2. Polynomials
easy

Verify whether the following are zeroes of the polynomial, indicated against them.

$p(x)=3 x^{2}-1,\,x=-\,\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}},\, \frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}$

Option A
Option B
Option C
Option D

Solution

If $x=\frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}}$ and $\sqrt{x=\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}}$ are zeroes of polynomial $p ( x )=3 x ^{2}-1,$ then $p\left(\frac{-m}{l}\right)$

$p\left(\frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$ and $p\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$ should be $0$

Here, $p\left(\frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)=3\left(\frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^{2}-1=3\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)-1=1-1=0,$ and $p\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\right)=3\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^{2}-1=3\left(\frac{4}{3}\right)-1=4-1=3$

Hence, $x=\frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}}$ is a zero of the given polynomial. However, $x=\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}$ is not a zero of the given polynomial.

Standard 9
Mathematics

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