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Mean Value theorem

Straight Objective Type
4
1. Rolle’s theorem holds in [1, 2] for the function f ( x )  x 3  bx 2  cx at the point . The values of b, c are
3
respectively
A) 8, –5 B) –5, 8 C) 5, –8 D) –5, –8
3 2
2. If the function f (x)  ax  bx  11x  6 satisfies conditions of Rolle’s theorem in [1, 3] and
 1 
f ' 2    0, then value of a and b are respectively
 3
A) 1, –6 B) –1, 6 C) –2, 1 D) –1, 1/2
 sin   sin 
3. Suppose ,  and  are angles satisfying 0      , then =
2 cos   cos 
A) tan  for some  B)  tan  for some 
C) cot  for some  D)  cot  for some 

4. If 0 < a < b < , then tan b – tan a is
2
A) (b – a) sec2 b B) greater than (b – a) sec2 b
C) less than (b – a) sec2 b D) 0
b
5. If 0 < a < b, then log is
a
ba ba
A) B) greater than
b b
ba
C) less than D) 1
b
6. A twice differentiable function f ( x ) on (a,b) and continuous on [a,b] is such that f ''( x)  0 and f '( x )  0
f ( c)  f ( a )
for all x  ( a , b ) then for any c  (a, b), 
f (b)  f (c )
bc ca 1
A) B) C) (b  c)(c  a ) D)
ca bc (b  c)(c  a)
7. Given a function f :[0, 4]  R is differentiable, then for some a, b (0,4) [ f (4)]2  [ f (0)]2 =
A) 8 f '(b) f (a) B) 4 f '(b) f (a)
C) 2 f '(b) f (a) D) f '(b) f (a)
 x  b  x  c   x  c  x  a   x  a  x  b 
8. Let   x   f a   f  b  f  c   f  x  . Where a  c  b and
 a  b  a  c   b  c  b  a   c  a  c  b 
f ''  x  exists at all points in  a,b  . Then, there exists a real number ,a    b such that
f a  f  b f c 
  
 a  b  a  c   b  c  b  a   c  a  c  b 
A) f "   B) 2 f ''   
1 1
C) f ''    D) f '''   
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9. Let g  x  and h  x  be twice differentiable functions on R and f  2  8,g  2  0,f  4  10,g  4  8 ,
then
A) g '  x   4 f '  x  x   2, 4  B) g  x   f  x  x   2,4
C) 3g ' x  4 f ' x for at least one x   2,4 D) g '  x   4 f '  x  for at least one x   2,4
10. Let f  x  be a twice differentiable function for all real values of x and
satisfies f 1  1, f  2   4, f  3  9 , then which of the following is definitely true?
A) f   x   2x  1,3 B) f   x   f   x   7 for some x   2,3
C) f   x   3x   2,3 D) f   x   2 for some x  1,3
11. Let f  x  satisfy the requirement of Lagrange’s mean value theorem in [1,4] . If f 1  2 , f (4)  8 and
f '(x)  2 for all x  1,4 , then which of the following is true ?
A) f  2  4 B) f(2)  5
C) f  2  3 D) f  x   1  x  [1,4]
12. If f(x) is a differentiable function and 0  a1  a2  ....  a100  100 and
f (ar )  (1) r .r , 1  r  99 and f (a100 )  0 and roots of equation ƒ(x) = 0 are rational
then the minimum number of zeroes of f(x).cosx + ƒ '( x) .sinx for x   0,100 is
A) 129 B) 130 C) 131 D) 128
1
13. Let f  x  satisfy the requirement of Lagrange’s mean value theorem in 0,2 . If f  0   0 and f '  x  
2
for all x  0,2 , then which of the following is not true ?
A) f  x   2 B) f  x   2x
C) f  x   3, for at least one x  0,2 D) f  x   1
f ( x)
14. Let g ( x )  where f ( x ) is differentiable on [0, 5] such that f (0)  4, f (5)  1 . There exists
x 1
c  (0, 5) such that g '(c ) is
1 1 5
A)  B) C)  D)  1
6 6 6

