Question
For the function $f(x) = \frac{{{x^{100}}}}{{100}} + \frac{{{x^{99}}}}{{99}} + ... + \frac{{{x^2}}}{2} + x + 1$ prove that f'(1) = 100f'(0)

Answer

Here $f(x) = \frac{{{x^{100}}}}{{100}} + \frac{{{x^{99}}}}{{99}} + ... + \frac{{{x^2}}}{2} + x + 1$
$f{\text{'}}(x) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{{{x^{100}}}}{{100}} + \frac{{{x^{99}}}}{{99}} + ... + \frac{{{x^2}}}{2} + x + 1} \right]$
$= \frac{1}{{100}}\frac{d}{{dx}}({x^{100}}) + \frac{1}{{99}}\frac{d}{{dx}}({x^{99}}) + ... + \frac{1}{2}\frac{d}{{dx}}({x^2}) + \frac{d}{{dx}}(x) + \frac{d}{{dx}}(1)$
$= \frac{1}{{100}} \times 100{x^{99}} + \frac{1}{{99}} \times 99{x^{98}} + ... + \frac{1}{2} \times 2x + 1 + 0$
= x99 + x98 + ... + x + 1
Now f'(1) = (1)99 + (1)98 + ...+(1) + 1 = 100
f'(0) = (0)99 + (0)98 + ...+ 0 + 1 = 1
Which shows that f'(1) = 100f'(0)

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