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Consider the function $f (x) = x^3 - 8x^2 + 20x -13$
Number of positive integers $x$ for which $f (x)$ is a prime number, is

A

$1$

B

$2$

C

$3$

D

$4$

Solution

$f (x) = (x – 1)(x^2 – 7x + 13)$
for $f (x)$ to be prime at least one of the factors must be one.
Hence $x – 1 = 1 \,\, \Rightarrow x = 2$  or
$x^2 – 7x + 13 = 1 \,\, \Rightarrow x^2 – 7x + 12 = 0 \,\, \Rightarrow x = 3$ or $4$
$\Rightarrow x = 2, 3, 4$

Standard 12
Mathematics

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