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Three of these four statements about continuity and differentiability hold. The exception is

  • A.a corner is a point of continuity without a derivative
  • B.a continuous function is differentiable
  • C.a differentiable function is continuous
  • D.continuity at a point does not settle the existence of the derivative there

Answer: B

Differentiability implies continuity but not the reverse. The function \( |x| \) is continuous everywhere yet has no derivative at the origin, where the one-sided slopes are \( -1 \) and \( +1 \). So continuity is the weaker condition, and a corner is exactly the case that separates the two properties

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