The function given by f (x) = tan x is discontinuous on the set

(A) {nπ:n ϵ z}       

(B) {2nπ:n ϵ z}

(C) {(2n + 1) π/2 : n ϵ z }        

(D) {nπ/2 " : " n ϵ z}

 

This question is similar to Example 18 - Chapter 5 Class 12  Continuity and Differentiability

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Question 4 The function given by f (x) = tan x is discontinuous on the set (A) {๐‘›๐œ‹:๐‘› ๐œ– ๐’›} (B) {2๐‘›๐œ‹:๐‘› ๐œ– ๐’›} (C) {(2n + 1) ๐œ‹/2 : ๐‘› ๐œ– ๐’›} (D) {๐‘›๐œ‹/2 " : " ๐‘› ๐œ– ๐’›} ๐‘“(๐‘ฅ) = tan ๐‘ฅ ๐’‡(๐’™) = ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโก๐’™/๐œ๐จ๐ฌโก๐’™ Here, ๐‘“(๐‘ฅ) is defined for all real number except ๐’„๐’๐’” ๐’™ = 0 i.e. for all ๐‘ฅ except ๐’™ = (๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ) ๐…/๐Ÿ Thus, tanโก๐‘ฅ is discontinuous on the set ๐’™={(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ) ๐…/๐Ÿ;๐’ ๐ ๐’›} So, the correct answer is (C)

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