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A real-valued function f defined for nonzero real numbers satisties  f(1/x)+1/xf(-x) = 2x. What is the value of f(2)?

 Oct 16, 2018
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f(1x)+1xf(x)=2x ;now let x1xf(x)xf(1x)=2x ;and multiply by 1x1xf(x)f(1x)=2x2

 

now add this to the original equation 2xf(x)=2x2x2=2x32x2f(x)=x31x=x21xf(x)=x2+1x

 

f(2)=22+12=92

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 Oct 17, 2018

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