Location of Roots

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Location of Roots: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Quadratic Equation with Both the Roots Less than 'k', Quadratic Equation with Both the Roots Greater than 'k', Quadratic Equation with 'k' Lying between the Roots, etc.

Important Questions on Location of Roots

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For how many integral values of k, the equation x2-4x+k=0, where k is an integer has real roots and both of them lie in the interval 0, 5?

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If α+1α, β+1β are zeros of fx=x2-5x-a, where α, β0, for all xR, then the complete set of values of a is

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Let a,b,cR and a0 be such that a+c2<b2, then the quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0 has 

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The value of a for which the quadratic expression ax2+2a-3x-6 is positive for exactly three integral values of x is

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If the quadratic equation f(x)=px2-qx+r=0 has two distinct roots in (0, 2) where p, q, rN and f(1)=-1then the minimum value of p is

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The values of k for which each root of the equation x2-6kx+2-2k+9k2=0 is greater than 3 , always satisfy the inequality

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Given fx=x2+a+2x+a2-a+2 and f-2<0.  Then a lies in the interval:

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The values of 'a' for which the roots of the equation x2+x+a=0 are real and exceed 'a' are -

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For the given equation 2x3+3x+k=0, what are the values of k so that it contains two distinct real roots in the interval 0,1:

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The range of a for which the equation x2+ax-4=0 has its smaller root in the interval -1, 2 is

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Let the values of a for which one root of the equation a-5x2-2ax+a-4=0 is smaller than 1 and the other greater than 2 be (m, n). Find n-m.

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If 2 lies between both the roots of x2-λ+1x+λ2+λ-8=0, then 

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Consider the function f(x)=x34-sinπx+3

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The smallest value of k, for which both the roots of the equation x2-8kx+16k2-k+1=0 are real, distinct and have values atleast 4, is

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If both the roots of the quadratic equation x2-mx+4=0 are real and distinct and they lie in the interval [1,5] then m lies in the interval 

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Consider the quadratic equation, (c-5)x2-2cx+(c-4) =0,c5. Let S be the set of all integral values of c for which one root of the equation lies in the interval (0,2) and its other root lies in the interval (2,3) . Then, the number of elements in S is 

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Consider the inequality x2-2x+a-5<0, for at least one negative value of x, the complete set of values of ‘a’ is:

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If both roots of the quadratic equation x2=mx-4 are real and distinct and they lie in the interval 1,5, then m_____

Note: In the actual JEE paper interval was 1, 5

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If the roots of the quadratic equation x2-2ax+a2=3-a are real and less than 3, then

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Let S denotes the set of all real values of a for which the roots of the equation x2-2ax=1-a2 lie between 5 and 10, then S equals to :