Application of Derivatives · Mathematics · JEE Main

Let the function $ f(x) = \frac{x}{3} + \frac{3}{x} + 3, x \neq 0 $ be strictly increasing in $(-\infty, \alpha_1) \cup (\alpha_2, \infty)$ and strictly decreasing in $(\alpha_3, \alpha_4) \cup (\alpha_4, \alpha_5)$. Then $ \sum\limits_{i=1}^{5} \alpha_i^2 $ is equal to

Let f : ℝ $$ \to $$ ℝ be a polynomial function of degree four having extreme values at x = 4 and x = 5. If $ \lim\limits_{x \to 0} \frac{f(x)}{x^2} = 5 $, then f(2) is equal to :

Let $x=-1$ and $x=2$ be the critical points of the function $f(x)=x^3+a x^2+b \log _{\mathrm{e}}|x|+1, x \neq 0$. Let $m$ and M respectively be the absolute minimum and the absolute maximum values of $f$ in the interval $\left[-2,-\frac{1}{2}\right]$. Then $|\mathrm{M}+m|$ is equal to $\left(\right.$ Take $\left.\log _{\mathrm{e}} 2=0.7\right):$

Let $\mathrm{a}>0$. If the function $f(x)=6 x^3-45 \mathrm{a} x^2+108 \mathrm{a}^2 x+1$ attains its local maximum and minimum values at the points $x_1$ and $x_2$ respectively such that $x_1 x_2=54$, then $\mathrm{a}+x_1+x_2$ is equal to :

Let $f: \mathrm{R} \rightarrow \mathrm{R}$ be a function defined by $f(x)=||x+2|-2| x \|$. If $m$ is the number of points of local minima and $n$ is the number of points of local maxima of $f$, then $m+n$ is

If the function $f(x)=2 x^3-9 a x^2+12 \mathrm{a}^2 x+1$, where $\mathrm{a}>0$, attains its local maximum and local minimum values at p and q , respectively, such that $\mathrm{p}^2=\mathrm{q}$, then $f(3)$ is equal to :

The sum of all local minimum values of the function

$$\mathrm{f}(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{lr} 1-2 x, & x<-1 \\ \frac{1}{3}(7+2|x|), & -1 \leq x \leq 2 \\ \frac{11}{18}(x-4)(x-5), & x>2 \end{array}\right.$$

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Let $(2,3)$ be the largest open interval in which the function $f(x)=2 \log _{\mathrm{e}}(x-2)-x^2+a x+1$ is strictly increasing and (b, c) be the largest open interval, in which the function $\mathrm{g}(x)=(x-1)^3(x+2-\mathrm{a})^2$ is strictly decreasing. Then $100(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}-\mathrm{c})$ is equal to :

Consider the region $R=\left\{(x, y): x \leq y \leq 9-\frac{11}{3} x^2, x \geq 0\right\}$. The area, of the largest rectangle of sides parallel to the coordinate axes and inscribed in R , is:

A spherical chocolate ball has a layer of ice-cream of uniform thickness around it. When the thickness of the ice-cream layer is 1 cm , the ice-cream melts at the rate of $81 \mathrm{~cm}^3 / \mathrm{min}$ and the thickness of the ice-cream layer decreases at the rate of $\frac{1}{4 \pi} \mathrm{~cm} / \mathrm{min}$. The surface area (in $\mathrm{cm}^2$ ) of the chocolate ball (without the ice-cream layer) is :

Let $f(x)=\int_0^{x^2} \frac{\mathrm{t}^2-8 \mathrm{t}+15}{\mathrm{e}^{\mathrm{t}}} \mathrm{dt}, x \in \mathbf{R}$. Then the numbers of local maximum and local minimum points of $f$, respectively, are :

If the function $$f(x)=2 x^3-9 \mathrm{ax}^2+12 \mathrm{a}^2 x+1, \mathrm{a}> 0$$ has a local maximum at $$x=\alpha$$ and a local minimum at $$x=\alpha^2$$, then $$\alpha$$ and $$\alpha^2$$ are the roots of the equation :

Let $$f(x)=4 \cos ^3 x+3 \sqrt{3} \cos ^2 x-10$$. The number of points of local maxima of $$f$$ in interval $$(0,2 \pi)$$ is

The number of critical points of the function $$f(x)=(x-2)^{2 / 3}(2 x+1)$$ is

For the function $$f(x)=(\cos x)-x+1, x \in \mathbb{R}$$, between the following two statements

(S1) $$f(x)=0$$ for only one value of $$x$$ in $$[0, \pi]$$.

