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What is the maximum value of f(x) = 1/(x² + 2x + 5)?

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Correct answer: 1/4

The key concept is completing the square and then using the fact that a positive fraction is largest when its denominator is smallest. Rewrite the denominator as x² + 2x + 5 = (x + 1)² + 4. Since (x + 1)² ≥ 0 for every real x, the denominator is at least 4, and its minimum value 4 occurs at x = −1. Consequently, f(x) = 1/[(x + 1)² + 4] ≤ 1/4, with equality at x = −1. Therefore the maximum value is 1/4, so option A is correct. Option B would result from incorrectly treating the constant 5 as the minimum denominator; options C and D are larger than the permitted reciprocal and do not follow from the denominator bound.

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Relations-FunctionsMaximum-ValueCompleting-SquareReal Valued FunctionsTheir Domain And RangeReal Valued Functions Their Domain And RangeRelations And FunctionsMathematicsClass 11 Mcq

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