Practicing Success
The interval to which b may belong so that the function $f(x)=\left(1-\frac{\sqrt{21-4 b-b^2}}{b+1}\right) x^3+5 x+\sqrt{6}$ is increasing at every point of its domain, is |
(-7, -1) (-6, -2) (2, 2.5) all the above |
all the above |
For f(x) to be increasing, we must have $f'(x)>0$ for all x $\Rightarrow 3\left(1-\frac{\sqrt{21-4 b-b^2}}{b+1}\right) x^2+5>0$ for all x $\Rightarrow 1-\sqrt{\frac{21-4 b-b^2}{b+1}}>0$ This inequality holds for $b+1<0$ and $ 21-4 b-b^2>0$ $\Rightarrow b<-1$ and $ b^2+4 b-21<0$ $\Rightarrow b<-1$ and $(b+7)(b-3)<0$ $\Rightarrow b<-1$ and $-7<b<3$ $\Rightarrow b \in(-7,-1)$ Therefore, answer (a), which includes answer (b) also, is correct. Hence, all the options are correct. For $b+1>0, f(x)$ will be increasing for all x, if $21-4 b-b^2>0$ and $1-\frac{\sqrt{21-4 b-b^2}}{b+1}>0$ $\Rightarrow b^2+4 b-21<0$ and $(b+1)>\sqrt{21-4 b-b^2}$ $\Rightarrow (b+7)(b-3)<0$ and $b^2+3 b-10>0$ $\Rightarrow -7<b<3$ and $b<-5$ or $b>2$ $\Rightarrow b \in(2,3)$ [∵ b + 1 > 0 ∴ b > -1] Therefore, answer (d), which includes answer (c) also, is correct. |