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Correct answer: C
- We need to study differentiability of
Given and
The composition can fail to be differentiable at points where:
- is not differentiable,
- hits the switching point of , i.e. .
So we check both.
- First, check differentiability of .
For , . For , .
At : So is continuous at .
Now derivatives: Hence is differentiable at .
Therefore, is differentiable for all .
- Now check where is differentiable.
For , . For , .
Possible issue is at .
Continuity at : Since , is not continuous at , hence not differentiable at .
For all , is differentiable.
So can only fail to be differentiable when
- Solve .
Case 1: . Then , so Since , this is valid.
Case 2: . Then , so But , so this is invalid for this branch.
Thus the only point where is
- Verify non-differentiability at by writing the composition explicitly.
First determine sign of near . For near (and ), So:
- if , then , hence ,
- if and near , then , hence .
Therefore near ,
At , So it is discontinuous at , hence not differentiable there.
- Check if there are any other problematic points.
- At , is differentiable and , and is differentiable at . So is differentiable at .
- For all other , both and at are differentiable.
Hence there is exactly one point where is not differentiable.
- Final answer: So the correct option is C.
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