Practicing Success
Let $g(x)=\int\limits_0^x f(t) d t$, where $f$ is such that $\frac{1}{2} \leq f(t) \leq 1$ for $t \in[0,1]$ and, $0 \leq f(t) \leq \frac{1}{2}$ for $t \in[1,2]$ Then, $g(2)$ satisfies the inequality, |
$-\frac{3}{2} \leq g(2)<\frac{1}{2}$ $0 < g(2)<2$ $\frac{3}{2}<g(2) \leq \frac{5}{2}$ $2<g(2)<4$ |
$0 < g(2)<2$ |
We have, $g(x)=\int\limits_0^x f(t) d t$ $\Rightarrow g(2)=\int\limits_0^2 f(t) d t=\int\limits_0^1 f(t) d t+\int\limits_1^2 f(t) d t$ We know that $m \leq f'(x) \leq M$ for $x \in[a, b]$ $\Rightarrow m(b-a) \leq \int\limits_a^b f(x) d x \leq M(b-a)$ ∴ $\frac{1}{2} \leq f(t) \leq 1$ for $t \in[0,1]$ and, $0 \leq f(t) \leq \frac{1}{2}$ for $t \in[1,2]$ $\Rightarrow \frac{1}{2}(1-0) \leq \int\limits_0^1 f(t) d t \leq 1(1-0)$ and, $0(2-1) \leq \int\limits_1^2 f(t) d t \leq \frac{1}{2}(2-1)$ $\Rightarrow \frac{1}{2} \leq \int\limits_0^1 f(t) d t \leq 1$ and, $0 \leq \int\limits_1^2 f(t) d t \leq \frac{1}{2}$ $\Rightarrow \frac{1}{2} \leq \int\limits_0^1 f(t) d t+\int\limits_1^2 f(t) d t \leq \frac{3}{2}$ $\Rightarrow \frac{1}{2} \leq \int\limits_0^1 f(t) d t+\int\limits_1^2 f(t) d t \leq \frac{3}{2}$ $\Rightarrow \frac{1}{2} \leq g(2) \leq \frac{3}{2} \Rightarrow 0 < g(2)<2$ |