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JEE Main 2026 — 22 January, Evening Shift — Question 19

Let ff and gg be functions satisfying f(x+y)=f(x)f(y),f(l)=7f(\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y})=f(\mathrm{x}) f(\mathrm{y}), \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{l})=7 and g(x+y)=g(xy)\mathrm{g}(\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y})=\mathrm{g}(\mathrm{xy}), g(l)=1\mathrm{g}(\mathrm{l})=1, for all x,y∈N.∑x=1n(f(x)g(x))=19607\mathrm{x}, \mathrm{y} \in \mathbb{N} . \sum_{\mathrm{x}=1}^{\mathrm{n}}\left(\frac{\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})}{\mathrm{g}(\mathrm{x})}\right)=19607, then nn is equal to :

  1. Option A:

    7

  2. Option B:

    5

    Correct
  3. Option C:

    6

  4. Option D:

    4

Answer: B

Step-by-step solution

f(x+y)=f(x)⋅f(y)⇒f(x)=ax\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y})=\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x}) \cdot \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{y}) \Rightarrow \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=\mathrm{a}^{\mathrm{x}}

(∵f(1)=7⇒a1=7)\left(\because \mathrm{f}(1)=7 \Rightarrow\mathrm{a}^{1}=7\right)

So f(x)=7x\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=7^{\mathrm{x}} Now g(x+y)=g(xy)(g(x+y)=g(x y) \quad( put y=1)y=1)

⇒g(x+1)=g(x)\Rightarrow \mathrm{g}(\mathrm{x}+1)=\mathrm{g}(\mathrm{x})

so g(1)=g(2)=g(3)=…=g(n)=1\mathrm{g}(1)=\mathrm{g}(2)=\mathrm{g}(3)=\ldots=\mathrm{g}(\mathrm{n})=1

Given ∑x=1nf(x)g(x)=19607\sum_{\mathrm{x}=1}^{\mathrm{n}} \frac{\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})}{\mathrm{g}(\mathrm{x})}=19607

∑x=1n7x1=19607\sum_{x=1}^{n} \frac{7^{x}}{1}=19607

⇒7(7n−17−1)=19607\Rightarrow 7\left(\frac{7^{n}-1}{7-1}\right)=19607

7n−1=67×196077^{n}-1=\frac{6}{7} \times 19607

7n=16807⇒n=57^{\mathrm{n}}=16807 \Rightarrow \mathrm{n}=5

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Exam
JEE Main 2026
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Functions
Topic
Functional Equations
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