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I was delighted to receive this solution from Niharika Paul, one of our younger solvers.
The actual functions plotted were as follows:
Two functions f(x) and g(x) were plotted on the same axes, where
f(x) =\left(\frac{20}{x}\right)^x\quad \quad g(x) = 1568\exp\left(-\frac{(x-7.3576)^2}{17.6232}\right)
The coefficients in g(x) were chosen so as to make the function g(x) match f(x) as closely as possible for points past the maximum of f(x)
Their charts at various points are
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