The number of solutions of $\frac{{\log 5 + \log ({x^2} + 1)}}{{\log (x - 2)}} = 2$ is

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

If the sum of two of the roots of ${x^3} + p{x^2} + qx + r = 0$ is zero, then $pq =$

$\{ x \in R:|x - 2|\,\, = {x^2}\} = $

Let $\alpha, \beta(\alpha>\beta)$ be the roots of the quadratic equation $x ^{2}- x -4=0$. If $P _{ a }=\alpha^{ n }-\beta^{ n }, n \in N$, then $\frac{ P _{15} P _{16}- P _{14} P _{16}- P _{15}^{2}+ P _{14} P _{15}}{ P _{13} P _{14}}$ is equal to$......$

Let $a, b$ be non-zero real numbers. Which of the following statements about the quadratic equation $a x^2+(a+b) x+b=0$ is necessarily true?

$I$. It has at least one negative root.

$II$. It has at least one positive root.

$III$. Both its roots are real.