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The function $$f(x)=\begin{cases}x\sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right),&x\neq0\\\\0,&x=0\end{cases}$$ at $x=0$ is:

  1. Continuous and differentiable
     
  2. Continuous but not differentiable
     
  3. Differentiable but not continuous
     
  4. Neither continuous nor differentiable

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We are given $f(x)=\begin{cases}x\sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right),&x\neq0\\\\0,&x=0\end{cases}$.

First check continuity at $x=0$.

For $x\neq0$,

$-1\leq\sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)\leq1$

Multiplying by $|x|$ shows that $x\sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)$ is trapped between $-|x|$ and $|x|$.

So,

$-|x|\leq x\sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)\leq |x|$

As $x\to0$,

$-|x|\to0$ and $|x|\to0$

Therefore, by the squeeze theorem,

$\lim_{x\to0}x\sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=0$

Since $f(0)=0$, we have $\lim_{x\to0}f(x)=f(0)$.

So $f$ is continuous at $x=0$.

Now check differentiability at $x=0$ using the definition:

$f'(0)=\lim_{x\to0}\frac{f(x)-f(0)}{x-0}$

Since $f(0)=0$,

$f'(0)=\lim_{x\to0}\frac{x\sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}{x}$

$f'(0)=\lim_{x\to0}\sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)$

But $\sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)$ does not approach one fixed value as $x\to0$. It keeps oscillating between $-1$ and $1$.

Therefore, $f'(0)$ does not exist.

So $f$ is continuous at $x=0$, but not differentiable at $x=0$.

Answer: B. Continuous but not differentiable.

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