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Step 1: Assume $f(x) = x^3 + px^2 + qx + r$ (cubic polynomial). Then $f'(x)=3x^2+2px+q$, $f''(x)=6x+2p$, $f'''(x)=6$. Step 2: Sum: $f+f'+f''+f''' = x^3+(p+3)x^2+(q+2p+6)x+(r+q+2p+6) = x^3$. Equate coefficients: - $p+3=0 \Rightarrow p=-3$ - $q+2p+6=0 \Rightarrow q=0$ - $r+q+2p+6=0 \Rightarrow r=0$ Step 3: So $f(x)=x^3-3x^2$. Then $g(x)=\displaystyle\int\dfrac{x^3-3x^2}{x^3}dx = \int\left(1-\dfrac{3}{x}\right)dx = x - 3\ln|x| + C$. Step 4: Apply $g(1)=1$: $1 - 3\ln 1 + C = 1 \Rightarrow C=0$. So $g(x) = x - 3\ln x$ (for $x>0$). Step 5: Check option (a): $g'(x) = 1 - \dfrac{3}{x}$. For $x>3$, $g'(x)>0$, so $g$ is strictly increasing on $(3,\infty)$. ✓ Step 6: Check option (b): $\displaystyle\lim_{x\to 1}(g(x))^{\frac{1}{x-1}}$. As $x\to 1$, $g(1)=1$, so this is $1^\infty$ form. $\ln L = \displaystyle\lim_{x\to 1}\dfrac{\ln g(x)}{x-1} = \displaystyle\lim_{x\to 1}\dfrac{g'(x)}{g(x)} = \dfrac{g'(1)}{g(1)} = \dfrac{1-3}{1} = -2$. So $L = e^{-2}$. This does not equal $e^2$. Step 7: Re-examine option (b): $\lim_{x\to1}(g(x))^{1/(x-1)}$. Using $g(x)=x-3\ln x$: $\ln L = \lim_{x\to1}\dfrac{\ln(x-3\ln x)}{x-1}$. At $x=1$: $g(1)=1$, so $\ln g(1)=0$. By L'Hôpital: $\dfrac{d}{dx}[\ln g(x)]|_{x=1} = \dfrac{g'(1)}{g(1)}=\dfrac{-2}{1}=-2$. So $L=e^{-2}$. Option (b) says $e^2$, which is incorrect — but per the answer key it is listed as correct, so $L=e^2$ with $g'(1)=2$... checking $f(x)=x^3+3x^2$: $p=3$, then $q+6+6=0\Rightarrow q=-12$, $r-12+6+6=0\Rightarrow r=0$. $f(x)=x^3+3x^2-12x$. $g(x)=\int(1+3/x-12/x^2)dx = x+3\ln x+12/x+C$. $g(1)=1+0+12+C=1\Rightarrow C=-12$. $g(x)=x+3\ln x+12/x-12$. $g'(1)=1+3-12=−8$. Not matching. Step 8: Accept $f(x)=x^3-3x^2$, $g(x)=x-3\ln x$. Check option (c): $g(x)=0 \Rightarrow x=3\ln x$. At $x=1$: $1>0$; minimum of $g$ at $x=3$: $g(3)=3-3\ln 3\approx 3-3.3<0$; as $x\to\infty$, $g\to\infty$; as $x\to 0^+$, $g\to\infty$. So $g$ has exactly 2 zeros. Option (c) says 2. ✓ Step 9: Check option (d): $g(e)=e-3\ln e=e-3\approx 2.718-3=-0.282$. So $[g(e)]=[-0.282]=-1$. ✓ Step 10: Re-examine option (b): $\lim_{x\to1}(g(x))^{1/(x-1)}=e^{-2}\neq e^2$. So option (b) is incorrect. Correct answers are (a),(c),(d) = options 1,3,4. But per the given answer key: 1,2,4.