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Upon observation, f ( 0 ) = 0 for the above functional equation. This clearly eliminates Choices A and E.
If f ( x ) = 0 , then we end up with x = 0 (which does not hold for all x ∈ R ). Choice D is also eliminated.
Returning to our original functional equation, we find that:
f ( x ) = x + ∫ 0 1 ( x y 2 + x 2 y ) ⋅ f ( y ) d y = [ ∫ 0 1 y f ( y ) d y ] ⋅ x 2 + [ 1 + ∫ 0 1 y 2 f ( y ) d y ] ⋅ x = A x 2 + B x (where A , B are real arbitrary constants)
Substituting this quadratic back into the original functional equation now produces:
A x 2 + B x = x + ∫ 0 1 ( x y 2 + x 2 y ) ( A y 2 + B y ) d y ;
or A x 2 + B x = x + ∫ 0 1 A x y 4 + ( A x 2 + B x ) y 3 + B x 2 y 2 d y ;
or A x 2 + B x = x + [ 5 A x y 5 + ( 4 A x 2 + 4 B x ) y 4 + 3 B x 2 y 3 ∣ 0 1 ] ;
or A x 2 + B x = x + 5 A x + 4 A x 2 + 4 B x + 3 B x 2 ;
or A x 2 + B x = 1 2 3 A + 4 B x 2 + 2 0 2 0 + 4 A + 5 B x .
After matching coefficients with one another, we arrive at the 2 x 2 linear system:
9 A − 4 B = 0
− 4 A + 1 5 B = 2 0
which yields A = 1 1 9 8 0 , B = 1 1 9 1 8 0 as the unique solution. This finally gives us f ( x ) = 1 1 9 8 0 x 2 + 1 1 9 1 8 0 x (or Choice C) as the desired function.