document.write( "Question 1027846: Let f(x) = 3x^2 - 4x. Find the constant k such that f(x) = f(k - x) for all real numbers x. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Let f(x) = 3x^2 - 4x. Find the constant k such that f(x) = f(k - x) for all real numbers x.
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document.write( "The condition requires that this identity would hold for all real numbers x:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3x%5E2+-+4x\" = \"3%2A%28k-x%29%5E2+-+4%28k-x%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify it step by step\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3x%5E2+-+4x\" = \"3k%5E2+-+6kx+%2B+3x%5E2+-+4k+%2B+4x\",\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3k%5E2+-+6kx+-+4k+%2B+8x\" = \"0\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "It would be identically zero if\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"3k%5E2\" = \"4k\"    (1)   and  \r\n" );
document.write( "\"6kx\" = \"8x\"     (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "are hold simultaneously.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Fortunately,  k = \"4%2F3\"  satisfies both  (1)  and  (2).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  k = \"4%2F3\".\r\n" );
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