Consider the function g(x) defined as g(x)(x22008−1)=(x+1)(x2+1)(x4+1)......(x22008+1). The vaule of g(2) equals
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1
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22008−1
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C
22008
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D
2
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Solution
The correct option is A1 g(x)(x(22008−1)−1)=(x+1)(x2+1)(x4+1)......(x22007+1)−1 Multiplying and dividing by (x-1) on RHS, we get g(x)[(x2008−1)−1]=(x+1)(x2+1)...(x2007+1)−(x−1)x−1 g(x)[(x2008−1)−1]=(x2−1)(x2+1)...(x2007+1)−(x−1)x−1 Upon simplifying we get. g(x)[(x2008−1)−1]=(x2008−1)−(x−1)x−1 g(x)=(x2008−1)−(x−1)(x−1)((x2008−1)−1) Therefore g(2)= =(22008−1)−(2−1)(2−1)((22008−1)−1) =(22008−2)22008−2 =1