(S2) $$f(x)$$ is decreasing in $$\left[0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right]$$ and increasing in $$\left[\frac{\pi}{2}, \pi\right]$$.

The interval in which the function $$f(x)=x^x, x>0$$, is strictly increasing is

Let a rectangle ABCD of sides 2 and 4 be inscribed in another rectangle PQRS such that the vertices of the rectangle ABCD lie on the sides of the rectangle PQRS. Let a and b be the sides of the rectangle PQRS when its area is maximum. Then (a+b)$$^2$$ is equal to :

Let $$f(x)=x^5+2 x^3+3 x+1, x \in \mathbf{R}$$, and $$g(x)$$ be a function such that $$g(f(x))=x$$ for all $$x \in \mathbf{R}$$. Then $$\frac{g(7)}{g^{\prime}(7)}$$ is equal to :

For the function

$$f(x)=\sin x+3 x-\frac{2}{\pi}\left(x^2+x\right), \text { where } x \in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right],$$

consider the following two statements :

(I) $$f$$ is increasing in $$\left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$$.

(II) $$f^{\prime}$$ is decreasing in $$\left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$$.

Between the above two statements,

Let $$f(x)=3 \sqrt{x-2}+\sqrt{4-x}$$ be a real valued function. If $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$ are respectively the minimum and the maximum values of $$f$$, then $$\alpha^2+2 \beta^2$$ is equal to

Let the sum of the maximum and the minimum values of the function $$f(x)=\frac{2 x^2-3 x+8}{2 x^2+3 x+8}$$ be $$\frac{m}{n}$$, where $$\operatorname{gcd}(\mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n})=1$$. Then $$\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$$ is equal to :

Let $$f: \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \rightarrow(0, \infty)$$ be strictly increasing function such that $$\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow \infty} \frac{f(7 x)}{f(x)}=1$$. Then, the value of $$\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow \infty}\left[\frac{f(5 x)}{f(x)}-1\right]$$ is equal to

If the function $$f:(-\infty,-1] \rightarrow(a, b]$$ defined by $$f(x)=e^{x^3-3 x+1}$$ is one - one and onto, then the distance of the point $$P(2 b+4, a+2)$$ from the line $$x+e^{-3} y=4$$ is :

$$\text { If } f(x)=\left|\begin{array}{ccc} x^3 & 2 x^2+1 & 1+3 x \\ 3 x^2+2 & 2 x & x^3+6 \\ x^3-x & 4 & x^2-2 \end{array}\right| \text { for all } x \in \mathbb{R} \text {, then } 2 f(0)+f^{\prime}(0) \text { is equal to }$$

Let $$f(x)=(x+3)^2(x-2)^3, x \in[-4,4]$$. If $$M$$ and $$m$$ are the maximum and minimum values of $$f$$, respectively in $$[-4,4]$$, then the value of $$M-m$$ is

The maximum area of a triangle whose one vertex is at $$(0,0)$$ and the other two vertices lie on the curve $$y=-2 x^2+54$$ at points $$(x, y)$$ and $$(-x, y)$$, where $$y>0$$, is :

The function $$f(x)=\frac{x}{x^2-6 x-16}, x \in \mathbb{R}-\{-2,8\}$$

The function $$f(x)=2 x+3(x)^{\frac{2}{3}}, x \in \mathbb{R}$$, has

Consider the function $$f:\left[\frac{1}{2}, 1\right] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$$ defined by $$f(x)=4 \sqrt{2} x^3-3 \sqrt{2} x-1$$. Consider the statements

(I) The curve $$y=f(x)$$ intersects the $$x$$-axis exactly at one point.

