Practicing Success
Let $f$ be a real function such that $f(x-y), f(x) f(y)$ and $f(x+y)$ are in A.P. for all $x, y \in R$. If $f(0) \neq 0$, then |
$f(1)+f(-1)=0$ $f(2)+f(-2)=0$ $f^{\prime}(3)+f^{\prime}(-3)=0$ $f^{\prime}(2)=f^{\prime}(-2)$ |
$f^{\prime}(3)+f^{\prime}(-3)=0$ |
It is given that $f(x-y), f(x) f(y)$ and $f(x+y)$ are in A.P. for all $x, y \in R$. ∴ $2 f(x) f(y)=f(x-y)+f(x+y)$ for all $x, y \in R$ ......(i) Putting x = y = 0, we get $2\{f(0)\}^2=2 f(0)$ $\Rightarrow f(0)\{f(0)-1\}=0 \Rightarrow f(0)=1$ [∵ f(0) ≠ 0] Putting x = 0 and y = x in (i), we get $2 f(0) f(x)=f(-x)+f(x)$ for all $x \in R$ $\Rightarrow 2 f(x)=f(-x)+f(x)$ for all $x \in R$ $\Rightarrow f(-x)=f(x)$ for all $x \in R$ $\Rightarrow f(x)$ is an even function $\Rightarrow f^{\prime}(x)$ is an odd function ∴ $f(-1)=f(1)$ and $f^{\prime}(-3)=-f^{\prime}(3)$ $\Rightarrow f(1)=f(-1)$ and $f^{\prime}(3)+f^{\prime}(-3)=0$ |