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Misc 1 Show that the function given by f(x) = log⁡𝑥/𝑥 is maximum at x = e.Let f(𝑥) = log⁡𝑥/𝑥 Finding f’(𝒙) f’(𝑥) = 𝑑/𝑑𝑥 (log⁡𝑥/𝑥) f’(𝑥) = (𝑑(log⁡𝑥 )/𝑑𝑥 " " . 𝑥 − 𝑑(𝑥)/𝑑𝑥 " . log " 𝑥)/𝑥2 f’(𝑥) = (1/𝑥 × 𝑥 − log⁡𝑥)/𝑥2 f’(𝑥) = (1 − log⁡𝑥)/𝑥2 Putting f’(𝒙) = 0 (1 − log⁡𝑥)/𝑥2=0 1 – log 𝑥 = 0 log 𝑥 = 1 𝒙 = e Finding f’’(𝒙) f’(𝑥) = (1 − log⁡𝑥)/𝑥2 Diff w.r.t. 𝑥 f’’(𝑥) = 𝑑/𝑑𝑥 ((1 − log⁡𝑥)/𝑥2) f’’(𝑥) = (𝑑(1 − log⁡𝑥 )/𝑑𝑥 . 𝑥2− 𝑑(𝑥2)/𝑑𝑥 . (1 − log⁡𝑥 ))/(𝑥^2 )^2 = ((0 − 1/𝑥) . 𝑥2 − 2𝑥(1 − log⁡𝑥 ))/𝑥4 = ((−1)/𝑥 × 𝑥2 − 2𝑥(1 − log⁡𝑥 ))/𝑥^4 = (−𝑥 − 2𝑥(1 − log⁡𝑥 ))/𝑥^4 = (−𝑥[1 + 2(1 − log⁡𝑥 )])/𝑥4 = (−𝑥[3 − 2 log⁡𝑥 ])/𝑥4 ∴ f’’(𝑥) = (−(3 − 2 log⁡𝑥 ))/𝑥3 Putting 𝒙 = e f’’(𝑒) = (−(3 − 2 log⁡𝑒 ))/𝑒3 = (−(3 − 2))/𝑒3 = (−1)/𝑒3 = –(1/𝑒3) < 0 Since f’’(𝑥) < 0 at 𝑥 = e . ∴ 𝑥 = e is point of maxima Hence, f(𝑥) is maximum at 𝒙 = e.

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Davneet Singh has done his B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He has been teaching from the past 14 years. He provides courses for Maths, Science, Social Science, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science at Teachoo.