) continuous as well as differentiable at all x
(c) continuous for all x but not differentiable at x  0
(d) neither differentiable nor continuous at x  0
14. Let f : R  R be a function defined by f x   max x , x 3 , the set of all points, where f x  is not
differentiable, is-
(a) 1, 1 (b)  1, 0 (c) 0, 1 (d)  1, 0, 1

15. The left hand derivative of f x   x sin x  at x  k, k is an integer is (where, [.] denotes greatest integer
function)
(a)  1 .k  1 (b)  1 .k  1 (c)  1 .k (d)  1 .k
k k 1 k k 1

16. Which of the following function is differentiable at x  0 ? x

(a) cos x   x (b) cos x   x (c) sin  x   x (d) sin  x   x

17. The function given by y || x | 1 | is differentiable for all real numbers except the points.
(a) 0, 1,  1 (b) ±1 (c) 1 (d) –1

18. Let gx  

x  1n , 0  x  2, m and n are integers, m  0, n  0 and let p be the left hand
log e cosm x  1
derivative of x  1 at x = 1. If lim gx   p, then,
x 1

(a) n  1, m  1 (b) n  1, m  1 (c) n  2, m  2 (d) n  2, m  n

 
 2 cos  , x  0
19. Let f x   x  x  , x  0 , x  R, then f is -

 0
(a) differentiable both at x  0 and at x  2
(b) differentiable at x  0 but not differentiable at x  2
(c) not differentiable at x  0 but differentiable at x  2
(d) differentiable neither at x  0 nor at x  2

20. The set of points, where f x  

x
is differentiable, is -
1 x
(a) ,  1   1,  (b)  ,  (c) 0,  (d)  , 0  0, 
x 2 f a   a 2 f x 
21. If the function f x  is differentiable at x  a, then lim is -
x a x a
(a) 2af a   a 2 f ' a  (b)  a 2 f ' a 
(c) af a   a 2 f ' a  (d) 2af a   a 2 f ' a 

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22. If f is a real-valued differentiable function satisfying f x   f y   x  y  , x, y  R and f 0  0, then f 1
2

equals -
(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
23. The set of points, where f x  
x
is differentiable, is -
1 x
(a)  ,  1   1,  (b)  ,  (c) 0,  (d)  , 0  0, 
 tan x, if x  1
1

24. The domain of derivative of the function f x    1
 2  x  1, if x  1
, is -

(a) R  0 (b) R  1 (c) R   1 (d) R   1, 1

 f 1  x  
1/ x

25. Let f : R  R be such that f 1  3, f ' 1  6, then lim   equals -
x 0
 f 1 
(a) 1 (b) e1/ 2 (c) e 2 (d) e 3

ANSWERS
1. a  1, b  2
2. Continuous everywhere but differentiable for all x  R  0, 1, 2

3. f(x) is non-differentiable for all integer except at x = 1

4. Differentiable for all x
5. Differentiable for all x  R  1

6. Differentiable for all x  R  1,  1

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
d b a d b c d a d a
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
c d d b b b d c

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