A Shared Tangent, Then a Bound

6/10functionsExtremacalculusMonotonicity

Problem

Let f(x)=x2+ax+bf(x) = x^2 + ax + b and g(x)=ex(cx+d)g(x) = \mathrm{e}^x(cx + d). The curves y=f(x)y = f(x) and y=g(x)y = g(x) both pass through the point P(0,2)P(0, 2) and have the same tangent line y=4x+2y = 4x + 2 at PP.

1. Find a,b,c,da, b, c, d. 2. If f(x)kg(x)f(x) \leqslant kg(x) for all x2x \geqslant -2, find the range of possible values of kk.

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Difficulty6/10
Topicsfunctions, Extrema, calculus, Monotonicity

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