Practicing Success
Let $f(x) = (x-2)^2 x^n, n \in N$. Then, f(x) has a minimum at (a) x = 2 for all n ∈ N |
(a), (c) (b), (c) (a), (b) (a), (d) |
(a), (c) |
We have, $f(x)=(x-2)^2 x^n$ $\Rightarrow f'(x)=2(x-2) x^n+n(x-2)^2 x^{n-1}$ $\Rightarrow f'(x)=(x-2) x^{n-1}\{2 x+n(x-2)\}$ $\Rightarrow f'(x)=\{(n+2) x-2 n\}(x-2) x^{n-1}$ ∴ $f'(x)=0 \Rightarrow x=0, x=2, x=\frac{2 n}{n+2}$ Now, $f'(0-h)=\{(n+2) h+2 n\}(2+h)(-1)^{n-1} h^{n-1}$ $f'(0+h)=\{(n+2) h-2 n\}(h-2) h^{n-1}$ $\Rightarrow f'(0+h)=\{2 n-(n+2) h\}(2-h) h^{n-1}$ Clearly, f'(x) changes its sign from negative to positive if n is even. Therefore, f(x) attains minimum at x = 0, if n is even. If n is odd, then there is no change in the sign of f'(x) in the neighbourhood of x = 0. So, f(x) does not attain a maximum or minimum. Similarly, we have $f'(2-h)=(-h)(2-h)^{n-1}(4-2 h-n h)<0$ for all $n \in N$ and, $f'(2+h)=h(2+h)^{n-1}(4+2 h+n h)>0$ for all $n \in N$ Therefore, f'(x) changes its sign from negative to positive in the neighbourhood of x = 2. So, x = 2 is point of local minimum for all $n \in N$. |