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

If $\alpha , \beta$ and $\gamma$ are the roots of ${x^3} + 8 = 0$, then the equation whose roots are ${\alpha ^2},{\beta ^2}$ and  ${\gamma ^2}$ is

Consider the following two statements

$I$. Any pair of consistent liner equations in two variables must have a unique solution.

$II$. There do not exist two consecutive integers, the sum of whose squares is $365$.Then,

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

If $\alpha ,\beta $are the roots of ${x^2} - ax + b = 0$ and if ${\alpha ^n} + {\beta ^n} = {V_n}$, then

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 $..........$