(II) The curve $$y=f(x)$$ intersects the $$x$$-axis at $$x=\cos \frac{\pi}{12}$$.

Then

Let $$g(x)=3 f\left(\frac{x}{3}\right)+f(3-x)$$ and $$f^{\prime \prime}(x)>0$$ for all $$x \in(0,3)$$. If $$g$$ is decreasing in $$(0, \alpha)$$ and increasing in $$(\alpha, 3)$$, then $$8 \alpha$$ is :

$$\max _\limits{0 \leq x \leq \pi}\left\{x-2 \sin x \cos x+\frac{1}{3} \sin 3 x\right\}=$$

If the local maximum value of the function $$f(x)=\left(\frac{\sqrt{3 e}}{2 \sin x}\right)^{\sin ^{2} x}, x \in\left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$$ , is $$\frac{k}{e}$$, then $$\left(\frac{k}{e}\right)^{8}+\frac{k^{8}}{e^{5}}+k^{8}$$ is equal to

Let $$f:[2,4] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$$ be a differentiable function such that $$\left(x \log _{e} x\right) f^{\prime}(x)+\left(\log _{e} x\right) f(x)+f(x) \geq 1, x \in[2,4]$$ with $$f(2)=\frac{1}{2}$$ and $$f(4)=\frac{1}{4}$$.

Consider the following two statements :

(A) : $$f(x) \leq 1$$, for all $$x \in[2,4]$$

(B) : $$f(x) \geq \frac{1}{8}$$, for all $$x \in[2,4]$$

Then,

Let $$\mathrm{g}(x)=f(x)+f(1-x)$$ and $$f^{\prime \prime}(x) > 0, x \in(0,1)$$. If $$\mathrm{g}$$ is decreasing in the interval $$(0, a)$$ and increasing in the interval $$(\alpha, 1)$$, then $$\tan ^{-1}(2 \alpha)+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{\alpha}\right)+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\alpha+1}{\alpha}\right)$$ is equal to :

The slope of tangent at any point (x, y) on a curve $$y=y(x)$$ is $${{{x^2} + {y^2}} \over {2xy}},x > 0$$. If $$y(2) = 0$$, then a value of $$y(8)$$ is :

A square piece of tin of side 30 cm is to be made into a box without top by cutting a square from each corner and folding up the flaps to form a box. If the volume of the box is maximum, then its surface area (in cm$$^2$$) is equal to :

The sum of the absolute maximum and minimum values of the function $$f(x)=\left|x^{2}-5 x+6\right|-3 x+2$$ in the interval $$[-1,3]$$ is equal to :

A wire of length $$20 \mathrm{~m}$$ is to be cut into two pieces. A piece of length $$l_{1}$$ is bent to make a square of area $$A_{1}$$ and the other piece of length $$l_{2}$$ is made into a circle of area $$A_{2}$$. If $$2 A_{1}+3 A_{2}$$ is minimum then $$\left(\pi l_{1}\right): l_{2}$$ is equal to :

The number of points on the curve $$y=54 x^{5}-135 x^{4}-70 x^{3}+180 x^{2}+210 x$$ at which the normal lines are parallel to $$x+90 y+2=0$$ is :

Let the function $$f(x) = 2{x^3} + (2p - 7){x^2} + 3(2p - 9)x - 6$$ have a maxima for some value of $$x < 0$$ and a minima for some value of $$x > 0$$. Then, the set of all values of p is

Let $$x=2$$ be a local minima of the function $$f(x)=2x^4-18x^2+8x+12,x\in(-4,4)$$. If M is local maximum value of the function $$f$$ in ($$-4,4)$$, then M =

Let $$f:(0,1)\to\mathbb{R}$$ be a function defined $$f(x) = {1 \over {1 - {e^{ - x}}}}$$, and $$g(x) = \left( {f( - x) - f(x)} \right)$$. Consider two statements

