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Given the function f(x)= x 2 x^{2} ( 3 a x 3a-x ), find the maximum and minimum values on the interval "x is larger than or equal to -2 but smaller than or equal to 2". Assume that a is a reciprocal number. Find the minimum value when f(0).


The answer is 0.

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Daniel Lim
Jan 8, 2014

Everything times 0 0 is 0 0

Not complete :(... How about this?

We are given that a a is a reciprocal of any number, so let a = 1 k a=\frac{1}{k} . Then, we equate 0 with the function x 2 ( 3 a x ) x 2 ( 3 k x ) x^2(3a-x)\implies x^2(\frac{3}{k}-x) .

0 = x 2 ( 3 k x ) 0=x^2(\frac{3}{k}-x)

0 = 3 k x 0=\frac{3}{k} - x

x = 3 k x=\frac{3}{k}

Okay, so now, we can deduce that if k k is an integer, the values that satisfy x x are 1 , 1 1, -1 . This implies to that no matter what 3 a x 3a-x is 0. Therefore, the value of f ( 0 ) f(0) is 0 \boxed0 . Q.E.D.

敬全 钟 - 7 years, 5 months ago

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