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The equation \(x \log x=3-x\)

  1. A has no root in (1,3)
  2. B has exactly one root in (1,3)
  3. C \(x \log x-(3-x)>0\) in [1,3]
  4. D \(x \log x-(3-x) < 0\) in [1,3]
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(B) has exactly one root in (1,3)

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Let \(\quad f(x)=x \log x+x-3\) \(\Rightarrow \quad f^{\prime}(x)=x \cdot \frac{1}{x}+\log x+1\) \(\Rightarrow \quad f^{\prime}(x)=\log x+2>0\) \(\Rightarrow f(1)=-2\) and \(f(3)=3 \log 3, f(1) \cdot f(3 0\)
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