If $l=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x}{|x|+x^2}$, then the value of $l$ is

If $l=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x}{|x|+x^2}$, then the value of $l$ is
  1. $1$
  2. $-1$
  3. $2$
  4. non-existent

Solution

Let $\mathrm{f}(x)=\frac{x}{|x|+x^2}$ $\begin{aligned} & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{-}} \mathrm{f}(x)=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x}{-x+x^2}=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{1}{-1+x}=-1 \\ & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \mathrm{f}(x)=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{x}{x+x^2}=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{1}{1+x}=1 \end{aligned}$ Here, $\lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{-}} \mathrm{f}(x) \neq \lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \mathrm{f}(x)$ $\therefore \quad$ Value of $l$ is non-existent

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (11 May Shift 2)

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