Practicing Success
If $a f(x)+b f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=\frac{1}{x}-5, x \neq 0, a \neq b$, then $\int\limits_1^2 f(x) d x$ equals |
$\frac{(\ln 2-5) a+\frac{13}{2} b}{a^2-b^2}$ $\frac{(\ln 2-5) a+\frac{7 b}{2}}{a^2-b^2}$ $\frac{(5-\ln 2) a+\frac{7 b}{2}}{a^2-b^2}$ none of these |
$\frac{(\ln 2-5) a+\frac{7 b}{2}}{a^2-b^2}$ |
We have, $a f(x)+b f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=\frac{1}{x}-5$ $\Rightarrow b f(x)+a f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=x-5$ [Replacing x by $\frac{1}{x}$] Solving these equations for f(x), we get $f(x)=\frac{1}{a^2-b^2}\left\{\frac{a}{x}-b x-5 a+5 b\right\}$ ∴ $\int\limits_1^2 f(x) d x=\frac{1}{a^2-b^2}\left[a \ln x-b \frac{x^2}{2}-5(a-b) x\right]_1^2$ $\Rightarrow \int\limits_1^2 f(x) d x=\frac{1}{a^2-b^2}\left[a \ln 2-\frac{3 b}{2}-5(a-b)\right]$ $\Rightarrow \int\limits_1^2 f(x) d x=\frac{1}{a^2-b^2}\left[(\ln 2-5) a+\frac{7 b}{2}\right]$ |