Mathematics · Limits, Continuity and Differentiability

JEE Main 2025 — 4 April, Morning Shift — Question 39

Let f:R→Rf: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} be a continuous function satisfying f(0)=1f(0)=1 and f(2x)−f(x)=xf(2 x)-f(x)=x for all x∈Rx \in \mathbb{R}. If

lim⁡n→∞{f(x)−f(x2n)}=G(x)\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left\{f(x)-f\left(\frac{x}{2^{n}}\right)\right\}=G(x), then ∑r=110G(r2)\sum_{r=1}^{10} G\left(r^{2}\right) is equal to

  1. Option A:

    385

    Correct
  2. Option B:

    420

  3. Option C:

    215

  4. Option D:

    540

Answer: A

Step-by-step solution

f(0)=1,f(2x)−f(x)=xf(0)=1, f(2 x)-f(x)=x

Replace x→x2x \rightarrow \frac{x}{2}

f(x)−f(x2)=x2\begin{gathered} f(x)-f\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)=\frac{x}{2} \end{gathered}

Again, Replace x→x2x \rightarrow \frac{x}{2}

f(x2)−f(x22)=x22\begin{gathered} f\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)-f\left(\frac{x}{2^{2}}\right)=\frac{x}{2^{2}} \end{gathered} f(x2n−1)−f(x2n)=x2n\begin{gathered} f\left(\frac{x}{2^{n-1}}\right)-f\left(\frac{x}{2^{n}}\right)=\frac{x}{2^{n}} \end{gathered}

Adding (1)+(2)+(3)+…+(n)(1)+(2)+(3)+\ldots+(n)

We get f(x)−f(x2n)=x2+x22+….+x2nf(x)-f\left(\frac{x}{2^{n}}\right)=\frac{x}{2}+\frac{x}{2^{2}}+\ldots .+\frac{x}{2^{n}}

lim⁡n→∞(f(x)−f(x2n))=lim⁡n→∞(x2+x2n+…+x2n)\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left(f(x)-f\left(\frac{x}{2^{n}}\right)\right)=\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left(\frac{x}{2}+\frac{x}{2^{n}}+\ldots+\frac{x}{2^{n}}\right)

f(x)−f(0)=x212f(x)-f(0)=\frac{\frac{x}{2}}{\frac{1}{2}}

⇒G(x)=x\Rightarrow \quad G(x)=x

⇒G(r2)=r2\Rightarrow G\left(r^{2}\right)=r^{2}

⇒∑r=110G(r2)=∑r=110G(r2)\Rightarrow \quad \sum_{r=1}^{10} G\left(r^{2}\right)=\sum_{r=1}^{10} G\left(r^{2}\right)

=(10)(11)(21)6=(55)7=\frac{(10)(11)(21)}{6}=(55) 7

⇒385\Rightarrow 385

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Exam
JEE Main 2025
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Limits, Continuity and Differentiability
Topic
Evaluation of Limit of Functions