The question asks the student to determine the number of real solutions of an equation (or intersection points of curves) by using variation tables, the intermediate value theorem, or graphical/analytical reasoning about a function's behavior.
Let $f(x) = x^4 + x^2 + x - 1$. Which of the following is true? (A) $f$ has exactly two real roots (B) $f$ has no real roots (C) $f$ has four real roots (D) $f$ has exactly two real roots, one of which is $-1$
The number of real roots of the polynomial $$p ( x ) = \left( x ^ { 2020 } + 2020 x ^ { 2 } + 2020 \right) \left( x ^ { 3 } - 2020 \right) \left( x ^ { 2 } - 2020 \right)$$ is (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 2023 (D) 2025 .
Consider the polynomial $$f ( x ) = 1 + 2 x + 3 x ^ { 2 } + 4 x ^ { 3 }$$ Let s be the sum of all distinct real roots of $\mathrm { f } ( \mathrm { x } )$ and let $\mathrm { t } = | \mathrm { s } |$. The real number $s$ lies in the interval A) $\left( - \frac { 1 } { 4 } , 0 \right)$ B) $\left( - 11 , - \frac { 3 } { 4 } \right)$ C) $\left( - \frac { 3 } { 4 } , - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right)$ D) $\left( 0 , \frac { 1 } { 4 } \right)$
For every pair of continuous functions $f, g : [0,1] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $$\max\{f(x) : x \in [0,1]\} = \max\{g(x) : x \in [0,1]\}$$ the correct statement(s) is(are): (A) $(f(c))^2 + 3f(c) = (g(c))^2 + 3g(c)$ for some $c \in [0,1]$ (B) $(f(c))^2 + f(c) = (g(c))^2 + 3g(c)$ for some $c \in [0,1]$ (C) $(f(c))^2 + 3f(c) = (g(c))^2 + g(c)$ for some $c \in [0,1]$ (D) $(f(c))^2 = (g(c))^2$ for some $c \in [0,1]$
Let $f : [0, 4\pi] \rightarrow [0, \pi]$ be defined by $f(x) = \cos^{-1}(\cos x)$. The number of points $x \in [0, 4\pi]$ satisfying the equation $$f(x) = \frac{10 - x}{10}$$ is
Let $f : \mathbb { R } \rightarrow \mathbb { R }$ be a function defined by $$f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c l }
x ^ { 2 } \sin \left( \frac { \pi } { x ^ { 2 } } \right) , & \text { if } x \neq 0 \\
0 , & \text { if } x = 0
\end{array} \right.$$ Then which of the following statements is TRUE? (A) $f ( x ) = 0$ has infinitely many solutions in the interval $\left[ \frac { 1 } { 10 ^ { 10 } } , \infty \right)$. (B) $f ( x ) = 0$ has no solutions in the interval $\left[ \frac { 1 } { \pi } , \infty \right)$. (C) The set of solutions of $f ( x ) = 0$ in the interval $\left( 0 , \frac { 1 } { 10 ^ { 10 } } \right)$ is finite. (D) $f ( x ) = 0$ has more than 25 solutions in the interval $\left( \frac { 1 } { \pi ^ { 2 } } , \frac { 1 } { \pi } \right)$.
Consider the function $f : \left[ \frac { 1 } { 2 } , 1 \right] \rightarrow \mathrm { R }$ defined by $f ( x ) = 4 \sqrt { 2 } x ^ { 3 } - 3 \sqrt { 2 } x - 1$. Consider the statements (I) The curve $y = f ( x )$ intersects the $x$-axis exactly at one point (II) The curve $y = f ( x )$ intersects the $x$-axis at $x = \cos \frac { \pi } { 12 }$ Then (1) Only (II) is correct (2) Both (I) and (II) are incorrect (3) Only (I) is correct (4) Both (I) and (II) are correct
If the set of all values of a, for which the equation $5 x ^ { 3 } - 15 x - a = 0$ has three distinct real roots, is the interval $( \alpha , \beta )$, then $\beta - 2 \alpha$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$
Consider a quadratic function in $x$ $$y = ax^2 + bx + c$$ such that the graph of function (1) passes through the two points $(-1, -1)$ and $(2, 2)$. (1) When we express $b$ and $c$ in terms of $a$, we have $$b = \mathbf{A} - a, \quad c = \mathbf{BC}a.$$ (2) Suppose that one of the points of intersection of the graph of function (1) and the $x$-axis is within the interval $0 < x \leqq 1$. Then the range of values of $a$ is [see figure]. (3) When the value of $a$ varies within interval (2), the range of values of $a + bc$ is $$\frac{\mathbf{GH}}{\square\mathbf{I}} \leqq a + bc \leqq \square.$$