ASSIGNMENT CLASS XII CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY

Important Formulas
1. A function f ( x ) is continuous at x  a iff lim f ( x )  lim f ( x )  f (a) .
x a xa
f ( x)  f ( a )
2. A function f ( x ) is differentiable at x  a iff lim exists finitely ie.
x a xa
f ( a  h)  f ( a ) f (a  h)  f (a )
lim  lim .
h 0 h h0 h

 1
 x sin , x0
1. Show that the function f ( x )   x is continuous at x  0 .
 0 x 0

 sin x
  cos x, x0
2. Show that the function f ( x)   x is continuous at x  0 .
 2 x0

5 x  4 when 0  x 1
3. Show that the function f ( x)   3 is continuous at x 1 .
 4 x  3 x when 1  x  2

4. Show that the function f ( x)  2 x  | x | is continuous at x  0 .

 x | x |
5. Show that the function f ( x)   , x  0 is discontinuous at x  0 .
x
 2 x0

| x  4 |
, x 4
6. If f is defined as f ( x )   x  4 . Show that f is everywhere continous except at x  4 .
 0 x 4


 | sin x |
, x 0
7. Show that the function f ( x)   x is discontinuous at x  0 .
 1 x0


8. Find the value of k so that the function f is continous at the indicated point:

1  cos 2 x  x 2  25
x0
(a) f ( x)   2 x 2 , at x  0 . (b) f ( x)   x  5 , x5 at x  5 .
 k x0  k x 5


 x 1 if x  2
9. Show that the function f ( x )   is not differentiable at x  2 .
2 x  3 if x  2

10. Discuss the continuity and differentiability of f ( x)  | x 1|  | x  2 | .

ANSWERS
8.(a) 1 (b) 10 10. continous but not differentiable at x  1, 2