Chapter 5

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Continuity & Differentiability &

miscellaneous questions

Class: XII
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Mathematics

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Continuity & Differentiability

1. A function is said to be continuous at a point if its left hand & right hand limits exist
and are equal & is also equal to the value of function at that point.
i.e. LHL=RHL=f(x)

+
x c f (x )
xc f (x)
lim
lim
i.e.
=
= f(x)

2. A function is discontinuous at x=c if any of equality in

x c f (x )
lim
=

xc f (x)
lim
= f(x) does not exist

3. Algebra of continuous functions is also continuous i.e.

fg , fg, f/g (g0) are also continuous provided f & g both are continuous
4. Composition of two continuous fns is also continuous
5. A function is called differentiable if its left hand derivative is equal to its right hand
derivative. i.e LHD=RHD
f ( x +h )f (x)
f ( x +h )f ( x)
h 0
h 0 +
h
h

=
lim
lim

6. A function is continuous if its differentiable but not vice-versa i.e. every

differentiable fn is continuous but every continuous function may or may not be
continuous
7. (xn) =nxn-1
8. (sin x)= cosx
9. ( cos x)= -sin x
10. (tan x)= sec2 x
11. (cot x)= -cosec2 x
12. (cosec x)=-cosec x cotx
13. (sec x )= sec x tan x
1
14. (sin-1 x)= 1x 2

15. (cos x)=

1
1x 2

16. (sec-1 x)=

1
x x 21

-1

1
x x 21

17. (cosec-1 x)=

-1

1
1+ x 2

-1

1
1+ x 2

18. (tan x)=

19. (cot x)=

20. (ax) =ax log a

21. (ex) = ex
22. (log x)=1/x
23. (uv)= u v
24. (uv)= uv+uv
u vuv
25. (u/v)=
v2
26. Second derivative: second derivative is taken out by derivating a function twice & is
denoted by y or

d2 y
2
dx

27. Rolles Theorem: If function f :[a,b]R is such that (i) f is cts in [a,b]
(ii)f is derivable in (a,b)
(iii)f(a)=f(b)
Then there exists, at least one c (a,b) such that f(c)=0
28. Langrages Mean value theorem: If function f :[a,b]R is such that (i) f is cts in
[a,b]
(ii)f is derivable in (a,b)
f ( b )f ( a)
Then there exists, at least one c (a,b) such that f(c)=
ba

Questions
1 markers
1. Differentiate cos x with respect to e

2. Find the second order derivative of log x w.r.t. x

3. Find the derivative of sin (cos 1/x)
x
4. Find the derivative of x sinx e
5. Find the derivative of

e x log x
x2

10
6. Find the derivative of 10

7. Find the derivative of sin x2 w.r.t. x2

4/6 markers
8. If tan (x+y) + tan(x y) = /4 Find dy/dx.
m n
m+n
9. If x y = (x + y)
then ,Prove that dy/dx = y/x.
10. If x = 2cosx cos2x , y = 2sinx sin2x then find y at x = /2.
11. Check the applicability of LMV & ROLLES theorem f(x)= (x-1)(x-2)(x-3) in [0,4]
12. Check the applicability of LMV & ROLLES theorem f(x)= (25-x 2 )1/2 in [-3,4]
13. show that the function f(x)=2x- |x| is continuous at x=0
2
14. If y = acos(logx) + bsin(logx) then Prove that x y2 + xy1 +y =0.
15. If x=sin t , y= sin pt prove that (1-x2) y x y +p2y =0
16. If y = cot x+cosec x prove that (1-cosx)2 y= sin x
17. If f is continuous at x=0 then find the value of a, b, c
(Sin(a+1)x +sin x)/x
f(x)=

18. If

x
2
a

y
2
b

if x<0
if x=0

{ (x+bx2)1/2 x1/2 }/ bx3/2

if x>0
2
4
d y
b
=1 show that d x 2 = a2 y 3

-1
2
2
19. If y = ( sin
x)
then prove that (1 x ) y - xy -2 = 0.
20. If xpyq = (x+y)p+q prove that y=y/x & y=0
4x
21. Find the derivative of tan-1 14 x
22. Find the derivative of tan

5 ax
a 6 x 2

-1

23. Check whether the function f(x)= | sinx- cosx| is a continuous function or not
24. If f(x)= { x2 +3x+a , x1
{ bx+2 , x>1
25. If y= sin x + sinx+ sinx+ prove that (2y-1) y= cosx
26. ylogx = x-y prove that y= log x/(1+log x)2
27. If (cosx)y = (sin y)x prove that (log siny+y tanx)\(log cos x- x coty)
28. If y= log x + logx+ logx+ prove that x(2y-1)y=1
-1

29. Differentiate tan (

1x 2
x

x
) w.r.t. tan ( 1x 2 )
-1

30. If x=sin t , y=sin pt prove that (1-x2) y-x y+p2y=0

2
(1+logy )
x
y-x
31. If y = e prove that y=
log y
logx

32. If xy = ex-y prove that y=

(1+ logx)2

x/y
33. If x= e

x y
prove that y= xlog x

34. If cos-1x/2 + cos-1y/3=t then prove that 9x2-12xy cost +4y2=36 sin2t

 1
+ cos
35. Prove that tan ( 4 2

36. Show that det

-1

c m1 c m2 c m3
c n1 c n2 c n2
c 1p c 2p c 3p

37. If p,q,r are not in GP & det

1
cos
a/b)+ tan ( 4 2

)
(

a/b)=2b/a

mnp( mn)(np)( pm)

12

1
q/ p +q / p
1
r / p +r / p
p +q q +r
0

[ ]
a

38. Find the inverse of the matrix A

-1

b
1+bc
a

39. If a,b,c are real ,find the factors of the det

=0 show that p2+2q+r=0

&show that aA-1= (a2 +bc+1) aA

b +c c+ a a+b
c+ a a+b b+ c
a+ b b+c c +a

& show that if determinant is

zero then either a+b+c=0 or a=b=c

th

th

th

40. If a,b,c are the p , q , r terms of a GP prove that det

log a
log b
log c

p 1
q 1 =0
r 1

41. The sum of three numbers is six .If we multiply the third number by 3 & add second number to
it , we get 11 . By adding first & third number , we get double of the second number. Represent
the information algebraically & find the numbers using matrix method.