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$f(x) + f\left( {\frac{1}{{1 – x}}} \right) = x,\forall x \in \mathbb{R}$

$f(x) = ?$

$x \to 1 – \frac{1}{x}$ yields,

$f\left( {1 – \frac{1}{x}} \right) + f\left[ {\frac{1}{{1 – \left( {1 – \frac{1}{x}} \right)}}} \right] = 1 – \frac{1}{x}$

$ \Rightarrow f\left( {\frac{{x – 1}}{x}} \right) + f(x) = \frac{{x – 1}}{x}……..(A)$ Continue reading $f(x) + f\left( {\frac{1}{{1 – x}}} \right) = x,\forall x \in \mathbb{R}$

$f(x) = ?$

Find $f(x)$ such that,

$f(x) + f\left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right) + 3f( – x) = x$

$x \to \frac{1}{x}$ in the original equation yields,

$f\left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right) + f(x) + 3f\left( { – \frac{1}{x}} \right) = \frac{1}{x}$ ……..(A)

Original equation – (A) yields,

$3f( – x) – 3f\left( { – \frac{1}{x}} \right) = x – \frac{1}{x}$ Continue reading Find $f(x)$ such that,

$f(x) + f\left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right) + 3f( – x) = x$

$\begin{array}{l}f\left( {x + \frac{1}{x} + 4} \right) = {x^2} + \frac{1}{{{x^2}}} + 16\\f(17) = ?\end{array}$

Using the substitution $x + \frac{1}{x} + 4 = t$, we have

$\begin{array}{l}x + \frac{1}{x} = t – 4\\ \Rightarrow {x^2} + \frac{1}{{{x^2}}} + 2 = {(t – 4)^2}\\ \Rightarrow {x^2} + \frac{1}{{{x^2}}} + 16 = {(t – 4)^2} + 14\end{array}$

Now, $f(t) = {(t – 4)^2} + 14$

$\therefore f(17) = {(17 – 4)^2} + 14 = 169 + 14 = 183$