Let $\mathrm{f}(x)=\min \left\{x, x^2\right\}$ for every real number of $x$. then

Let $\mathrm{f}(x)=\min \left\{x, x^2\right\}$ for every real number of $x$. then
  1. $f(x)$ is continuous for all $x$
  2. $f(x)$ is differentiable for all $x$
  3. $f^{\prime}(x)=2$ for all $x\gt1$
  4. $f(x)$ is not differentiable at three values of $x$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} f(x) & =\min \left\{x, x^2\right\} \\ & =\left\{\begin{array}{ccc}x & \text { if } & x \lt 0 \\ x^2 & \text { if } & 0 \leq x \lt 1 \\ x & \text { if } & 1 \lt x\end{array}\right.\end{aligned}$ $\lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{-}} f(x)=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{-}} x=0$ Similarly, we can show $\lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} f(x)=0$ So, $f(x)$ is continuous at $x=0$ Similarly $f(x)$ is also continuous at $x=1$ and $f^{\prime}(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}1, & x \lt 0 \\ 2 x, & 0 \leq x \lt 1 \\ 1, & x\gt1\end{array}\right.$ So, $f(x)$ is not differentiable at $x=0,1$.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2024 (19 May Shift 2)

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