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Two functions f(x) and g(x) were plotted on the same axes, where
f(x) =\left(\frac{a}{x}\right)^x\quad \quad g(x) = b\exp\left(-\frac{(x-c)^2}{d}\right)
I chose the coefficients a, b, c and d so as to make the function g(x) match f(x) 'as closely as possible' for points past the maximum of f(x). My resulting charts were as follows.
Is it possible to approximately work out the values I chose? Can you choose values to obtain a closer match between the two?
Show without recourse to any calculating aid that 7^{1/2} + 7^{1/3} + 7^{1/4} < 7 and 4^{1/2} + 4^{1/3} + 4^{1/4} > 4 . Sketch the graph of f(x) = x^{1/2} + x^{1/3} + x^{1/4} -x