(I) g is an increasing function in (0, 1)

(II) g is one-one in (0, 1)

Then,

Let $$f(x)=3^{\left(x^{2}-2\right)^{3}+4}, x \in \mathrm{R}$$. Then which of the following statements are true?

$$\mathrm{P}: x=0$$ is a point of local minima of $$f$$

$$\mathrm{Q}: x=\sqrt{2}$$ is a point of inflection of $$f$$

$$R: f^{\prime}$$ is increasing for $$x>\sqrt{2}$$

The function $$f(x)=x \mathrm{e}^{x(1-x)}, x \in \mathbb{R}$$, is :

If the minimum value of $$f(x)=\frac{5 x^{2}}{2}+\frac{\alpha}{x^{5}}, x>0$$, is 14 , then the value of $$\alpha$$ is equal to :

If the maximum value of $$a$$, for which the function $$f_{a}(x)=\tan ^{-1} 2 x-3 a x+7$$ is non-decreasing in $$\left(-\frac{\pi}{6}, \frac{\pi}{6}\right)$$, is $$\bar{a}$$, then $$f_{\bar{a}}\left(\frac{\pi}{8}\right)$$ is equal to :

If the absolute maximum value of the function $$f(x)=\left(x^{2}-2 x+7\right) \mathrm{e}^{\left(4 x^{3}-12 x^{2}-180 x+31\right)}$$ in the interval $$[-3,0]$$ is $$f(\alpha)$$, then :

The curve $$y(x)=a x^{3}+b x^{2}+c x+5$$ touches the $$x$$-axis at the point $$\mathrm{P}(-2,0)$$ and cuts the $$y$$-axis at the point $$Q$$, where $$y^{\prime}$$ is equal to 3 . Then the local maximum value of $$y(x)$$ is:

If xy⁴ attains maximum value at the point (x, y) on the line passing through the points (50 + $$\alpha$$, 0) and (0, 50 + $$\alpha$$), $$\alpha$$ > 0, then (x, y) also lies on the line :

Let $$f(x) = 4{x^3} - 11{x^2} + 8x - 5,\,x \in R$$. Then f :

Let f : R $$\to$$ R be a function defined by f(x) = (x $$-$$ 3)^n₁ (x $$-$$ 5)^n₂, n₁, n₂ $$\in$$ N. Then, which of the following is NOT true?

A wire of length 22 m is to be cut into two pieces. One of the pieces is to be made into a square and the other into an equilateral triangle. Then, the length of the side of the equilateral triangle, so that the combined area of the square and the equilateral triangle is minimum, is :

The number of real solutions of

$${x^7} + 5{x^3} + 3x + 1 = 0$$ is equal to ____________.

Consider a cuboid of sides 2x, 4x and 5x and a closed hemisphere of radius r. If the sum of their surface areas is a constant k, then the ratio x : r, for which the sum of their volumes is maximum, is :

The sum of the absolute minimum and the absolute maximum values of the

function f(x) = |3x $$-$$ x² + 2| $$-$$ x in the interval [$$-$$1, 2] is :

Let S be the set of all the natural numbers, for which the line $${x \over a} + {y \over b} = 2$$ is a tangent to the curve $${\left( {{x \over a}} \right)^n} + {\left( {{y \over b}} \right)^n} = 2$$ at the point (a, b), ab $$\ne$$ 0. Then :

Let $$f(x) = 2{\cos ^{ - 1}}x + 4{\cot ^{ - 1}}x - 3{x^2} - 2x + 10$$, $$x \in [ - 1,1]$$. If [a, b] is the range of the function f, then 4a $$-$$ b is equal to :

Water is being filled at the rate of 1 cm³ / sec in a right circular conical vessel (vertex downwards) of height 35 cm and diameter 14 cm. When the height of the water level is 10 cm, the rate (in cm² / sec) at which the wet conical surface area of the vessel increases is

