nikhil arora
Last Activity: 12 Years ago
let f(x) =
(x-n)^m+(x-n^2)^m+(x-n^3)^m+...............+(x-n^m)^m |
f(x) is an equation of degree m and has ATMOST m roots.
differentiate the given equation it will become :
f1(x) = m { (x-n)^m-1+(x-n^2)^m-1+(x-n^3)^m-1+...............+(x-n^m)^m-1 } |
since m is odd m-1 is even and the obtained equation f1(x) is an even degree equation such that f1(x) > 0
this implies f(x) is always increasing . so it will cut x- axis only once. hence f(x) will have only 1 real solution.
Answer is (4).