CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    If\[f(x+y)=2f(x)f(y),f(5)=1024(\log 2)\]and\[f(2)=8,\]then the value of\[f(3)\]is

    A)  \[64(log\text{ }2)\]        

    B)  \[128\text{ }(log\text{ }2)\]

    C)  256                       

    D)         \[256\text{ }(log\text{ }2)\]

    E)  \[1024(log\text{ }2)\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Given, \[f(x+y)=2f(x)f(y)\] Now, \[f(0+0)=2f(0)f(0)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[f(0)=\frac{1}{2}\] \[f(5)=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{f(5+h)-f(5)}{h}\]                 \[=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,2f(5)\left[ \frac{f(h)-\frac{1}{2}}{h} \right]\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[1025\log 2=2f(5)f(0)\]                ...(i) Again Now, \[f(2+3)=2f(2)f(3)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{1024\log 2}{2f(0)}=2\times 8\times f(3)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[f(3)=\frac{32\log 2}{f(0)}\]                                       ?(ii) \[\therefore \]  \[f(3)=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{f(3+h)-f(3)}{h}\]             \[=\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{2f(3)f(h)-f(3)}{h}\] \[=2\underset{h\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,f(3)\left[ \frac{f(h)-\frac{1}{2}}{h} \right]\] \[=2f(3)f(0)\] \[=2\times \frac{32\log 2f(0)}{f(0)}=64\log 2\]    [from Eq. (ii)]


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