If the angle made by the tangent at the point (x₀, y₀) on the curve $$x = 12(t + \sin t\cos t)$$, $$y = 12{(1 + \sin t)^2}$$, $$0 < t < {\pi \over 2}$$, with the positive x-axis is $${\pi \over 3}$$, then y₀ is equal to:

The slope of normal at any point (x, y), x > 0, y > 0 on the curve y = y(x) is given by $${{{x^2}} \over {xy - {x^2}{y^2} - 1}}$$. If the curve passes through the point (1, 1), then e . y(e) is equal to

Let $$\lambda$$$$^ * $$ be the largest value of $$\lambda$$ for which the function $${f_\lambda }(x) = 4\lambda {x^3} - 36\lambda {x^2} + 36x + 48$$ is increasing for all x $$\in$$ R. Then $${f_{{\lambda ^ * }}}(1) + {f_{{\lambda ^ * }}}( - 1)$$ is equal to :

The surface area of a balloon of spherical shape being inflated, increases at a constant rate. If initially, the radius of balloon is 3 units and after 5 seconds, it becomes 7 units, then its radius after 9 seconds is :

For the function

$$f(x) = 4{\log _e}(x - 1) - 2{x^2} + 4x + 5,\,x > 1$$, which one of the following is NOT correct?

If the tangent at the point (x₁, y₁) on the curve $$y = {x^3} + 3{x^2} + 5$$ passes through the origin, then (x₁, y₁) does NOT lie on the curve :

The sum of absolute maximum and absolute minimum values of the function $$f(x) = |2{x^2} + 3x - 2| + \sin x\cos x$$ in the interval [0, 1] is :

Let $$\lambda x - 2y = \mu $$ be a tangent to the hyperbola $${a^2}{x^2} - {y^2} = {b^2}$$. Then $${\left( {{\lambda \over a}} \right)^2} - {\left( {{\mu \over b}} \right)^2}$$ is equal to :

A normal to $$y = $$ f$$\left( x \right)$$ at $$x = {\pi \over 6}$$ also passes through the point:

Statement-1 : $$f$$ has local maximum at $$x=-1$$ and at $$x=2$$.

Statement-2 : $$a = {1 \over 2}$$ and $$b = {-1 \over 4}$$

If $$f$$has a local minimum at $$x=-1$$, then a possible value of $$k$$ is

Statement - 1 : $$f\left( c \right) = {1 \over 3},$$ for some $$c \in R$$.

Statement - 2 : $$0 < f\left( x \right) \le {1 \over {2\sqrt 2 }},$$ for all $$x \in R$$

If the set of all values of $a$, for which the equation $5 x^3-15 x-a=0$ has three distinct real roots, is the interval $(\alpha, \beta)$, then $\beta-2 \alpha$ is equal to _________.

Let the set of all values of $$p$$, for which $$f(x)=\left(p^2-6 p+8\right)\left(\sin ^2 2 x-\cos ^2 2 x\right)+2(2-p) x+7$$ does not have any critical point, be the interval $$(a, b)$$. Then $$16 a b$$ is equal to _________.

Let the set of all positive values of $$\lambda$$, for which the point of local minimum of the function $$(1+x(\lambda^2-x^2))$$ satisfies $$\frac{x^2+x+2}{x^2+5 x+6}<0$$, be $$(\alpha, \beta)$$. Then $$\alpha^2+\beta^2$$ is equal to _________.

Let $$\mathrm{A}$$ be the region enclosed by the parabola $$y^2=2 x$$ and the line $$x=24$$. Then the maximum area of the rectangle inscribed in the region $$\mathrm{A}$$ is ________.

Let the maximum and minimum values of $$\left(\sqrt{8 x-x^2-12}-4\right)^2+(x-7)^2, x \in \mathbf{R}$$ be $$\mathrm{M}$$ and $$\mathrm{m}$$, respectively. Then $$\mathrm{M}^2-\mathrm{m}^2$$ is equal to _________.

Let $$f(x)=2^x-x^2, x \in \mathbb{R}$$. If $$m$$ and $$n$$ are respectively the number of points at which the curves $$y=f(x)$$ and $$y=f^{\prime}(x)$$ intersect the $$x$$-axis, then the value of $$\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$$ is ___________.

