NTA Abhyas JEE Main2020MathematicsApplication of DerivativesPractice
The function x 5 - 5 x 4 + 5 x 3 - 1 is
Options
- Amaximum at x = 3 and minimum at x = 1
- Bminimum at x = 1
- Cneither maximum nor minimum at x = 0
- Dmaximum at x = 0
Correct answer
C. neither maximum nor minimum at x = 0
Step-by-step solution
Let, f x = x 5 - 5 x 4 + 5 x 3 - 1 ⇒ f ′ x = 5 x 4 − 20 x 3 + 15 x 2 = 0 ∴ x 2 x - 3 x - 1 = 0 or x = 3 , 1 , 0 Now, f ″ x = 20 x 3 − 60 x 2 + 30 x Put x = 3 , 1 , 0 , we get f ″ 3 > 0 , f ″ 1 < 0 , f ″ 0 = 0 Hence f x is minimum at x = 3 , maximum at x = 1 , neither maximum nor minimum at x = 0.