Mathematics · Limits, Continuity and Differentiability

JEE Main 2024 — 1 February, Shift 1 — Question 25

Let {x}\{x\} denote the fractional part of xx and

f(x)=cos⁡−1(1−{x}2)sin⁡−1(1−{x}){x}−{x}3,x≠0f(x)=\frac{\cos ^{-1}\left(1-\{x\}^{2}\right) \sin ^{-1}(1-\{x\})}{\{x\}-\{x\}^{3}}, x \neq 0.

If LL and R respectively denotes the left hand limit and the right hand limit of f(x)f(x) at x=0x=0, then 32π2(L2+R2)\frac{32}{\pi^{2}}\left(L^{2}+R^{2}\right) is equal to \qquad .

Answer: 18

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Step-by-step solution

Finding right hand limit $$$$\begin{aligned}& \lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} f(x)=\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} f(0+h) & \quad=\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} f(h) & =\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\cos ^{-1}\left(1-h^{2}\right) \sin ^{-1}(1-h)}{h\left(1-h^{2}\right)} & =\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\cos ^{-1}\left(1-h^{2}\right)}{h}\left(\frac{\sin ^{-1} 1}{1}\right)\end{aligned}$$$

Let cos⁡−1(1−h2)=θ⇒cos⁡θ=1−h2\cos ^{-1}\left(1-h^{2}\right)=\theta \Rightarrow \cos \theta=1-h^{2}

=π2lim⁡θ→0θ1−cos⁡θ=\frac{\pi}{2} \lim _{\theta \rightarrow 0} \frac{\theta}{\sqrt{1-\cos \theta}}

=π2lim⁡θ→011cos⁡θθ2=\frac{\pi}{2} \lim _{\theta \rightarrow 0} \frac{1}{\sqrt{\frac{1\cos \theta}{\theta^{2}}}}

=π211/2=\frac{\pi}{2} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 / 2}} R=π2\mathrm{R}=\frac{\pi}{\sqrt{2}}Now finding left hand limit$

L=lim⁡x→0−f(x)=lim⁡h→0f(−h)\begin{aligned}& L=\lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{-}} f(x) & =\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} f(-h)\end{aligned}

=lim⁡h→0cos⁡−1(1−{−h}2)sin⁡−1(1−{−h}){−h}−{−h}3=\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\cos ^{-1}\left(1-\{-h\}^{2}\right) \sin ^{-1}(1-\{-h\})}{\{-h\}-\{-h\}^{3}} =lim⁡h→0cos⁡−1(1−(−h+1)2)sin⁡−1(1−(−h+1))(−h+1)−(−h+1)3=\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\cos ^{-1}\left(1-(-h+1)^{2}\right) \sin ^{-1}(1-(-h+1))}{(-h+1)-(-h+1)^{3}}

=lim⁡h→0cos⁡−1(−h2+2h)sin⁡−1h(1−h)(1−(1−h)2)=\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\cos ^{-1}\left(-h^{2}+2 h\right) \sin ^{-1} h}{(1-h)\left(1-(1-h)^{2}\right)}

=lim⁡h→0(π2)sin⁡−1 h(1−(1−h)2)=\lim _{h \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right) \frac{\sin ^{-1} \mathrm{~h}}{\left(1-(1-h)^{2}\right)}

=π2lim⁡h→0(sin⁡−1h−h2+2h)=\frac{\pi}{2} \lim _{h \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{\sin ^{-1} h}{-h^{2}+2 h}\right)

=π2lim⁡h→0(sin⁡−1hh)(1−h+2)=\frac{\pi}{2} \lim _{h \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{\sin ^{-1} h}{h}\right)\left(\frac{1}{-h+2}\right)

L=π4\mathrm{L}=\frac{\pi}{4}

32π2( L2+R2)=32π2(π22+π216)\frac{32}{\pi^{2}}\left(\mathrm{~L}^{2}+\mathrm{R}^{2}\right)=\frac{32}{\pi^{2}}\left(\frac{\pi^{2}}{2}+\frac{\pi^{2}}{16}\right) =16+2=16+2

=18=18

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Exam
JEE Main 2024
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Limits, Continuity and Differentiability
Topic
Indeterminate forms & its solving methods