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CLASS XII
Continuity and Differentiability

One marks questions

Differentiate the following with respect to x:

𝟐 𝟐
1. 𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙 Ans:- 𝟐𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐𝒙𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟐(NCERT EXEMPLAR)
𝟏
2. log(x + a  x2 ) Ans: 𝟐 (NCERT EXEMPLAR)
𝒙 +𝒂
x 𝒆 𝒙
3. e Ans:
𝟒 𝒙𝒆 𝒙

Four marks questions

dy sin 2 (a  y)
1. If siny = x sin(a + y), prove that 
dx sin a
dy y
2. If y = x siny, prove that  .
dx x(1  x cos y)
dy x 2 1  y 6
3. If 1  x 6  1  y 6  a( x3  y 3 ), prove that 
dx y 2 1  x 6
dy d2y 
4. If x = a(cost +tsint) and y = a (sint – tcost), find the value of and 2
, when t  .
dx dx 4
5.  
If y  log x  x 2  1 , prove that x 2  1y2  xy1  0.
6. If y  e ,  1  x  1, show that 1  x 2 y2  xy1  a 2 y  0.
a cos1 x

7. Differentiate with respect to x:

 1  sin x  1  sin x  𝒅𝒚 𝟏
a) tan 1  
 𝑨𝒏𝒔: = −
 1  sin x  1  sin x  𝒅𝒙 𝟐

 2x  1  1  x 
2
dy 4
8. If y  sin  1
2 
 sec  , prove that
2 
 .
1 x  1 x  dx 1  x 2
9. Verify Rolle’s theorem for the function f(x) = sinx – sin2x on [0, ].
10. Verify Mean Value theorem for the function f(x) = x2 – 2x + 4 on [1, 5].
11. Find the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’ when
 3ax  b, x  1

f ( x)   11, x  1 is continuous at x = 1. Ans:a = 3,b=2.
5ax  2b, x  1


dy y
12. If x13. y 7  ( x  y) 20 , prove that  .
dx x

dy cos x
13. If y  sin x  sin x  sin x  ....to  , prove that  .
dx 2 y  1

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𝟏
𝒙 − 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏 , 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎
14. Check, the function𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝒂 is continuous or discontinuous
𝟎, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒂
at x = a. (NCERT EXEMPLAR).

15.Examine the differentiability of f, where f is defined by

𝒙 𝒙 , 𝒊𝒇 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 < 2
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒂𝒕 𝒙 = 𝟐, 𝑁𝐶𝐸𝑅𝑇 𝐸𝑋𝐸𝑀𝑃𝐿𝐴𝑅 .
𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒙, 𝒊𝒇 𝟐 ≤ 𝒙 < 3

𝒅𝒚
16. Find 𝒅𝒙 of the function expressed in parametric form given by𝒙 = 𝟏 + 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒕 , 𝒚 = 𝟑 + 𝟐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒕.
𝟐 𝒕 𝒕
(NCERT EXEMPLAR). Ans : t

𝒅𝒚 𝐱
17.Find when x and y are connected by the relation given by 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙𝒚 + = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚
𝒅𝒙 𝐲
𝟐𝒙𝒚𝟐 − 𝒚𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚
(NCERT EXEMPLAR). Ans: 𝒙𝒚𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙𝒚 − 𝒙 + 𝒚𝟐

18. Discuss the applicability of Rolle’s Theorem on the function given

𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟏
by 𝒇 𝒙 = .
𝟑 − 𝒙, 𝒊𝒇 𝟏 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟐 (NCERT EXEMPLAR)

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