Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2012

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    Let/be twice differentiable function satisfying \[f(1)=1,\,\,f(2)=4,\,\,f(3)=9\],then

    A) \[f(x)=2,\,\,\forall \,\,x\in R\]

    B) \[f(x)=5=f(x)\]. For some\[x\in (1,\,\,3)\]

    C)  there exists atleast one\[x\in (1,\,\,3)\]such that\[f(x)=2\]

    D)  None of the above

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Let\[g(x)=f(x)-{{x}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[g(x)\]has atleast 3 real roots which are\[x=1,\,\,2,\,\,3\](by mean value theorem) \[\Rightarrow \]\[g(x)\]has atleast 2 real roots in\[x\in \left( 1,\,\,3 \right)\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[g\,\,(x)\]has atleast 1 real root in\[x\in \left( 1,\,\,3 \right)\] \[f\,\,(x)=2\]for atleast one\[x\in \left( 1,\,\,3 \right)\]


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