Multiple Correct Answer Type

15. Which of the following is / are true
f ( a ) f (b )
A) Assume that f(x) is continuous on [a,b] and differential on (a,b) and if  ,then there exists
a b
some c in (a,b) such that c. f '(c )  f (c )  0
B) Let f(x) and g(x) be two continuous functions defined on  a, b and differentiable on  a, b  and let f(a) =
f(b) = 0 Then there exists some c in the interval (a, b) such that f ' (c)+g ' (c).f(c) = 0
x b
C). Consider two continuous functions f , g :  a, b  R then the equation f ( x). g (t )dt  g ( x). f (t )dt has
 
a x

atleast one solution in  a, b 

D) Let f(x) be twice differentiable function on  0, 2 and if f(0) = 0 and f(1) = 2 and f(2) = 4 then there exists
some c in (0, 2) such that f ' ' (c) = 0

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16. Which of the following is/are true
1 1
A) Let f(x) be differential function for all x in [2,5] where f (2)  and f (5)  then there exists a number
5 2
c, 2 < c < 5 for which f '(c ) = 1/10
 f (a)    f (b) 
2 2
B) Suppose that f(x) is continuous on [a,b] and differentiable (a,b) and  a 2  b 2 , then the
equation f ( x ) f '( x )  x has atleast one root in (a,b)
C) Suppose that f(x) is continuous on [a,b] and differentiable (a,b) and there exists c in (a,b) such that
b
a
f ( x)dx  f (c)(b  a)
D) Let f(x) and g(x) be two differentiable functions for x  [0, 2] , such that f(0) = 5, f(2) = 8, g(0) = 0, g(2)
= 1. Then there exists a number c, 0 < c < 2 such that f '(c )  3 g '(c )
2 3 1
17. If the function f ( x)  x 3  6 x 2  ax  b defined in [1,3] satisfies the rolle’s theorem for C  then
3
A) a = 11 B) b = 6 C) a  R D) b  R

18. Let f  x  be a twice differentiable function such that f ''  x   0 in 0,1 . Then,
A) f  0  f 1  2f  c  for some c   0,1 B) f  0   f 1  2f 1/2
1 1
C) f  0   f 1  2f   D) f  0   f 1  2f  
2 2
3  x 2

 , 0  x 1
19. f x   2 , then the value of ‘c’ in the LMVT over 0,2 , is
 1
 x , 1 x  2

1 1 3
A) B) C) D) 2
2 3 2
20. Rolle’s theorem is not applicable to
A) f ( x)  x
2/3
 x1/3 , x  [0,1] B) f ( x)  cos x , x  [0, 2 ]
2
  
C) f ( x)  sin x , x   , 2  D) f ( x)   tan x  3 , x   
,
 4 4 
1

21. Consider f ( x)  x  sin  [ x], 2  x  6 , where [x] denotes greatest integer part of x. Then the true
loge x

statement among the following is/are

A) Rolle’s theorem can be applied to f(x) B) Rolle’s theorem cannot be applied to f
C) Lagrange’s mean value theorem can be applied to f
D) Lagrange’s mean value theorem cannot be applied to f
22. Let f(x) and g(x) be the two functions, continuous on [a,b] and differentiable on (a,b) then there exists some c
in (a,b) such that
 g (b)  g (a)  . f '(c)   f (b)  f (a)  .g '(c)
Then which of the following is /are true
A) If f ( x)  e x and g ( x)  e  x and x  [ a , b ] and a > 0, then c = (a+b)/2
1 1
B) If f ( x )  2
and g ( x )  and x  [ a , b ] and a > 0, then c = 2ab/(a+b)
x x
1
C) If f ( x )  x and g ( x )  and x  [ a , b ] and a > 0, then c = ab
x
D) none of these
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23. If f(x) is continuous in [a,a+h] and differentiable in (a, a+h) then there exists a real number   (0,1) such
f ( a  h)  f ( a )
that f '( a   h)  [ here h = b – a and as   (0,1) ( a   h )  ( a, b) .
h
Then which of the following is /are true
A).If f ( x)  px  qx  r , p  0, p, q, r  R , then the value of  =1/2
2

