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QJEEM25Ma4d1d: JEE Main 2025 Mathematics - Class 12 JEEM25Ma4d1d Solution: Let be a twice differentiable function. If for some and , then…

Let f:(0,∞)→Rf:(0, \infty) \rightarrow \mathbf{R} be a twice differentiable function. If for some a≠0,∫01f(λx)dλ=af(x),f(1)=1a\ne 0, \int\limits_0^1 f(\lambda x) \mathrm{d} \mathrm{\lambda}=a f(x), f(1)=1 and f(16)=18f(16)=\frac{1}{8} , then 16−f′(116)16-f^{\prime}\left(\frac{1}{16}\right) is equal to __________.

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amp;∫01f(λx)dλ=af(x)amp;λx=tamp; dλ=1xdtamp;1x∫0xf(t)dt=af(x)amp;∫0xf(t)dt=axf(x)amp;f(x)=a(xf′(x)+f(x))amp;(1−a)f(x)=a⋅xf′(x)amp;f′(x)f(x)=(1−a)a1xamp;ℓlnf⁡(x)=1−aaℓnx+camp;x=1,f(1)=1⇒c=0amp;x=16,f(16)=18\begin{aligned}& \int_0^1 \mathrm{f}(\lambda \mathrm{x}) \mathrm{d} \lambda=\mathrm{af}(\mathrm{x}) \\& \lambda \mathrm{x}=\mathrm{t} \\& \mathrm{~d} \lambda=\frac{1}{\mathrm{x}} \mathrm{dt} \\& \frac{1}{\mathrm{x}} \int_0^{\mathrm{x}} \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{t}) \mathrm{dt}=\mathrm{af}(\mathrm{x}) \\& \int_0^{\mathrm{x}} \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{t}) \mathrm{dt}=\mathrm{axf}(\mathrm{x}) \\& \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=\mathrm{a}\left(\mathrm{x} \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x})+\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})\right) \\& (1-\mathrm{a}) \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=\mathrm{a} \cdot \mathrm{x} \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x}) \\& \frac{\mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x})}{\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})}=\frac{(1-\mathrm{a})}{\mathrm{a}} \frac{1}{\mathrm{x}} \\& \ell \operatorname{lnf}(\mathrm{x})=\frac{1-\mathrm{a}}{\mathrm{a}} \ell \mathrm{n} \mathrm{x}+\mathrm{c} \\& \mathrm{x}=1, \mathrm{f}(1)=1 \Rightarrow \mathrm{c}=0 \\& \mathrm{x}=16, \mathrm{f}(16)=\frac{1}{8}\end{aligned}

amp;18=(16)1−aa⇒−3=4−4aa⇒a=4amp;f(x)=x−34amp;f′(x)=−34x−74amp;∴16−f′(116)amp;=16−(−34(2−4)−7/4)amp;=16+96=112\begin{aligned}& \frac{1}{8}=(16)^{\frac{1-a}{a}} \Rightarrow-3=\frac{4-4 a}{a} \Rightarrow \mathrm{a}=4 \\& \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=\mathrm{x}^{-\frac{3}{4}} \\& \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x})=-\frac{3}{4} \mathrm{x}^{-\frac{7}{4}} \\& \therefore \quad 16-\mathrm{f}^{\prime}\left(\frac{1}{16}\right) \\& =16-\left(-\frac{3}{4}\left(2^{-4}\right)^{-7 / 4}\right) \\& =16+96=112\end{aligned}

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