Calculus easy 1

Algebra Level 4

e ( x k ) = ln ( x ) + k \large e^{(x-k)}=\ln(x)+k

Find the minimum value of e k e^{k} such that the above equation has at least one solution.

Give your answer to 3 decimal places.


The answer is 2.718.

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1 solution

Aryan Goyat
May 14, 2016

Just look that they are the inverse of each other and monotonic too so they have the solution only at f ( x ) = x f(x) = x The rest is an easy part.

e x k = x {e}^{x-k} = x

Taking natural log on each side

x k = ln x x-k = \ln{x}

k = x ln x k = x-\ln{x}

k = ln e x x k = \ln{\dfrac{{e}^{x}} {x}} at x = 1 x=1 {minimum holds check by differentiation} e x x e \dfrac {{e}^{x}} {x} \ge e

Since ln x \ln{x} is an increasing function,

ln e x x 1 \ln{\dfrac {{e}^{x}} {x}} \ge 1

k 1 k \ge 1

Again, e x {e}^{x} is an increasing function,

So e k e 1 {e}^{k} \ge {e}^{1}

thanks! to one who edited this

aryan goyat - 5 years ago

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