KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-18

  • question_answer
    Let \[f\] be a differentiable function satisfying \[{{\left[ f\left( x \right) \right]}^{n}}=f\left( nx \right)\] for all \[x\in R.\] Then, \[f'\left( x \right)f\left( nx \right)=\]

    A) \[f\left( x \right)\]

    B) 0

    C) \[f\left( x \right)f'\left( nx \right)\]   

    D) none of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    We have, \[{{\left[ f\left( x \right) \right]}^{n}}=f\left( nx \right)\]for all \[x\] \[\Rightarrow n{{\left[ f\left( x \right) \right]}^{n-1}}f'\left( x \right)=n\,f'\left( nx \right)\]\[\Rightarrow n{{\left[ f\left( x \right) \right]}^{n}}f'\left( x \right)=n\,f'\left( x \right)f'\left( nx \right)\] \[\left[ Multiplying both sides by f \left( x \right) \right]\]\[\Rightarrow f\left( nx \right)f'\left( x \right)=f\left( x \right)f'\left( nx \right)\]\[\left[ \because {{\left[ f\left( x \right) \right]}^{n}}=f\left( nx \right) \right]\]\[\Rightarrow f\left( nx \right)f'\left( x \right)=f\left( x \right)f'\left( nx \right)\]


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