Find the greatest value of the function
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for − 1 ≤ x ≤ 1 . Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
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Nice Deepu :) ! This is called elegant Solution ! Others just use hit and trial which is not mathematical !
here i used differential method and found the first derivative and got cos-1 x =sin-1x have i made any mistake? so got only x=1/sqrt(2).
you are gr8! what are u doing now?
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Here Domain of function is restricted So it doesn't mean extreme values of function will occurs only at critical points ( where f'(x) = 0 ) You Must have to check Boundary condition's too !
So it gives : f(-1) > f(1) > f( 1 / s q r t ( 2 ) .)
And currently I'am Preparing For IIT JEE - 2015 ! :)
Yes did the same
Thanks for a nice solution. Up voted.
After some observation, I have found out that if x=-1, f(x) gives the maximum value. And also, it is also notable that for x=-1, arc cosx =pie and it is the maximum value of arc cosx and the value of arc sinx can never be more than pie/2 so this mathematical nature also ensures the maximum value of f(x) when x=-1
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For rigorous proof : Use following two identity
a 3 + b 3 = ( a + b ) ( a 2 + b 2 − a b ) a 2 + b 2 = ( a + b ) 2 − 2 a b .
f ( x ) = ( sin − 1 x + cos − 1 x ) ( ( sin − 1 x ) 2 + ( cos − 1 x ) 2 − sin − 1 x cos − 1 x ) f ( x ) = 2 π ( 4 π 2 − 3 sin − 1 x cos − 1 x ) ∙ ( sin − 1 x ) m i n = 2 − π & ( cos − 1 x ) m a x = π ( a t S a m e x , i . e x = − 1 ) f ( x ) m a x = f ( − 1 ) = 8 7 π 3 .
Note : Also Here Minimum of f(x) will be
f ( x ) m i n = f ( 2 1 ) = 3 2 π 3 .