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Calculus Level 5

Let f ( x ) = 2 x d x 1 + x 4 f\left( x \right) =\displaystyle \int _{ 2 }^{ x }{ \frac { dx }{ \sqrt { 1+{ x }^{ 4 } } } } and g g be the inverse of f f . If g ( 0 ) = n g'\left( 0 \right) =n then find n 2 { n }^{ 2 } .


The answer is 17.

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f ( x ) = 2 x d x 1 + x 4 a s g i s t h e i n v e r s e o f f t h e r e f o r e , g ( f ( x ) ) = x d i f f e r e n t i a t i n g w r t x g ( f ( x ) ) × f ( x ) = 1 . . . . . . ( 1 ) f ( x ) = 1 1 + x 4 . . . . . . ( 2 ) u s i n g ( 1 ) a n d ( 2 ) g ( f ( x ) ) = 1 + x 4 N o w , a s i t c a n b e e a s i l y s e e n t h a t f ( x ) = 0 o n l y w h e n x = 2 t h e r e f o r e , g ( f ( 2 ) ) = 17 g ( 0 ) = 17 = n n 2 = 17 f\left( x \right) =\int _{ 2 }^{ x }{ \frac { dx }{ \sqrt { 1+{ x }^{ 4 } } } } \\ as\quad g\quad is\quad the\quad inverse\quad of\quad f\quad therefore,\\ g(f\left( x \right) )=x\\ differentiating\quad wrt\quad x\quad \\ g'(f\left( x \right) )\times f'\left( x \right) =1\quad ......(1)\\ f'\left( x \right) =\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { 1+{ x }^{ 4 } } } \quad ......(2)\\ using\quad (1)\quad and\quad (2)\quad \\ g'(f\left( x \right) )=\sqrt { 1+{ x }^{ 4 } } \\ \\ Now,as\quad it\quad can\quad be\quad easily\quad seen\quad that\quad f\left( x \right) =0\quad only\quad when\quad x=2\\ therefore,\\ g'(f\left( 2 \right) )=\sqrt { 17\quad } \\ g'\left( 0 \right) =\sqrt { 17 } =n\\ { n }^{ 2 }=17

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