Let be defined as above, where for and . If the value of , where and are coprime positive integers, find .
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F ( x ) = f ( e g ( x ) )
F ′ ( x ) = ( f ′ ( e g ( x ) ) ) e g ( x ) g ′ ( x )
g ( x ) = f − 1 ( x ) ⇒ f ( g ( x ) ) = g ( f ( x ) ) = x
g ( f ( x ) ) = x
Differentiating wrt x we get,
g ′ ( f ( x ) ) f ′ ( x ) = 1
⇒ g ′ ( f ( x ) ) = f ′ ( x ) 1 [ 1 ]
F ′ ( 3 ) = ( f ′ ( e g ( 3 ) ) ) e g ( 3 ) g ′ ( 3 )
now its interesting to note that
f ( 0 ) = 3 ⇒ g ( 3 ) = g ( f ( 0 ) ) = 0
from [ 1 ] we have
g ′ ( 3 ) = g ′ ( f ( 0 ) ) = f ′ ( 0 ) 1
Substituting these values we get,
F ′ ( 3 ) = f ′ ( e g ( f ( 0 ) ) ) e g ( f ( 0 ) ) g ′ ( f ( 0 ) ) = f ′ ( e 0 ) e 0 f ′ ( 0 ) 1 = f ′ ( 0 ) f ′ ( 1 )
f ′ ( x ) = 3 x + 5 ⇒ f ′ ( 0 ) f ′ ( 1 ) = 5 8
Thus a + b = 8 + 5 = 1 3