3
B) If f (x)  x2  4 , x  [2, 4] , then the value of  = 1
2
C) If f ( x )  ( x  1)( x  2)( x  3) , x  [0, 4] , then the number of values of  =2
D) none of these
24. If |f (x)|  1 xR and f(0) = 0 = f (0) then which of the following can be true?
1 1  1 1 1
A) f    B) f     C) f(3) = 4 D) f(–3) =
3 5  3 4 3
25. If f  x  is a differentiable function x  R so that, f  2  4, f '  x   5 x   2,6 , then, f  6  is
A)  24 B)  24 C)  9 D)  9
b
26. If f(x) satisfies Rolle’s theorem on [a,b], then 
a
f ' (x) dx =
A) f(b) – f(a) B) f(a) C) f(b) D) 0

27. Which of the following statements are true

x3  
A) x   sin x  x , for x   0, 
6  2
ba  b  ba
B)  log e    , for 0 < a < b
b a a

C) (b  a)sec 2 a  tan b  tan a  (b  a)sec 2 b , for 0  a  b 
2
x
D)  log e (1  x )  x , for all x   0,  
1 x
28. Which of the following statements are true
(A) If 2a + 3b + 6c = 0 then atleast one root of the equation ax2  bx  c  0 lies in the interval (0,1)
x 7 x 6 x5 x 4 x 3 x 2
(B) f ( x)        x  0 , cannot have two or more real roots because Rolle’s
7 6 5 4 3 2
Theorem is not applicable for any interval [a,b] where a and b are real
(C) If a + b + c = 0, then the quadratic equation 3ax 2  2bx  c  0 , has at least one root between 0 and 1
(D) Let f(x) be differential function for all x and if f(1) = –2 and f '( x )  2 ,for all x in [1,6] then f (6)  8
29. Which of the following statements are true
(A) Let f(x) be a quadratic expression which is positive for all real x, and if g ( x )  f ( x )  f '( x)  f ''( x )
then g(x) > 0, for any real x
(B) Let f(x) be differential function for all x and if f(2) = –4 and f '( x )  6 , for all x in [2,4] then f (4)  8
1
(C) Let f(x) satisfy the requirements of LMVT in [0,2] and if f(0) = 0 and f '( x )  for all x in [0,2], then
2
f ( x)  1
1
(D) Let f(x) satisfy the requirements of LMVT in [0,2] and if f(0) = 0 and f '( x )  for all x in [0,2], then
2
f ( x)  2
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Linked Comprehension Type
Paragraph -1
If ƒ(x) is defined in [a,b] and (i) ƒ(x) is continuous on [a,b]
(ii) ƒ(x) is derivable on  a , b  (iii) ƒ(a) = ƒ(b) . Then has atleast one point c   a , b  such that
ƒ’(c) = 0. This is known as Rolle’s theorem. This means ƒ(x) is a polynomial then between any two roots of
ƒ(x) = 0 there is always lies a root of ƒ’(x) = 0
30. A twice differentiable function f such that ƒ(a) = ƒ(b) = 0 and ƒ(c) > 0, a < c < b. Then there is atleast one
value ‘’ between a and b for which
(A) ƒ ''()  0 (B) ƒ ''()  0 (C) f ''     0 (D) f ''     0
31. If a function ƒ is such that its derivative ƒ ' is continuous on  a, b and derivable on  a, b then there exists a
number ‘c’ between ‘a’ and ‘b’ such that f (b )  f ( a )  (b  a ) f '( a )  (b  a ) 2 K then K =
(A) ƒ ''(c) (B) 2ƒ ''(c) (C) 1 f ''( c ) (D) – ƒ ''(c)
2
32. If ƒ(x) is continuous in [a,b] and differentiable in (a,b) then f '( c2 )  f ( b 3)  f 3( a ) holds for
3c b a
(A) at least one c  (a, b) (B) atmost one c  (a, b)
(C) exactly one value of c (D) none of these
Paragraph -2
Lagrange’s mean value theorem(LMVT) is a applicable only when a real valued function
f(x) is continuous on [a,b] and differentiable on (a,b) .To prove an inequality for a
differentiable function f(x) on [a,b] some times LMVT is useful. The fact that
f (b )  f ( a )
c   a, b  such that f '( c )  can be used to deduce the desired inequality if
ba
f '( x ) is bounded below or above on (a,b)
Answer the following.
 
