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Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) f(x)=xsinxf(x) = x \sin x(I) is not continuous at x=3x = -3
(B) f(x)=xx,x0f(x) = \frac{\vert x\vert }{x}, x \neq 0 and f(x)=1 at x=0f(x) = 1 \text{ at } x = 0(II) is continuous everywhere
(C) f(x)=x[x]f(x) = x - [x], [x][x] denotes greatest integer function(III) is not differentiable at x=1x = 1
(D) f(x)=ex1f(x) = e^{\vert x - 1\vert }(IV) is not continuous at x=0x = 0

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

Correct Option: 3

f(x)=xsinxf(x) = x \sin x

Both xx and sinx\sin x are continuous and differentiable everywhere. The product of two continuous functions is always continuous.

So xsinxx \sin x is continuous everywhere.

(A) → (II)


f(x)=xx, x0f(x) = \dfrac{|x|}{x},\ x \neq 0 and f(0)=1f(0) = 1

When x>0x > 0: f(x)=xx=1f(x) = \dfrac{x}{x} = 1

When x<0x < 0: f(x)=xx=1f(x) = \dfrac{-x}{x} = -1

At x=0x = 0: f(0)=1f(0) = 1

limx0f(x)=1\lim_{x \to 0^-} f(x) = -1

limx0+f(x)=+1\lim_{x \to 0^+} f(x) = +1

Since LHL \neq RHL, the limit does not exist, so ff is not continuous at x=0x = 0.

(B) → (IV)


f(x)=x[x]f(x) = x - [x] is the fractional part function {x}\{x\}, which is discontinuous at every integer.

At x=3x = -3:

limx3f(x)\lim_{x \to -3^-} f(x): here [x]=4[x] = -4, so f(x)=x+43+4=1f(x) = x + 4 \to -3 + 4 = 1

limx3+f(x)\lim_{x \to -3^+} f(x): here [x]=3[x] = -3, so f(x)=x+33+3=0f(x) = x + 3 \to -3 + 3 = 0

f(3)=3[3]=3+3=0f(-3) = -3 - [-3] = -3 + 3 = 0

Since LHL (=1)(= 1) \neq RHL (=0)(= 0), ff is not continuous at x=3x = -3.

(C) → (I)


The function is given by:

f(x)=ex1f(x) = e^{|x-1|}

Since x1|x-1| is continuous everywhere, ex1e^{|x-1|} is also continuous everywhere.

However, x1|x-1| has a sharp corner point at x=1x = 1, so differentiability must be checked specifically at that point using first principles.

Left-Hand Derivative (LHD):

limh0f(1+h)f(1)h=limh0ehe0h\lim_{h \to 0^-} \frac{f(1+h) - f(1)}{h} = \lim_{h \to 0^-} \frac{e^{|h|} - e^0}{h}

Since h0h \to 0^-, hh is negative, which means h=h|h| = -h:

limh0eh1h=1\lim_{h \to 0^-} \frac{e^{-h} - 1}{h} = -1

Right-Hand Derivative (RHD):

limh0+f(1+h)f(1)h=limh0+ehe0h\lim_{h \to 0^+} \frac{f(1+h) - f(1)}{h} = \lim_{h \to 0^+} \frac{e^{|h|} - e^0}{h}

Since h0+h \to 0^+, hh is positive, which means h=h|h| = h:

limh0+eh1h=+1\lim_{h \to 0^+} \frac{e^{h} - 1}{h} = +1

Since the Left-Hand Derivative (1-1) \neq Right-Hand Derivative (+1+1), the function f(x)f(x) is not differentiable at x=1x = 1.

Therefore, (D) \rightarrow (III)


(A) → (II)

(B) → (IV)

(C) → (I)

(D) → (III)

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