One Common Tangent

8/10calculusMonotonicityLogarithms

Problem

The graphs of f(x)=mlnxf(x) = m\ln x and h(x)=x12xh(x) = \dfrac{x-1}{2x} (for x>0x > 0) have exactly one common tangent line. Find the real number mm.

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Difficulty8/10
Topicscalculus, Monotonicity, Logarithms

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