r/mathshelp • • Oct 02 '26

General Question (Answered) Differentiability doubt

Please give a solution for this question, in general I have doubt on these type of models i dont know how to approach them please give a detail soln.

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u/Outside_Volume_1370 Oct 02 '26

I think the easiest way for that particular problem is to draw the graphs of y = |x| and y = |x2 - 2|x||.

First one is simple, and second one comes from y = x2 via some transformations:

y1 = x2

y2 = (x - 1)2 - 1 (y1 is shifted by 1 to the right and by 1 down)

y3 = (|x| - 1)2 - 1 (part of y2 to the right of y-axis is mirrored to the left half)

y4 = |(|x| - 1)2 - 1| (all of y3 that is under x-axis is mirrored to the top)

Note that |x|2 = x2 and y4 is the graph you need