Given a piecewise, prove that it is continous and differentiable

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1. Homework Statement
For f(x)= { sin(x)/x if x≠0 , 1 if x=0. (a) Show that f is continuous and differentiable for all x. (b) Show the derivative f'(x) is continous.


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I know that if f is differentiable it is continous, so I need to focus on x=0 to show that the function is differentiable. And now I'm stuck lol
 
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Write down the definition of the derivative at x=0.
 
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