Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 2 - Differentiation - 2.3 Exercises - Page 128: 135

Answer

$$ f(x)=x|x|=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}{x^{2},} & {x \geq 0} \\ {-x^{2},} & {x<0}\end{array}\right. $$ we can find $$ \begin{aligned} f^{\prime}(x)& =\left\{\begin{array}{ll}{2 x,} & {x \geq 0} \\ {-2 x,} & {x<0}\end{array}\right.\\ &=2 |x|. \end{aligned} $$ and $$ f^{\prime \prime}(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{l}{2, \quad x \geq 0} \\ {-2, x<0}\end{array}\right. $$ Thus we can say that $f^{\prime \prime}(x) $ does not exist because the left and right derivatives do not agree at 0.

Work Step by Step

$$ f(x)=x|x|=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}{x^{2},} & {x \geq 0} \\ {-x^{2},} & {x<0}\end{array}\right. $$ we can find $$ \begin{aligned} f^{\prime}(x)& =\left\{\begin{array}{ll}{2 x,} & {x \geq 0} \\ {-2 x,} & {x<0}\end{array}\right.\\ &=2 |x|. \end{aligned} $$ and $$ f^{\prime \prime}(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{l}{2, \quad x \geq 0} \\ {-2, x<0}\end{array}\right. $$ Thus we can say that $f^{\prime \prime}(x) $ does not exist because the left and right derivatives do not agree at 0.
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