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For the function f:R→Rf: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} given by f(x)=∣x−3∣+∣x+4∣f(x) = \lvert x-3 \rvert + \lvert x+4 \rvert, Where R\mathbb{R} is set of real numbers, which of the following statements are correct?

(A) f(x)f(x) is continuous as well as differentiable at x=3x=3.

(B) f(x)f(x) is continuous but not differentiable at x=3x=3 and x=−4x=-4

(C) f(x)f(x) is neither continuous nor differentiable at x=3x=3

(D) f(x)f(x) is continuous on R\mathbb{R}

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

A sum of modulus functions is continuous everywhere, so (D) holds and (C) fails.

At x=3x=3 the left and right derivatives of ∣x−3∣|x-3| are −1-1 and 11, so ff is not differentiable there; similarly at x=−4x=-4. Hence (B) holds and (A) fails.

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