33. Which of the following statements is always false for two real numbers x1 , x2   0,  and
 2
x1  x2
A) sin x1  sin x2  x1  x2 B) cot x1  cot x2  x1  x2
 1  x1 
C) ln    x1  x2 D) cos x1  cos x2  x1  x2
 1  x2 
34. Which of the following statements is always true for x1 , x2   0,1 and x1  x2 ?
A) sin 1 x1  sin 1 x2  x1  x2 B) tan 1 x1  tan 1 x2  x1  x2
C) cot 1 x1  cot 1 x2  x1  x2 D) cos 1 x1  cos 1 x2  x1  x2
35. LMVT is not applicable for
A) f ( x ) 1
, x   0, 2  B) f ( x ) 3
x  1, x   2, 2
 x  1
2

2
C) f ( x) x , x   0,1
3
D) None of these

Subjective Type Questions

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
 ax 2  b, if x  1


36. If Rolle’s Theorem is applicable to the function f(x) defined by f(x) 1, if x  1 in
c
 , if x  1
 x
[–3,3] then the value of a  b  c
ln x
37. If Rolle’s theorem is applicable to the function f  x   , x  0 over the interval  a, b where a, b  I
x
then  b  a  equals
5, x0
 2
38. Let f  x    x  5x   , 0  x  2
 x   , 2 x3


If f  x  satisfies all the conditions of Lagranges mean value theorem in  0,3 and P  c, f  c   is the
point on the curve f  x  in c   0,3 where the tangent is parallel to the chord joining the end
1
points, then find the value of   2  3  6c 
17
3, if x  0

39. Values of a, m, b, for which the function f ( x )    x 2  3 x  a, if 0  x  1 , satisfies the
 mx  b, if 1  x  2

hypothesis of Lagrange’s mean value theorem in the interval [0,2] the value of a + m + b =
40. Let ƒ : [0, 1]  R be twice differentiable function. Suppose that line segment joining the point
(0, ƒ(0)) and (1, ƒ(1)) intersect the graph of ƒ at a point (a, ƒ(a)), where 0 < a < 1, then prove that
there exist x0  [0, 1] such that ƒ ''(x 0 )  0 .
41. Let ƒ : [0, )  R be continuous and ƒ(0) = 0. Suppose that ƒ '(x) exist for all x  (0, ) and ƒ ' is
ƒ(x)
increasing on (0, ) . Show that function g(x)  is increasing on (0, ) .
x
42. Let ƒ : [a, b]  R be a differentiable function and a  0 , then show that there exist c1 ,c 2  (a, b)
ƒ '(c1 ) ƒ '(c2 )
such that  .
ab 2c2
43. Let ƒ : [a, b]  R be a differentiable function and   R be such that ƒ'(a)    ƒ'(b) . Let g(x) = ƒ(x)
– x x  [a, b] , then minimum number of zeroes of equation g(x) = 0 and g'(x)  0 .
44. Let ƒ : [a, b]  R be a continuous function such that ƒ '(x) exist on (a, b), then minimum number of
ƒ '(x) 1 0
solution(s) of equation ƒ(a) a 1  0, x  (a, b) , is
ƒ(b) b 1
45. Let ƒ : [0, 1]  R be a continuous function such that ƒ '(x) exist on (a, b) and
1 1 

 xƒ(1  x)dx   (ƒ(1  x)  ƒ(x)) dx then prove that there exist (0,1) such that  ƒ()   tƒ(t)dt
2

0 0 0

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ANSWERS
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. B
7. A 8. C 9. D 10. D 11. A 12. B
13. C 14. C 15. A,B,C,D 16. A,B,C,D 17. A,D 18. A,C
19. A, D 20. B,D 21. A,C 22. A,B,C 23. A,B,C 24. A,B,C,D
25. A,C 26. A,D 27. A,B,C,D 28. A,B,C,D 29. A,B,C,D 30. C
31. C 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. B 36. 3
37. 2 38. 2 39. 8 43. 0,1 44. 1

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