Chapter 6
A Textbook of Differential Calculus · 43 exercises
Problem 1
For \(x>0\), let \(h(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{ll}\frac{1}{q}, & \text { if } x=\frac{p}{q} \\ 0, & \text { if } x \text { is irrational }\end{array}\right.\) where \(p\) and \(q>0\) are relatively prime integers, then which one of the following does not hold good? (a) \(h(x)\) is discontinuous for all \(x\) in \((0, \infty)\) (b) \(h(x)\) is continuous for each irrational in \((0, \infty)\) (c) \(h(x)\) is discontinuous for each rational in \((0, \infty)\) (d) \(h(x)\) is not derivable for all \(x\) in \((0, \infty)\)
6 step solution
Problem 4
If \(f(x)=\frac{x-e^{x}+\cos 2 x}{x^{2}}, x \neq 0\) is continuous at \(x=0\), then (a) \(f(0)=\frac{5}{2}\) (b) \([f(0)]=-2\) (c) \(\\{f(0)\\}=-0.5\) (d) \([f(0)] \cdot\\{f(0)\\}=-1.5\) (where \([x]\) and \(\\{x\\}\) denotes greatest integer and fractional part function.)
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Problem 7
Let \([x]\) denotes the integral part of \(x \in R \cdot g(x)=x-[x]\). Let \(f(x)\) be any continuous function with \(f(0)=f(1)\), then the function \(h(x)=f(g(x))\) (a) has finitely many discontinuities (b) is discontinuous at some \(x=c\) (c) is continuous on \(R\) (d) is a constant function.
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Problem 8
Let \(f\) be a differentiable function on the open interval \((a, b)\), Which of
the following statements must be true?
I. \(f\) is continuous on the closed interval \([a, b]\)
II. \(f\) is bounded on the open interval \((a, b)\)
III. If \(a
3 step solution
Problem 10
). Consider function \(f: R-\\{-1,1\\} \rightarrow R . f(x)=\frac{x}{1-|x|}\). Then, the incorrect statement is (a) it is continuous at the origin (b) it is not derivable at the origin (c) the range of the function is \(R\) (d) \(f\) is continuous and derivable in its dor-
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Problem 12
The total number of points of non-differentiability of \(f(x)=\min \left[|\sin x|,|\cos x|, \frac{1}{4}\right]\) in \((0,2 \pi)\) is (a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11
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Problem 13
The function \(f(x)=[x]^{2}-\left[x^{2}\right]\) (where \([y]\) is the greatest integer less than or equal to \(y\) ) is discontinuous at (a) all integers (b) all integers except 0 and 1 (c) all integers except 0 (d) all integers except 1
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Problem 14
The function \(f(x)=\left(x^{2}-1\right)\left|x^{2}-6 x+5\right|+\cos |x|\) is not differentiable at (a) \(-1\) (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 5
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Problem 15
Let \(f(x)= \begin{cases}\frac{1}{e^{x^{2}}}, & \text { if } x \neq 0 \\ 0, & \text { if } x=0\end{cases}\) \(f^{\prime}(0)\) is equal to (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) \(-1\) (d) Doesn't exist
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Problem 16
Given \(f(x)=\frac{e^{x}-\cos 2 x-x}{x^{2}}\), for \(x \in R-\\{0\\}\)
\(g(x)=f(\\{x\\})\), for \(n
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Problem 17
The function \(g(x)=\left[\begin{array}{l}x+b, x<0 \\ \cos x, x \geq 0\end{array}\right.\) can be made differentiable at \(x=0\), (a) if \(b\) is equal to zero (b) if \(b\) is not equal to zero (c) if \(b\) takes any real value (d) for no value of \(b\)
4 step solution
Problem 18
The graph of function \(f\) contains the point \(P(1,2)\) and \(Q(s, r) .\) The equation of the secant line through \(P\) and \(Q\) is \(y=\left(\frac{s^{2}+2 s-3}{s-1}\right) x-1-s\). The value of \(f^{\prime}(1)\), is (a) 2 (b) 3 . (c) 4 (d) Non existent
