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JEE Main 4 September 2020, Shift 1, Maths Q73

Question 73 of 75 in this shift, Maths question 23 of 25.

Suppose a differentiable function

f(x)

satisfies the identity

f(x+y) = f(x) + f(y) + xy^2 + x^2y

, for all real

x

and

y

. If

\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{f(x)}{x} = 1

, then

f'(3)

is equal to ________.

Official answer

10.00

NTA final key (Sep 2020).

Chapter: Continuity and Differentiability
Topic: Continuity and Differentiability
Idea tested: Differentiability via Functional Equations

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