The number of roots of the equation $\log ( - 2x)$ $ = 2\log (x + 1)$ are

Consider the cubic equation $x^3+c x^2+b x+c=0$ where $a, b, c$ are real numbers. Which of the following statements is correct?

Suppose $m, n$ are positive integers such that $6^m+2^{m+n} \cdot 3^w+2^n=332$. The value of the expression $m^2+m n+n^2$ is

Let $f(x)=a x^2+b x+c$, where $a, b, c$ are integers, Suppose $f(1)=0,40 < f(6) < 50,60 < f(7) < 70$ and $1000 t < f(50) < 1000(t+1)$ for some integer $t$. Then, the value of $t$ is

If the equation $\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{{x - 1}} + \frac{1}{{x - 2}} = 3{x^3}$ has $k$ real roots, then $k$ is equal to -

Let $\lambda \in R$ and let the equation $E$ be $| x |^2-2| x |+|\lambda-3|=0$. Then the largest element in the set $S =$ $\{ x +\lambda: x$ is an integer solution of $E \}$ is $..........$