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Problem 19
Consider \(f(x)=\left[\frac{2\left(\sin x-\sin ^{3} x\right)+\left|\sin x-\sin ^{3} x\right|}{2\left(\sin x-\sin ^{3} x\right)-\left|\sin x-\sin ^{3} x\right|}\right] x \neq \frac{\pi}{2}\) for \(x \in(0, \pi) f(\pi / 2)=3\) where [ ] denotes the greatest integer function, then (a) \(f\) is continuous and differentiable at \(x=\pi / 2\) (b) \(f\) is continuous but not differentiable at \(x=\pi / 2\) (c) \(f\) is neither continuous nor differentiable at \(x=\pi / 2\) (d) None of the above
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Problem 20
If \(f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)+|x| y+x y^{2}, \forall x, y \in R\) and \(f^{\prime}(0)=0\), then (a) \(f\) need not be differentiable at every non-zero \(x\) (b) \(f\) is differentiable for all \(x \in R\) (c) \(f\) is twice differentiable at \(x=0\) (d) None of the above
5 step solution
Problem 22
Let \(g(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{cl}3 x^{2}-4 \sqrt{x}+1, & \text { for } x<1 \\\ a x+b, & \text { for } x \geq 1\end{array}\right.\). If \(g(x)\) is the continuous and differentiable for all numbers in its domain, then (a) \(a=b=4\) (b) \(a=b=-4\) (c) \(a=4\) and \(b=-4\) (d) \(a=-4\) and \(b=4\)
3 step solution
Problem 23
Let \(f(x)\) be continuous and differentiable function for all reals. \(f(x+y)=f(x)-3 x y+f(y) .\) If \(\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(h)}{h}=7\), then the value of \(f^{\prime}(x)\) is (a) \(-3 x\) (b) 7 (c) \(-3 x+7\) (d) \(2 f(x)+7\)
4 step solution
Problem 24
Let \([x]\) be the greatest integer function and \(f(x)=\frac{\sin \frac{4}{4} \pi[x]}{[x]}\). Then, which one of the following does not hold good? (a) Not continuous at any point (b) Continuous at \(3 / 2\) (c) Discontinuous at 2 (d) Differentiable at \(4 / 3\)
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Problem 25
Given, \(f(x)=\left[\begin{array}{l}b\left([x]^{2}+[x]\right)+1, \text { for } x \geq-1 \\ \sin (\pi(x+a)), \text { for } x<-1\end{array}\right.\) where \([x]\) denotes the integral part of \(x\), then for what values of \(a, b\) the function is continuous at \(x=-1\) ? (a) \(a=2 n+(3 / 2) ; b \in R ; n \in I\) (b) \(a=4 n+2 ; b \in R ; n \in I\) (c) \(a=4 n+(3 / 2) ; b \in R^{+} ; n \in I\) (d) \(a=4 n+1 ; b \in R^{+} ; n \in I\)
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Problem 26
If both \(f(x)\) and \(g(x)\) are differentiable functions at \(x=x_{0}\), then the function defined as, \(h(x)=\) maximum \(\\{f(x), g(x)\\}\) (a) is always differentiable at \(x=x_{0}\) (b) is never differentiable at \(x=x_{0}\) (c) is differentiable at \(x=x_{0}\) when \(f\left(x_{0}\right) \neq g\left(x_{0}\right)\) (d) cannot be differentiable at \(x=x_{0}\), if \(f\left(x_{0}\right)=g\left(x_{0}\right)\)
4 step solution
Problem 27
\(\operatorname{If} f(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{c}\frac{x \cdot \ln (\cos x)}{\ln \left(1+x^{2}\right)}, x \neq 0 \\ 0\end{array}, x=0\right.\), then (a) \(f\) is continuous at \(x=0\) (b) \(f\) is continuous at \(x=0\) but not differentiable at \(x=0\) (c) \(f\) is differentiable at \(x=0\) (d) \(f\) is not continuous at \(x=0\)
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Problem 28
Let \([x]\) denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to \(x\). If \(f(x)=[x \sin \pi x]\), then \(f(x)\) is (a) continuous at \(x=0\) (b) continuous in \((-1,0)\) (c) differentiable at \(x=1\) (d) differentiable in \((-1,1)\)
