Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2009

  • question_answer
    . The maximum value of\[\frac{\log x}{x},\,\,0<x<\infty \]is

    A) \[\infty \]                                           

    B) \[e\]

    C) \[1\]                     

    D)        \[{{e}^{-1}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Let          \[y=\frac{\log x}{x}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{x\cdot \frac{1}{x}\log x}{{{x}^{2}}}=\frac{1-\log x}{{{x}^{2}}}\] Put         \[\frac{dy}{dx}=0\]   \[\Rightarrow \]    \[\log x=1\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[x=e\] Now,     \[\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}=\frac{{{x}^{2}}\left( -\frac{1}{x} \right)-(1-\log x)2x}{{{({{x}^{2}})}^{2}}}\]                 \[=-\frac{(3-2\log x)}{{{x}^{3}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{\left( \frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}} \right)}_{(x=e)}}=\frac{-(3-2)}{{{e}^{3}}}=-\frac{1}{{{e}^{3}}}<0\], maxima Hence, maximum value at\[x=e\]is\[\frac{1}{e}\].


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