Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH100/December 2015/Question 07
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Question 07 |
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Is the function differentiable at ? You must explain your answer using the definition of the derivative. |
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Recall the definition of differentiability at some point. |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. First, we check that is continuous at 0. (Note that if is not continuous at 0, is not differentiable at 0.) Using , we can compute the right hand limit as
On other hand, it is easy to get
Therefore, is continuous at 0. Now, we show is differentiable at 0. By the definition of derivative, first consider the right hand limit: The last inequality follows from Then, the left hand limit can be computed as
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