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JEE Advanced 2020 · Relations and Functions (Class 11)

Let the function f:[0,1]→Rf:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R} be defined by f(x)=4x4x+2f(x)=\frac{4^{x}}{4^{x}+2}. Then the value of f(140)+f(240)+f(340)+…+f(3940)−f(12)f\left(\frac{1}{40}\right)+f\left(\frac{2}{40}\right)+f\left(\frac{3}{40}\right)+\ldots+f\left(\frac{39}{40}\right)-f\left(\frac{1}{2}\right) is ____

Answer: 19.0019.00

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f:[0,1]→Rf:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R} f(x)=4x4x+2f(x)=\dfrac{4^{x}}{4^{x}+2} S=f ⁣(140)+f ⁣(240)+…+f ⁣(3940)−f ⁣(12)S=f\!\left(\dfrac{1}{40}\right)+f\!\left(\dfrac{2}{40}\right)+\ldots+f\!\left(\dfrac{39}{40}\right)-f\!\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right) Plan: (1) find f(1−x)\text{Plan: (1) find } f(1-x) (2) add f(x)+f(1−x)\text{(2) add } f(x)+f(1-x) (3) pair terms k and 40−k\text{(3) pair terms } k \text{ and } 40-k graph of y=f(x),x∈[0,1]\text{graph of } y=f(x),\quad x\in[0,1] 41−x=4⋅4−x=44x4^{1-x}=4\cdot 4^{-x}=\dfrac{4}{4^{x}} f(1−x)=41−x41−x+2f(1-x)=\dfrac{4^{1-x}}{4^{1-x}+2} f(1−x)=4/4x4/4x+2f(1-x)=\dfrac{4/4^{x}}{4/4^{x}+2} =44+2⋅4x=\dfrac{4}{4+2\cdot 4^{x}} f(1−x)=42(2+4x)f(1-x)=\dfrac{4}{2\left(2+4^{x}\right)} f(1−x)=24x+2f(1-x)=\dfrac{2}{4^{x}+2} f(x)+f(1−x)=4x4x+2+24x+2f(x)+f(1-x)=\dfrac{4^{x}}{4^{x}+2}+\dfrac{2}{4^{x}+2} =4x+24x+2=1=\dfrac{4^{x}+2}{4^{x}+2}=1 f(t)+f(1−t)=1\boxed{f(t)+f(1-t)=1} f ⁣(12)=41/241/2+2=22+2=12f\!\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)=\dfrac{4^{1/2}}{4^{1/2}+2}=\dfrac{2}{2+2}=\dfrac{1}{2} f ⁣(k40)+f ⁣(40−k40)=1f\!\left(\dfrac{k}{40}\right)+f\!\left(\dfrac{40-k}{40}\right)=1 (1,39), (2,38), …, (19,21)  ⇒  19 pairs(1,39),\ (2,38),\ \ldots,\ (19,21) \;\Rightarrow\; 19 \text{ pairs} k=20:f ⁣(2040)=f ⁣(12)k=20:\quad f\!\left(\dfrac{20}{40}\right)=f\!\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right) ∑k=139f ⁣(k40)=19⋅1+f ⁣(12)=19+f ⁣(12)\sum_{k=1}^{39} f\!\left(\dfrac{k}{40}\right)=19\cdot 1+f\!\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)=19+f\!\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right) S=19+f ⁣(12)−f ⁣(12)S=19+f\!\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)-f\!\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right) S=19\boxed{S=19}

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