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Consider the following statements in respect of the function \(f(x)=[3x]\), where \([\cdot]\) is the greatest integer function:

I. \(f(x)\) is continuous at \(x=1/3\).

II. \(f(x)\) is differentiable at \(x=1/4\).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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II only

At \(x=1/3\), \(3x=1\), and \([3x]\) jumps from \(0\) to \(1\) there, so \(f\) is discontinuous at \(x=1/3\) and statement I is false. At \(x=1/4\), \(3x=3/4\) is not an integer, so \([3x]=0\) is constant in a neighbourhood of \(x=1/4\), making \(f\) differentiable there with derivative \(0\); statement II is true.

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