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JEE Advanced 2015 · Relations and Functions (Class 12)

Let f(x)=sin⁡(π6sin⁡(π2sin⁡x))f(x)=\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{6}\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{2}\sin x\right)\right) for all x∈Rx \in R and g(x)=π2sin⁡xg(x)=\frac{\pi}{2}\sin x for all x∈Rx \in R. Let (fog)(x)(fog)(x) denote f(g(x))f(g(x)) and (gof)(x)(gof)(x) denote g(f(x))g(f(x)). Then which of the following is (are) true?

Answers: A. Range of ff is [−12,12]\left[-\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}\right] · B. Range of fogfog is [−12,12]\left[-\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}\right] · C. lim⁡x→0f(x)g(x)=π6\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=\frac{\pi}{6}

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Given: f(x)=sin⁡(π6sin⁡(π2sin⁡x))\text{Given: } f(x) = \sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{6}\sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}\sin x\right)\right) g(x)=π2sin⁡x,x∈Rg(x) = \dfrac{\pi}{2}\sin x,\qquad x \in \mathbb{R} To find: which of (1), (2), (3), (4) are true\text{To find: which of } (1),\ (2),\ (3),\ (4) \text{ are true} Plan: range(g)→range(f)→range(f∘g)→limit→(g∘f)\text{Plan: range}(g) \to \text{range}(f) \to \text{range}(f\circ g) \to \text{limit} \to (g\circ f) g(x)=π2sin⁡x⇒range(g)=[−π2, π2]g(x) = \dfrac{\pi}{2}\sin x \Rightarrow \text{range}(g) = \left[-\dfrac{\pi}{2},\, \dfrac{\pi}{2}\right] π2sin⁡x∈[−π2,π2]⇒sin⁡(π2sin⁡x)∈[−1,1]\dfrac{\pi}{2}\sin x \in \left[-\dfrac{\pi}{2},\dfrac{\pi}{2}\right] \Rightarrow \sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}\sin x\right) \in [-1,1] π6sin⁡(π2sin⁡x)∈[−π6,π6]\dfrac{\pi}{6}\sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}\sin x\right) \in \left[-\dfrac{\pi}{6},\dfrac{\pi}{6}\right] f(x)∈[−sin⁡π6, sin⁡π6]=[−12,12]⇒(1) TRUEf(x) \in \left[-\sin\dfrac{\pi}{6},\,\sin\dfrac{\pi}{6}\right] = \left[-\dfrac{1}{2},\dfrac{1}{2}\right] \Rightarrow (1)\ \text{TRUE} f∘g=f(g(x)),g is onto [−π2,π2]f\circ g = f(g(x)),\qquad g \text{ is onto } \left[-\dfrac{\pi}{2},\dfrac{\pi}{2}\right] ⇒Range(f∘g)=[−12,12]\Rightarrow \text{Range}(f\circ g) = \left[-\dfrac{1}{2},\dfrac{1}{2}\right] ⇒(2) TRUE\Rightarrow (2)\ \text{TRUE} x→0: sin⁡x≈x⇒π2sin⁡x≈π2xx\to 0:\ \sin x \approx x \Rightarrow \dfrac{\pi}{2}\sin x \approx \dfrac{\pi}{2}x f(x)≈sin⁡(π6⋅π2x)≈π2x12f(x) \approx \sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{6}\cdot\dfrac{\pi}{2}x\right) \approx \dfrac{\pi^2 x}{12} f(x)g(x)≈π2x/12(π/2) x=π6⇒(3) TRUE\dfrac{f(x)}{g(x)} \approx \dfrac{\pi^2 x/12}{(\pi/2)\,x} = \dfrac{\pi}{6} \Rightarrow (3)\ \text{TRUE} (g∘f)(x)=π2sin⁡(f(x)),f(x)∈[−12,12](g\circ f)(x) = \dfrac{\pi}{2}\sin(f(x)),\qquad f(x) \in \left[-\dfrac{1}{2},\dfrac{1}{2}\right] max⁡(g∘f)=π2sin⁡12≈0.75<1\max (g\circ f) = \dfrac{\pi}{2}\sin\dfrac{1}{2} \approx 0.75 < 1 ∴ (g∘f)(x)=1 is impossible⇒(4) FALSE\therefore\ (g\circ f)(x) = 1 \text{ is impossible} \Rightarrow (4)\ \text{FALSE} (1), (2), (3) are TRUE;(4) is FALSE(1),\ (2),\ (3)\ \text{are TRUE};\quad (4)\ \text{is FALSE} Answer: (1), (2), (3)\boxed{\text{Answer: } (1),\ (2),\ (3)}

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