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Problem 30
The function \(f(x)=\sqrt{1-\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}\) (a) has its domain \(-1 \leq x \leq 1\) (b) has finite one sided derivates at the point \(x=0\) (c) is continuous and differentiable at \(x=0\) (d) is continuous but not differentiable at \(x=0\)
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Problem 31
Consider the function \(f(x)=\left|x^{3}+1\right|\). Then, (a) Domain of \(f x \in R\) (b) Range of \(f\) is \(R^{+}\) (c) \(f\) has no inverse (d) \(f\) is continuous and differentiable for every \(x \in R\)
4 step solution
Problem 32
\(f\) is a continuous function in \([a, b], g\) is a continuous function in \([b, c]\), A function \(h(x)\) is defined as \(h(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{l}f(x) \text { for } x \in[a, b) \\ g(x) \text { for } x \in(b, c]\end{array}\right.\), If \(f(b)=g(b)\), then (a) \(h(x)\) has a removable discontinuity at \(x=b\) (b) \(h(x)\) may or may not be continuous in \([a, c]\) (c) \(h\left(b^{-}\right)=g\left(b^{+}\right)\)and \(h\left(b^{+}\right)=f\left(b^{-}\right)\) (d) \(h\left(b^{+}\right)=g\left(b^{-}\right)\)and \(h\left(b^{-}\right)=f\left(b^{+}\right)\)
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Problem 33
Which of the following function(s) has/have the same range? (a) \(f(x)=\frac{1}{1+x}\) (b) \(f(x)=\frac{1}{1+x^{2}}\) (c) \(f(x)=\frac{1}{1+\sqrt{x}}\) (d) \(f(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3-x}}\)
5 step solution
Problem 34
If \(f(x)=\sec 2 x+\operatorname{cosec} 2 x\), then \(f(x)\) is discontinuous at all points in (a) \(\\{n \pi, n \in N\\}\) (b) \(\left\\{(2 n \pm 1) \frac{\pi}{4}, n \in I\right\\}\) (c) \(\left\\{\frac{n \pi}{4}, n \in I\right\\}\) (d) \(\left\\{(2 n \pm 1) \frac{\pi}{8}, n \in I\right\\}\)
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Problem 35
Let \(f(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{c}x^{n} \sin \left(\frac{1}{x^{2}}\right), x \neq 0 \\ 0 \quad, x=0\end{array},(n \in I)\right.\), then (a) \(\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} f(x)\) exists for every \(n>1\) (b) \(f\) is continuous at \(x=0\) for \(n>1\) (c) \(f\) is differentiable at \(x=0\) for every \(n>1\) (d) None of the above
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Problem 36
A function is defined as \(f(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{c,}e^{x}, x \leq 0 \\\ |x-1|, x>0\end{array}\right.\), then \(f(x)\) is (a) continuous at \(x=0\) (b) continuous at \(x=1\) (c) differentiable at \(x=0\) (d) differentiable at \(x=1\)
4 step solution
Problem 38
A function \(f(x)\) satisfies the relation \(f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)+x y(x+y), \forall x, y \in R\). If \(f^{\prime}(0)=-1\), then (a) \(f(x)\) is a polynomial function (b) \(f(x)\) is an exponential function (c) \(f(x)\) is twice differentiable for all \(x \in R\) (d) \(f^{\prime}(3)=8\)
7 step solution
Problem 39
If \(f(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{cc}3 x^{2}+12 x-1, & -1 \leq x \leq 2 \\ 37-x,
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Problem 40
If \(f(x)=0\) for \(x<0\) and \(f(x)\) is differentiable at \(x=0\), then for \(x>0, f(x)\) may be (a) \(x^{2}\) (b) \(x\) (c) \(-x\) (d) \(-x^{3 / 2}\)
5 step solution
Problem 42
Statement I \(f(x)=|x| \sin x\) is differentiable at \(x=0\). Because Statement II If \(g(x)\) is not differentiable at \(x=a\) and \(h(x)\) is differentiable at \(x=a\), then \(g(x) \cdot h(x)\) cannot be differentiable at \(x=a\).
