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Calculus Level 4

x f ( x ) d x = f ( x ) 2 + C \displaystyle\int { xf(x)\quad dx } =\frac { f(x) }{ 2 } +C .

given that f ( 1 ) = e f(1)=e .

find ln ( f ( 2 ) ) \ln{(f(2))} .


The answer is 4.

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2 solutions

Otto Bretscher
Mar 27, 2016

Differentiate to find 2 x f ( x ) = f ( x ) 2xf(x)=f'(x) . Multiply by e x 2 e^{-x^2} to get e x 2 f ( x ) 2 x e x 2 f ( x ) e^{-x^2}f'(x)-2xe^{-x^2}f(x) = d d x ( e x 2 f ( x ) ) =\frac{d}{dx}(e^{-x^2}f(x)) = 0 =0 and f ( x ) = C e x 2 f(x)=Ce^{x^2} . Now f ( 1 ) = e f(1)=e gives C = 1 C=1 so f ( 2 ) = e 4 f(2)=e^4 and ln ( f ( 4 ) ) = 4 \ln(f(4))=\boxed{4} .

Jun Arro Estrella
Dec 20, 2016

The equation reduces to a linear differential equation:

y = 2 x y y' = 2xy

Solving the DE gives us y = C e x 2 y=Ce^{x^{2}} Substituting our boundary conditions gives us

y = e x 2 y = e^{x^{2}}

It's not really to determine l n ( f ( 2 ) ) ln(f(2)) which will give us 4 4

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