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h ( x 1 x 2 ) = h ( x 1 ) + h ( x 2 ) h(x_1 x_2) = h(x_1)+h(x_2)

x 1 , x 2 ( 0 , + ] x_1, x_2 \in (0, +\infty] , h ( 1 ) = 0 h(1)=0 , h ( 0.5 ) = 2 h'(0.5) = -2 .

Find h ( 0.31 ) + h ( 0.52 ) h(0.31) + h(0.52) to third decimal.


The answer is 1.825.

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1 solution

Ilya Prokin
Feb 27, 2018

Take partial derivative with respect to x 1 x_1 :

h ( x 1 x 2 ) x 2 = h ( x 1 ) h'(x_1x_2) x_2 = h'(x_1) .

This should be true for all x 1 x_1 .

Plug x 1 = 0.5 x_1=0.5 :

h ( 0.5 x 2 ) x 2 = h ( 0.5 ) = 2 h'(0.5 x_2) x_2 = h'(0.5)=-2 .

Denoting x = 0.5 x 2 x=0.5 x_2 , we can rewrite it as: h ( x ) = 1 / x h'(x) = -1/x .

By taking integral, we get h ( x ) = l n ( x ) + C h(x) = -ln(x) + C .

Using h ( 1 ) = 0 h(1)=0 , we find C = 0 C=0 and h ( x ) = l n ( x ) h(x) = -ln(x) .

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