6 step solution
Problem 44
Let \(f(x)=x-x^{2}\) and \(g(x)=\\{x\\}, \forall x \in R\) where \\{\\} denotes fractional part function. Statement I \(f(g(x))\) will be continuous, \(\forall x \in R\). Because Statement II \(f(0)=f(1)\) and \(g(x)\) is periodic with period \(1 .\)
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Problem 46
\(f(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{lc}\sin x, & x \leq 0 \\ \tan x, 0
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Problem 47
Number of points of discontinuity of \(\left[2 x^{3}-5\right]\) in \([1,2)\) is (where [ \(]\) ] denotes the greatest integral function.) (a) 14 (b) 13 (c) 10 (d) None of these
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Problem 48
\(\operatorname{Max}([x],|x|)\) is discontinuous at, (a) \(x=0\) (b) \(\phi\) (c) \(x=n, n \in I\) (d) None of these
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Problem 52
Match the entries of the following two columns.Column I \(\quad\) Column \(=\) II \hline (A) \(f(x)=\left[\begin{array}{ll}x+1, & \text { if } x<0 \\ \cos x, & \text { if } x \geq 0\end{array}\right.\) at \(x\) t \(x=0\) is (p) continuous (B) For every \(x \in R\), the function \(g(x)=\frac{\sin (\pi[x-\pi])}{1+[x]^{2}}\) (q) differentiability where \([x]\) denotes the greatest integer function is (C) \(h(x)=\sqrt{\\{x\\}^{2}}\) where \(\\{x\\}\) denotes fractional part ( \(\left.\mathrm{r}\right)\) discontinuous (r) function for all \(x \in I\), is \(k(x)=\left\\{\begin{array}{cl}x^{\frac{1}{\ln x}}, & \text { if } x \neq 1 \\\ e, & \text { if } x=1\end{array}\right.\) (D) \(k(x)=\left\\{x^{\ln x}\right.\), if \(x \neq 1\) at \(x=1\) is at \(x=1\) (s) non-derivable
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Problem 53
\text { Match the entries of the following two columns. }\text { Column I }\text { Column II }(A) \(\lim _{x \rightarrow \infty}\left(e^{\sqrt{x^{4}+1}}-e^{\left(x^{2}+1\right)}\right)\) is (p) \(e\) (B) For \(a>0\), let \(f(x)=\left[\begin{array}{ll}\frac{a^{x}+a^{-x}-2}{x^{2}}, & \text { if } x>0 \\ 3 \ln (a-x)-2, & \text { if } x \leq 0\end{array}\right.\) (q) \(e^{2}\) If \(f\) is continuous at \(x=0\), then ' \(a\) ' equals to \(\quad\) (r) \(1 / e\) (C) Let \(L=\lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{x^{x}-a^{a}}{x-a}\) and \(M=\lim _{x \rightarrow a} \frac{x^{x}-a^{x}}{x-a}(a>0)\). If \(L=2 M\), then the value of ' \(a\) ' is equal to (s) non-existent
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Problem 54
Number of points of discontinuity of \(f(x)=\tan ^{2} x-\sec ^{2} x\) in \((0,2 \pi)\) is ..........
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Problem 56
Let \(f(x)=x+\cos x+2\) and \(g(x)\) be the inverse function of \(f(x)\), then \(g^{\prime}(3)\) equals to \(\ldots \ldots \ldots\)
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Problem 57
Let \(f(x)=x \tan ^{-1}\left(x^{2}\right)+x^{4}\). Let \(f^{k}(x)\) denotes \(k\) th derivative of \(f(x)\) w.r.t. \(x\), \(k \in N\). If \(f^{2 m}(0) \neq 0, m \in N\), then \(m\) equals to ..........
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Problem 58
Let \(f_{1}(x)\) and \(f_{2}(x)\) be twice differentiable functions where \(F(x)=f_{1}(x)+f_{2}(x)\) and \(G(x)=f_{1}(x)-f_{2}(x), \forall x \in R, f_{1}(0)=2\) and \(f_{2}(0)=1 .\) If \(f_{1}^{\prime}(x)=f_{2}(x)\) and \(f_{2}^{\prime}(x)=f_{1}(x), \forall x \in R\), then the number of solutions of the equation \((F(x))^{2}=\frac{9 x^{4}}{G(x)}\) is .........
9 step solution
Problem 59
Suppose the function \(f(x)-f(2 x)\) has the derivative 5 at \(x=1\) and derivative 7 at \(x=2\). The derivative of the function \(f(x)-f(4 x)-10 x\) at \(x=1\) is equal to \(\ldots \ldots \ldots .\)
5 step solution