Question 60 of 162HardMCQ
Let D be the domain of the function f(x)=sin−1(log3x(−5x6+2log3x)). If the range of the function g:D→R defined by g(x)=x−[x],([x] is the greatest integer function), is (α,β), then α2+β5 is equal to
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First, the function f(x)=sin−1(log3x(−5x6+2log3x)) has several restrictions :
Since the arcsine function sin−1(x) is only defined for −1≤x≤1, this means that log3x(−5x6+2log3x) must be between -1 and 1.
For the logarithm to be defined, 3x>0⇒x>0 .......(1)
because the base of a logarithm must be greater than 0 and not equal to 1. Also, x=31 .......(2)
as the base cannot be 1.
Moreover, the inner function of the logarithm −5x6+2log3x must be greater than 0.
⇒ 6+2log3x0)
\[Rightarrow \& {\log }_{3}x\]
The next step is to solve the inequality for -1\le {\log }\_{3x}(\frac{6+2{\log }\_{3}x}{-5x})\le 1.Todothis,wemaketheobservationthatforthelogarithmicparttobewithin[-1,1],itmustbetruethat3x\le \frac{6+2{\log }\_{3}x}{-5x}\le \frac{1}{3x}.Solvingtheinequality15{x}\^{2}+6+2{\log }\_{3}x\ge 0,wefindthatx\in (0,\frac{1}{27})........(4)Likewise,solvingtheinequality6+2{\log }\_{3}x+\frac{5}{3}\ge 0,wefindthatx\ge {3}\^{-\frac{23}{6}}........(5)CombiningEquations(3),(4),and(5),theintersectionofalltheseintervalsisx\in [{3}\^{-\frac{23}{6}},\frac{1}{27}).Now,considerthefunctiong(x)=x-[x],where[x]isthegreatestintegerfunction.Forthisfunction,therangeisthefractionalpartofx.Inthiscase,therange(\alpha ,\beta )isgivenbytheminimumandmaximumpossiblevaluesofxinitsdomain.Hence,\alpha ={3}\^{-\frac{23}{6}}and\beta =\frac{1}{27}.Finally,substitutethesevaluesintotheequation{\alpha }\^{2}+\frac{5}{\beta }:{\alpha }\^{2}+\frac{5}{\beta }=({3}\^{-\frac{23}{6}}{)}\^{2}+\frac{5}{\frac{1}{27}}={3}\^{-\frac{23}{3}}+135=135.0002198.Since{3}\^{-\frac{23}{3}}=0.0002198isanextremelysmallnumber,it′sapproximately0.So,
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