Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the two disinct roots of the equation $x^3 + 3x^2 -1 = 0.$ The equation which has $(\alpha \beta )$ as its root is equal to
$x^3 -3x -1 =0$
$x^3 -3x^2 + 1 = 0$
$x^3 + x^2 -3x + 1 = 0$
$x^3 + x^2 + 3x -1 = 0$
For what value of $\lambda$ the sum of the squares of the roots of ${x^2} + (2 + \lambda )\,x - \frac{1}{2}(1 + \lambda ) = 0$ is minimum
Let $y = \sqrt {\frac{{(x + 1)(x - 3)}}{{(x - 2)}}} $, then all real values of $x$ for which $y$ takes real values, are
A real root of the equation ${\log _4}\{ {\log _2}(\sqrt {x + 8} - \sqrt x )\} = 0$ is
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 $x$ is real and $k = \frac{{{x^2} - x + 1}}{{{x^2} + x + 1}},$ then