Give that $f(x) \begin{cases}=\frac{1-\cos 4 x}{x^2} & \text { if } x 0\end{cases}$ at $x=0$, then $a=$

Give that $f(x) \begin{cases}=\frac{1-\cos 4 x}{x^2} & \text { if } x<0 \\ =a & \text { if } x=0 \quad \text {, is continuous } \\ =\frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{16+\sqrt{x}}-4} & \text { if } x>0\end{cases}$ at $x=0$, then $a=$
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 4
  4. 16

Solution

for continuity at $x=0$ $\begin{aligned} & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{1-\cos 4 x}{x^2}=a=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{16+\sqrt{x}}-4} \\ & \Rightarrow \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{2 \sin ^2 2 x}{(2 x)^2} \times 4=a=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sqrt{x}}{16+\sqrt{x}-16} \times(\sqrt{16+\sqrt{x}}+4) \\ & \Rightarrow a=8\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (07 Aug Shift 1)

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