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The function $f(x) = {x^{ - x}},\,(x\, \in \,R)$ attains a maximum value at $x =$

A
$x = 2$
B
$x = 3$
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$x = 1/e $
D
$x = 1 $

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Answer

Correct option: C.

$x = 1/e $

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(c) $f(x) = y = {x^{ - x}}$ ==> $\log y = - \,x\log x$

Differentiating w.r.t. $x$ , $\frac{1}{y}.\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = - \left[ {x.\frac{1}{x} + \log x} \right]$

==> $\frac{1}{y}.\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = - [1 + \log x]$ ==> $\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = - {x^{ - x}}[1 + \log x]$

==> $\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = {x^{ - x}}\left[ {\log \frac{1}{x} - 1} \right]$

Put $\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = 0$ ==> ${\log _e}\frac{1}{x} = {\log _e}e$

==> $\frac{1}{x} = e \Rightarrow x = \frac{1}{e}$.

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