Let the quadratic curve passing through the point $$(-1,0)$$ and touching the line $$y=x$$ at $$(1,1)$$ be $$y=f(x)$$. Then the $$x$$-intercept of the normal to the curve at the point $$(\alpha, \alpha+1)$$ in the first quadrant is __________.

If $$a_{\alpha}$$ is the greatest term in the sequence $$\alpha_{n}=\frac{n^{3}}{n^{4}+147}, n=1,2,3, \ldots$$, then $$\alpha$$ is equal to _____________.

Let a curve $$y=f(x), x \in(0, \infty)$$ pass through the points $$P\left(1, \frac{3}{2}\right)$$ and $$Q\left(a, \frac{1}{2}\right)$$. If the tangent at any point $$R(b, f(b))$$ to the given curve cuts the $$\mathrm{y}$$-axis at the point $$S(0, c)$$ such that $$b c=3$$, then $$(P Q)^{2}$$ is equal to __________.

The number of points, where the curve $$y=x^{5}-20 x^{3}+50 x+2$$ crosses the $$\mathrm{x}$$-axis, is ____________.

If the equation of the normal to the curve $$y = {{x - a} \over {(x + b)(x - 2)}}$$ at the point (1, $$-$$3) is $$x - 4y = 13$$, then the value of $$a + b$$ is equal to ___________.

If the tangent to the curve $$y=x^{3}-x^{2}+x$$ at the point $$(a, b)$$ is also tangent to the curve $$y = 5{x^2} + 2x - 25$$ at the point (2, $$-$$1), then $$|2a + 9b|$$ is equal to __________.

A water tank has the shape of a right circular cone with axis vertical and vertex downwards. Its semi-vertical angle is $$\tan ^{-1} \frac{3}{4}$$. Water is poured in it at a constant rate of 6 cubic meter per hour. The rate (in square meter per hour), at which the wet curved surface area of the tank is increasing, when the depth of water in the tank is 4 meters, is ______________.

Let $$M$$ and $$N$$ be the number of points on the curve $$y^{5}-9 x y+2 x=0$$, where the tangents to the curve are parallel to $$x$$-axis and $$y$$-axis, respectively. Then the value of $$M+N$$ equals ___________.

Let the function $$f(x)=2 x^{2}-\log _{\mathrm{e}} x, x>0$$, be decreasing in $$(0, \mathrm{a})$$ and increasing in $$(\mathrm{a}, 4)$$. A tangent to the parabola $$y^{2}=4 a x$$ at a point $$\mathrm{P}$$ on it passes through the point $$(8 \mathrm{a}, 8 \mathrm{a}-1)$$ but does not pass through the point $$\left(-\frac{1}{a}, 0\right)$$. If the equation of the normal at $$P$$ is : $$\frac{x}{\alpha}+\frac{y}{\beta}=1$$, then $$\alpha+\beta$$ is equal to ________________.

The sum of the maximum and minimum values of the function $$f(x)=|5 x-7|+\left[x^{2}+2 x\right]$$ in the interval $$\left[\frac{5}{4}, 2\right]$$, where $$[t]$$ is the greatest integer $$\leq t$$, is ______________.

A hostel has 100 students. On a certain day (consider it day zero) it was found that two students are infected with some virus. Assume that the rate at which the virus spreads is directly proportional to the product of the number of infected students and the number of non-infected students. If the number of infected students on 4^th day is 30, then number of infected students on 8^th day will be __________.

Let l be a line which is normal to the curve y = 2x² + x + 2 at a point P on the curve. If the point Q(6, 4) lies on the line l and O is origin, then the area of the triangle OPQ is equal to ___________.

Let $$f(x) = |(x - 1)({x^2} - 2x - 3)| + x - 3,\,x \in R$$. If m and M are respectively the number of points of local minimum and local maximum of f in the interval (0, 4), then m + M is equal to ____________.