JEE MAIN - Mathematics (2024 - 4th April Evening Shift - No. 28)
Let $$f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$$ be a thrice differentiable function such that $$f(0)=0, f(1)=1, f(2)=-1, f(3)=2$$ and $$f(4)=-2$$. Then, the minimum number of zeros of $$\left(3 f^{\prime} f^{\prime \prime}+f f^{\prime \prime \prime}\right)(x)$$ is __________.
Answer
5
Explanation
$$\because f: R \rightarrow R \text { and } f(0)=0, f(1)=1, f(2)=-1 \text {, }$$
$$f(3)=2$$ and $$f(4)=-2$$ then
$$f(x)$$ has atleast 4 real roots.
Then $$f(x)$$ has atleast 3 real roots and $$f^{\prime}(x)$$ has atleast 2 real roots.
Now we know that
$$\begin{aligned} \frac{d}{d x}\left(f^3 \cdot f^{\prime \prime}\right) & =3 f^2 \cdot f^{\prime} \cdot f^{\prime \prime}+f^3 \cdot f^{\prime \prime \prime} \\ & =f^2\left(3 f^{\prime} \cdot f^{\prime}+f \cdot f^{\prime \prime}\right) \end{aligned}$$
Here $$f^3 \cdot f'$$ has atleast 6 roots.
Then its differentiation has atleast 5 distinct roots.
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