Partially tricky equation

Calculus Level 3

f ( x + y ) = f ( x ) + f ( y ) + x y ( 3 x + 3 y 2 ) a n d f ( 1 ) = 1 \ f(x+y) = f(x) +f(y) +xy(3x+3y-2) \ and \ f'(1) = 1 x \forall x \in \Re What is the value of f ( 10 ) ? \ f(10)?


The answer is 900.

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1 solution

Curtis Clement
May 28, 2015

Firstly, let's treat y \ y as a constant and use partial differentiation (hence the name of the problem): f ( x + y ) = f ( x ) + 6 x y + 3 y 2 2 y \ f'(x+y) = f'(x) +6xy +3y^2 - 2y Now let x = 0 f ( y ) = f ( 0 ) + 3 y 2 2 y f'(y) = f'(0) +3y^2 -2y Let y=1 f ( 1 ) = f ( 0 ) + 1 = 1 f ( 0 ) = 0 f'(1) = f'(0) +1 = 1 \Rightarrow\ f'(0) = 0 f ( y ) = 3 y 2 2 y f ( y ) = y 3 y 2 + C \Rightarrow\ f'(y) = 3y^2 -2y \therefore\ f(y) = y^3 -y^2 +C If we substitute x = 0 into the original equation we get f ( y ) = f ( 0 ) + f ( y ) f ( 0 ) = 0 = C \ f(y) = f(0) +f(y) \therefore\ f(0) = 0 = C f ( 10 ) = 1 0 3 1 0 2 = 900 \therefore\ f(10) = 10^3 - 10^2 = 900

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