Consider the following two statements about the function f(x)=|x|
P. f(x) is continuous for all real values of x
Q. f(x) is differentiable for all real values of x
Which of the following is TRUE?
(A)
P is true and Q is false.
(B)
P is false and Qis true.
(C)
Both P and Q are true
(D)
Both P and Q are false.
Answer: (A)
Explanation:
A function is continuous if for every value of \’x\’, we have a corresponding f(x). Here, for every x, we have f(x) which is actually the value of x itself, without the negative sign for x < 0.
But, the given function is not differentiable for x = 0 because for x < 0, the derivative is negative and for x > 0, the derivative is positive. So, the left hand derivative and right hand derivative do not match.
Hence, P is correct and Q is incorrect. Thus, A is the correct option.
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20 Jun, 2018
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