If $x,\;y,\;z$ are real and distinct, then $u = {x^2} + 4{y^2} + 9{z^2} - 6yz - 3zx - zxy$ is always

If the roots of the equation $8{x^3} - 14{x^2} + 7x - 1 = 0$ are in $G.P.$, then the roots are

If $\alpha,\beta,\gamma, \delta$ are the roots of $x^4-100x^3+2x^2+4x+10 = 0$ then $\frac{1}{\alpha}+\frac{1}{\beta}+\frac{1}{\gamma}+\frac{1}{\delta}$ is equal to :-

The number of distinct real roots of the equation $x^{5}\left(x^{3}-x^{2}-x+1\right)+x\left(3 x^{3}-4 x^{2}-2 x+4\right)-1=0$ is

The sum of all the real roots of the equation $\left( e ^{2 x }-4\right)\left(6 e ^{2 x }-5 e ^{ x }+1\right)=0$ is

The locus of the point $P=(a, b)$ where $a, b$ are real numbers such that the roots of $x^3+a x^2+b x+a=0$ are in arithmetic progression is