Practicing Success
If $f(x)=x^n, n$ being a non-negative integer, then the values of $n$ for which $f^{\prime}(\alpha+\beta)=f^{\prime}(\alpha)+f^{\prime}(\beta)$, for all $\alpha, \beta>0$, are |
1, 2 0, 2 0, 1 none of these |
0, 2 |
We have, $f(x)=x^n$ $\Rightarrow f^{\prime}(x)=n x^{n-1}$ ∴ $f^{\prime}(\alpha+\beta)=f^{\prime}(\alpha)+f^{\prime}(\beta)$ for all $\alpha, \beta>0$ $\Rightarrow n(\alpha+\beta)^{n-1}=n \alpha^{n-1}+n \beta^{n-1}$ for all $\alpha, \beta>0$ $\Rightarrow (\alpha+\beta)^{n-1}=\alpha^{n-1}+\beta^{n-1}$ for all $\alpha, \beta>0$ $\Rightarrow n-1=1 \Rightarrow n=2$ Also, for n = 0, we have f(x) = 1 for all x $\Rightarrow f^{\prime}(x)=0$ for all x ∴ $f^{\prime}(\alpha+\beta)=f^{\prime}(\alpha)+f^{\prime}(\beta)$ Hence, n = 0, 2. |