The sum of the roots of the equation, ${x^2}\, + \,\left| {2x - 3} \right|\, - \,4\, = \,0,$ is
$2$
$-2$
$\sqrt 2$
$-\sqrt 2$
How many positive real numbers $x$ satisfy the equation $x^3-3|x|+2=0$ ?
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be two real numbers such that $\alpha+\beta=1$ and $\alpha \beta=-1 .$ Let $p _{ n }=(\alpha)^{ n }+(\beta)^{ n },p _{ n -1}=11$ and $p _{ n +1}=29$ for some integer $n \geq 1 .$ Then, the value of $p _{ n }^{2}$ is .... .
The number of integers $a$ in the interval $[1,2014]$ for which the system of equations $x+y=a$, $\frac{x^2}{x-1}+\frac{y^2}{y-1}=4$ has finitely many solutions is
Let $a$ , $b$ , $c$ are roots of equation $x^3 + 8x + 1 = 0$ ,then the value of
$\frac{{bc}}{{(8b + 1)(8c + 1)}} + \frac{{ac}}{{(8a + 1)(8c + 1)}} + \frac{{ab}}{{(8a + 1)(8b + 1)}}$ is equal to