Let $f(0)=-3$ and $f^{\prime}(x) \leq 5$ for all real values of $x$. The $\mathrm{f}(2)$ can have possible…

Let $f(0)=-3$ and $f^{\prime}(x) \leq 5$ for all real values of $x$. The $\mathrm{f}(2)$ can have possible maximum value as
  1. 10
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 13

Solution

Applying Lagrange's mean value theorem on interval $[0,2]$, we get there exist atleast one ' $c$ ' $\in(0,2)$ such that $\begin{array}{ll} & \frac{\mathrm{f}(2)-\mathrm{f}(0)}{2-0}=\mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{c}) \\ \therefore & \mathrm{f}(2)-\mathrm{f}(0)=2 \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{c}) \\ \therefore & \mathrm{f}(2)=\mathrm{f}(0)+2 \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{c}) \\ \therefore & \mathrm{f}(2)=-3+2 \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{c}) \end{array}$ Given that $\mathrm{f}^{\prime}(x) \leq 5$ for all $x$ $\begin{array}{ll} \therefore & \mathrm{f}(2) \leq-3+10 \\ \therefore & \mathrm{f}(2) \leq 7 \end{array}$ $\therefore \quad$ Largest possible value of $\mathrm{f}(2)$ is 7 .

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