MCQ
Let $f$ be a function such that $f(x)\, = \,\sum\limits_{n\, - \,1}^n {\left[ {r\, + \,\cos \frac{x}{r}} \right]} $ where [.] denotes greatest integer function and $x \in [0,\pi]$, then range of   $f(x)$ is-
  • A
    $\left[ {0\,,\,\frac{{n(n\, + \,1)}}{2}} \right]$
  • $\left\{ {\frac{{{n^2}\, + \,n\, - \,2}}{2}\,,\,\frac{{{n^2}\, + \,3n}}{2}\,,\,\frac{{{n^{2\,}} + \,n}}{2}} \right\}$
  • C
    $\left\{ {\frac{{{n^2}\, - \,n\,}}{2}\,,\,\frac{{{n^2}\, + \,3n}}{2}} \right\}$
  • D
    $\left[ {\frac{{{n^2}\, - \,n\,}}{2}\,,\,\frac{{{n^2}\, + \,3n}}{2}} \right]$

Answer

Correct option: B.
$\left\{ {\frac{{{n^2}\, + \,n\, - \,2}}{2}\,,\,\frac{{{n^2}\, + \,3n}}{2}\,,\,\frac{{{n^{2\,}} + \,n}}{2}} \right\}$
b
$f\left( x \right) = \sum\limits_{r = 1}^n {r + } \sum\limits_{r = 1}^n {\left[ {\cos \frac{x}{r}} \right]} $

$f\left( x \right) = \frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{2} + \sum\limits_{r = 1}^n {\left[ {\cos \frac{x}{r}} \right]} $

$ = \frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{2} + \left[ {\cos x} \right] + \left[ {\cos \frac{x}{2}} \right] + \left[ {cod\frac{x}{3}} \right] + .... + \left[ {\cos \frac{x}{n}} \right]$

$x=0,$

$f\left( 0 \right) = \frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{2} + 1 + 1 + ....n\,time = \frac{{{n^2} + 3n}}{2}$

$x = \frac{\pi }{2},$       $f\left( {\frac{\pi }{2}} \right) = \frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{2}$

$x = \pi ,\,\,f\left( \pi  \right) = \frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{2} - 1 = \frac{{{n^2} + n - 2}}{2}$

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