NCERT Class XI Mathematics - Limits and Derivatives - Solutions

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Question : 32
Total: 72
If f (x) = {
mx2+nx<0
nx+m0x1
nx3+mx>1
. For what integers m and n does both
lim
x0
f (x) and
lim
x1
f (x) exist?
Solution:  
We have f (x) = {
mx2+nx<0
nx+m0x1
nx3+mx>1

Now
lim
x0
f (x) =
lim
x0
(mx2+n) = m (0) + n = n
and
lim
x0+
f (x) =
lim
x0+
(nx + m) = n (0) + m = m
But for
lim
x0
f (x) to exist, we must have
lim
x0
f (x) =
lim
x0+
f (x)
i.e., n = m
Hence
lim
x0
f (x) exists only if n = m.
Now,
lim
x1
f (x) =
lim
x1
(nx + m) = n + m
and
lim
x1+
f (x) =
lim
x1+
(nx3+m) = n + m
∴ Above condition shows that
lim
x1
f (x) =
lim
x1+
f (x) = m + n. Thus
lim
x1
f (x) exists for all n , m.
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