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Select the true statements. \( \square \) A. The function \( f(x)=x^{3} \) is differentiable on \( [0,7] \). \( \square \) B. The function \( f(x)=\sqrt{x} \) is differentiable on \( [0,7] \) \( \square \) C. The function \( f(x)=|x| \) is differentiable on \( (-3,3) \) \( \square \) D. The function \( f(x)=\sqrt{x} \) is differentiable on \( (0,7) \) \( \square \) E. The function \( f(x)=|x| \) is differentiable on \( [0,7] \).
Ask by Huang Martinez. in the United States
Mar 09,2025
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The true statements are A, D, and E.
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1. For statement A, the function is \( f(x)=x^3 \).
- Since polynomials are differentiable everywhere, \( f(x) \) is differentiable on \([0,7]\).
- Statement A is true.
2. For statement B, the function is \( f(x)=\sqrt{x} \).
- Its derivative is \( f'(x)=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x}} \).
- At \( x=0 \), the derivative would require evaluating \(\frac{1}{2\sqrt{0}}\), which is undefined (or infinite).
- Thus, \( f(x)=\sqrt{x} \) is not differentiable at \( x=0 \), and consequently not differentiable on the entire interval \([0,7]\).
- Statement B is false.
3. For statement C, the function is \( f(x)=|x| \).
- The function \( |x| \) has a derivative of \(-1\) for \( x<0 \) and \( 1 \) for \( x>0 \).
- At \( x=0 \), the left-hand derivative is \(-1\) and the right-hand derivative is \(1\); they are not equal.
- Hence, \( f(x) \) is not differentiable at \( x=0 \), so it is not differentiable on the entire interval \((-3,3)\).
- Statement C is false.
4. For statement D, the function is again \( f(x)=\sqrt{x} \), but now the interval is \((0,7)\).
- On \((0,7)\), all \( x \) are positive, so the derivative \( f'(x)=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x}} \) exists for every \( x \) in the interval.
- Therefore, \( f(x)=\sqrt{x} \) is differentiable on \((0,7)\).
- Statement D is true.
5. For statement E, the function is \( f(x)=|x| \) on \([0,7]\).
- For \( x>0 \), \( f(x)=|x|=x \) which is differentiable with derivative \( 1 \).
- At the endpoint \( x=0 \) (since this is a closed interval), we only need to check the right-hand derivative.
- The right-hand derivative at \( x=0 \) is
\[
\lim_{h \to 0^+} \frac{|h|-0}{h} = \lim_{h \to 0^+} \frac{h}{h} = 1.
\]
- Since the one-sided derivative exists at \( x=0 \) and the function is differentiable for all \( x>0 \), \( f(x)=|x| \) is differentiable on \([0,7]\).
- Statement E is true.
The true statements are A, D, and E.
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The function \( f(x)=x^{3} \) is indeed differentiable on the interval \( [0,7] \). Polynomial functions like this one are smooth and continuous everywhere, so you're good here! On the flip side, functions like \( f(x)=|x| \) have a "sharp corner" at \( x=0 \), making them non-differentiable at that point. Specifically, it's differentiable on \( (-3,3) \), but not on the closed interval \( [0,7] \) because of that corner at \( x=0 \).