MCQ
The set of all those points, where the function $f(x) = \frac{x}{{1 + |x|}}$ is differentiable, is
  • $( - \infty ,\infty )$
  • B
    $[0,\infty ]$
  • C
    $( - \infty ,\,0) \cup (0,\infty )$
  • D
    $(0,\infty )$

Answer

Correct option: A.
$( - \infty ,\infty )$
a
(a) Let $h(x) = x,x \in ( - \infty ,\infty )$;

$g(x) = 1 + |x|,\,\,x \in ( - \infty ,\infty )$

Here $h$ is differentiable in $( - \infty ,\infty )$ but $|x|$ is not differentiable at $x = 0$.

Therefore $g$ is differentiable in $( - \infty ,0) \cup (0,\infty )$ and $g(x) \ne 0,\rlap{--} Vx \in $ $( - \infty ,\infty )$,

therefore $f(x) = \frac{{h(x)}}{{g(x)}} = \frac{x}{{1 + |x|}}$

It is differentiable in $( - \infty ,0) \cup (0,\infty )$ for $x = 0$

$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{f(h) - f(0)}}{{h - 0}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{\frac{h}{{1 + |h|}} - 0}}{h} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{1}{{1 + |h|}} = 1$

Therefore $f$ is differentiable at $x = 0$,

so $f$ is differentiable in $( - \infty ,\infty )$.

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