If $\alpha ,\,\beta ,\,\gamma $ are the roots of the equation ${x^3} + 4x + 1 = 0,$ then ${(\alpha + \beta )^{ - 1}} + {(\beta + \gamma )^{ - 1}} + {(\gamma + \alpha )^{ - 1}} = $

If $a, b, c \in R$ and $1$ is a root of equation $ax^2 + bx + c = 0$, then the curve y $= 4ax^2 + 3bx+ 2c, a \ne 0$ intersect $x-$ axis at

Let $\mathrm{a}=\max _{x \in R}\left\{8^{2 \sin 3 x} \cdot 4^{4 \cos 3 x}\right\}$ and $\beta=\min _{x \in R}\left\{8^{2 \sin 3 x} \cdot 4^{4 \cos 3 x}\right\}$

If $8 x^{2}+b x+c=0$ is a quadratic equation whose roots are $\alpha^{1 / 5}$ and $\beta^{1 / 5}$, then the value of $c-b$ is equal to:

The maximum value $M$ of $3^x+5^x-9^x+15^x-25^x$, as $x$ varies over reals, satisfies

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 pairs of reals $(x, y)$ such that $x=x^2+y^2$ and $y=2 x y$ is