Find The Natural Number a for Which  where The Function f satisfies The Relation f (x + y) = f (x) f (y) For All Natural Number x, y and Further f (1) = 2.  

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Question

Find the natural number a for which  where the function f satisfies the relation f (x + y) = f (xf (y) for all natural number xy and further f (1) = 2.

 

Solution

Correct option is

a = 3

Since the function satisfies the relation 

          f (y) = f (xf (y)

It must be an exponential function. 

Let the base of this exponential function be a.  

Thus f (x) = ax  

It is given that f (1) = 2. So we can make

          f (1) = a1 = 2 ⇒     a = 2

Hence, the function is f (x) =2x                    … (i)

                                                [Alternatively, we have] 

     f (x) = f (x – 1 + 1) = f (x – 1) f (1) 

            = f (x – 2 + 1) f (1)  

            = f (x – 2) [f (1)]2 = … = [f (1)]x = 2x]  

Using equation (i), the given expression reduces to:  

            

   

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