Practicing Success
Let $f(x)$ satisfy the requirement of Lagrange's Mean value theorem in $[0,2]$. If $f(0)=0$ and $\left|f'(x)\right| \leq \frac{1}{2}$ for all $x \in[0,2]$, then |
$f(x) \leq 2$ $|f(x)| \leq 1$ $f(x)=2 x$ $f(x)=3$ for at least one $x$ in $[0,2]$ |
$|f(x)| \leq 1$ |
Let $x \in(0,2)$. Since $f(x)$ satisfies the requirements of Lagrange's mean value theorem in [0,2]. So, it also satisfies in $[0, x]$. Consequently, there exist $c \in(0, x)$ such that $f'(c) =\frac{f(x)-f(0)}{x-0}$ $\Rightarrow f'(c)=\frac{f(x)}{x}$ $\Rightarrow \left|\frac{f(x)}{x}\right| =\left|f'(c)\right| \leq \frac{1}{2}$ $\left[∵\left|f^{\prime}(x)\right| \leq \frac{1}{2}\right]$ $\Rightarrow |f(x)| \leq \frac{|x|}{2}$ $\Rightarrow |f(x)| \leq \frac{x}{2}$ $[∵ x>0]$ $\Rightarrow |f(x)| \leq 1$ $[∵ x \in(0,2) \quad ∴|x|<2]$ |