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We are given
f(x)=∑k=110kxk.
So,
f(x)=∑k=110kxk.
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First compute f(2):
f(2)=∑k=110k2k.
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Differentiate f(x) termwise:
f′(x)=∑k=110k⋅kxk−1=∑k=110k2xk−1.
Hence,
f′(2)=∑k=110k22k−1.
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Now compute
2f(2)+f′(2).
We have
2f(2)=2∑k=110k2k=∑k=110k2k+1.
Therefore,
2f(2)+f′(2)=∑k=110k2k+1+∑k=110k22k−1.
Take 2k−1 common:
2f(2)+f′(2)=∑k=1102k−1(4k+k2)=∑k=1102k−1k(k+4).
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Observe a smarter route using differentiation of x2f(x):
Since
x2f(x)=∑k=110kxk+2,
its derivative is
dxd[x2f(x)]=2xf(x)+x2f′(x).
At x=2,
dxd[x2f(x)]x=2=4f(2)+4f′(2).
This is not directly the desired form, so instead use the identity termwise:
2⋅k2k+k22k−1=2k−1(k2+4k)=2k−1k(k+4).
Now compute the sum explicitly near the highest power.
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Let us check whether the expression can be written as 119⋅2n+1.
We compute the sum directly:
2f(2)+f′(2)=∑k=1102k−1k(k+4).
Termwise values are:
- k=1: 20⋅1⋅5=5
- k=2: 21⋅2⋅6=24
- k=3: 22⋅3⋅7=84
- k=4: 23⋅4⋅8=256
- k=5: 24⋅5⋅9=720
- k=6: 25⋅6⋅10=1920
- k=7: 26⋅7⋅11=4928
- k=8: 27⋅8⋅12=12288
- k=9: 28⋅9⋅13=29952
- k=10: 29⋅10⋅14=71680
Adding,
5+24+84+256+720+1920+4928+12288+29952+71680=121857.
So,
2f(2)+f′(2)=121857.
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Now compare with
119⋅2n+1.
Then
119⋅2n=121856.
So,
2n=119121856=1024=210.
Hence,
n=10.
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Comparison with stored answer:
Stored correct answer is 10, which matches our result.