If $a$ and $b$ are the roots of equation $x^2-7 x-1=0$, then the value of $\frac{a^{21}+b^{21}+a^{17}+b^{17}}{a^{19}+b^{19}}$ is equal to $........$.

If $|{x^2} - x - 6| = x + 2$, then the values of $x$ are

Let $a, b$ be non-zero real numbers. Which of the following statements about the quadratic equation $a x^2+(a+b) x+b=0$ is necessarily true?

$I$. It has at least one negative root.

$II$. It has at least one positive root.

$III$. Both its roots are real.

The number of distinct real roots of the equation $|\mathrm{x}||\mathrm{x}+2|-5|\mathrm{x}+1|-1=0$ is....................

Let $m$ and $n$ be the numbers of real roots of the quadratic equations $x^2-12 x+[x]+31=0$ and $x ^2-5| x +2|-4=0$ respectively, where $[ x ]$ denotes the greatest integer $\leq x$. Then $m ^2+ mn + n ^2$ is equal to $..............$.

If the graph of $y = ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d$ is symmetric about the line $x = k$ then