Mathematics · Functions

JEE Main 2026 — 8 April, Evening Shift — Question 42

Let f be a polynomial function such that log⁡2(f(x))=(log⁡2(2+23+29+……∞))\log _{2}(f(x))=\left(\log _{2}\left(2+\frac{2}{3}+\frac{2}{9}+\ldots \ldots \infty\right)\right). log⁡3(1+f(x)f(1/x)),x>0\log _{3}\left(1+\frac{f(x)}{f(1 / x)}\right), x>0 and f(6)=37f(6)=37. Then ∑n=110f(n)\sum_{n=1}^{10} f(n) is equal to ____\_\_\_\_ .

Answer: 395

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

log⁡2f(x)=log⁡2(21−13)⋅log⁡3(1+f(x)f(1x))\log _{2} f(x)=\log _{2}\left(\frac{2}{1-\frac{1}{3}}\right) \cdot \log _{3}\left(1+\frac{f(x)}{f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}\right) log⁡2f(x)=log⁡23.log⁡3(1+f(x)f(1x))\log _{2} f(x)=\log _{2} 3 . \log _{3}\left(1+\frac{f(x)}{f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}\right) ⇒f(x)=1+f(x)f(1x)\Rightarrow \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=1+\frac{\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})}{\mathrm{f}\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{x}}\right)} ⇒f(x)f(1x)=f(x)+f(1x)\Rightarrow \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{f}\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{x}}\right)=\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})+\mathrm{f}\left(\frac{1}{\mathrm{x}}\right) ⇒f(x)=1±xn\Rightarrow \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=1 \pm \mathrm{x}^{\mathrm{n}} ⇒f(6)=37\Rightarrow \mathrm{f}(6)=37 ⇒1±6n=37\Rightarrow 1 \pm 6^{n}=37 ⇒6n=36\Rightarrow 6^{n}=36 ⇒n=2\Rightarrow \mathrm{n}=2 ∴f(x)=1+x2\therefore \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=1+\mathrm{x}^{2} ∑n=110(1+n2)=10+10⋅11⋅216=395\sum_{n=1}^{10}\left(1+n^{2}\right)=10+\frac{10 \cdot 11 \cdot 21}{6}=395

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Exam
JEE Main 2026
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Functions
Topic
Functional Equations