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If $\mathrm{F}(x)=\left(\mathrm{f}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\right)^2+\left(\mathrm{g}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\right)^2$, where $\mathrm{f}^{\prime \prime}(x)=-\mathrm{f}(x)$ and $g(x)=\mathrm{f}^{\prime}(x)$ and given by $\mathrm{F}(5)=5$, then $\mathrm{F}(10)$ is equal to
5 10 15 0
Solution
$\begin{aligned}
& \mathrm{F}(x)=\left(\mathrm{f}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\right)^2+\left(\mathrm{g}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\right)^2 \\
& \therefore \quad \mathrm{~F}^{\prime}(x)= 2 \mathrm{f}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \cdot \mathrm{f}^{\prime}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}+2 \mathrm{~g}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \cdot \mathrm{g}^{\prime}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2} \\
&= \mathrm{f}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \cdot \mathrm{f}^{\prime}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)+\mathrm{g}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \cdot \mathrm{g}^{\prime}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \\
&= \mathrm{f}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \cdot \mathrm{g}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)+\mathrm{g}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \cdot \mathrm{f}^{\prime \prime}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \\
& \ldots\left[\because \mathrm{g}(x)=\mathrm{f}^{\prime}(x) \Rightarrow \mathrm{g}^{\prime}(x)=\mathrm{f}^{\prime \prime}(x)\right] \\
&= \mathrm{f}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \cdot \mathrm{g}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)+\mathrm{g}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \cdot\left(-\mathrm{f}\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\right) \\
&= 0
\end{aligned}$
$\Rightarrow \mathrm{F}(x)$ is a constant for all $x$
$\begin{aligned}
& F(5)=5 \\
& \Rightarrow F(x)=5 \text { for all } x \\
& \Rightarrow F(10)=5
\end{aligned}$
Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (02 May Shift 2)
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