Saturday, April 11, 2015

Find a function f that satisfies the conditions: f " (x) = X^2 + X -1, f ' (0)=5, f (0)=10

Since the expression of the second derivative of the original
function is a quadratic, then the original function is a 4th order
polynomial.


f(x) = ax^4 + bx^3 + cx^2 + dx 
+e


We'll substitute x by 0:


f(0) =
e


But f(0) = 10 => e =
10


We'll differentiate f to get the expression of the
first derivative:


f'(x) =4ax^3 +  3bx^2 + 2cx +
d


Now, we'll substitute x by 0:


f'(0) =
d


But f'(0) = 5 => d =
5


Now, we'll differentiate
f'(x):


f'"(x) = (4ax^3 +  3bx^2 + 2cx +
d)'


f'"(x) = 12ax^2 + 6bx + 2c (1)


But,
from enunciation, we know that:


f " (x) = X^2 + X -1
(2)


We'll put (1) = (2):


12ax^2 + 6bx +
2c = X^2 + X -1


We'll put the correspondent coefficients in a
relation of equality:


12a =
1


a =
1/12


6b =
1


b =
1/6


2c =
-1


c =
-1/2


The original function f(x)
is:


f(x) = x^4/12 + x^3/6 - x^2/2 + 5x +
10

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