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1. In the following, fill in the blanks so that the resulting sentences become true.
(a) If f(x)  x 2  bx, 0  x  1

3  ax 2 ,1  x  2
such that limf(x)  4 then a  ____, b  _____
x 1

   
(b) If f(x)  tan x then f '   0   ______, f '   0   ______
2  2 
(c) If f(x) be a continuous function in [2, 3] which takes only irrational values for all

x  [2,3] and f(2.5)  5 then f(2.8)  _____

2. In each of the following, multiple options are given. Choose the correct option(s).
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(a) If f(x)  x p cos , x  0 and f(0)  0 then f(x) will be continuous and differentiable at
x
x  0 if

(A) p  0 (B) p  1
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(C) 0  p  1 (D) p 
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(b) lim {[1  x]  [x  1]  x  1} is equal to
x 1

(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) –1 (D) None of these
(c) If f(x)  (x)  x where (x)  the least integer greater than or equal to x then

(A) f(x) is continuous at all x (B) f(x) is continuous at all nonitegral x

(C) f '(0) exists (D) lim f(x)  0
x 0  0

3. A function f(x) is defined as follows:

f(x)  x  , x  1
3x,1  x  2
x 2  , x  2.
Prove that if f(x) is continuous at x  1 but discontinuous at x  2 then the locus of the
point (, ) is a straight line excluding the point where it cuts the line y  3.

4. Let (x) be a function defined as below:

1 1
(x)   x, 0  x 
2 2
1 1
  x,  x  1
2 2
1 1
and (0)  0,     , (1)  1.
2 2

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Verify the following statements:
(a) (x) assumes every value between 0 and 1 as x increases from 0 to 1
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(b) (x) is continuous at x  .
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(c) (x) is differentiable in [0, 1]

5. f(x) is a function such that

f '(x)  x  1, 0  x  1
x  3 ,1  x  4.

Examine the continuity of f(x) and f(f '(x)) at x  1,2.

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6. If p(x)  ex 1  1 for all x  0 where p(x)   ar x r then prove that  ra r  1.
r 0 r 1

7. Show that the function f(x)  x  1 (x) where (x) is continuous and (1)  0, has no

derivative at x  1. Find f '(1  0) and f '(1  0).

8. Discuss the continuity and differentiability of f(x) in [–2, 4] where

f(x)  1  x 2 ,  2  x  1
x 2 ,1  x  3

[x  1], 3  x  4.
Also, give a rough sketch of the function in [–2, 4]

9. Let A(t)  f1 (t)i  f2 (t)j and B(t)  g1 (t)i  g2 (t)j, t  [0,1] where f1 , f2 , g1 , g2 are all

continuous functions. If A(t) and B(t) are nonzero vectors for all t and A(0)  2i  3j,

A(1)  6i  2j, B(0)  3i  2j, and B(1)  2i  6j, then prove that A(t) || B(t) for at least one
t  [0,1].

10. Let f(x)  x  a, x  0 g(x)  x  1, x  0

x 1 , x  0 and (x  1)2  b, x  0

where, a  0, b  0. Determine the composite function gof. If (gof)(x) is continuous for all
real x, determine the constants a and b. For these values of a,b is the function gof
differentiable at x  0 ? Give reasons.

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Answers

1. (a) –1, 3 respectively (b)  ,  (c) 5

2. (a) B (b) C (c) B, D

4. (a) wrong (b) wrong (c) wrong
5. Both are continuous at x = 1, 2
7. (1),  (1) respectively
8. discontinuous only at x = 1, 3, 4; not differentiable only at x = 1, 2, 3, 4
(gof)(x)  x  a  1, x  a 
 a  1, b  0
9. (x  a  1)2  b,  a  x  0 
( x  1  1)2  b, x  0  differentiable at x  0
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