Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2011

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    If\[\alpha ,\,\,\beta \]are the roots of\[{{x}^{2}}-3x+1=0\], then the equation whose roots are\[\frac{1}{\alpha -2},\,\,\frac{1}{\beta -2}\]is

    A) \[{{x}^{2}}+x+1=0\]                       

    B) \[{{x}^{2}}-x-1=0\]

    C) \[{{x}^{2}}+x-1=0\]        

    D)         None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Since,\[\alpha \]and\[\beta \]are the roots of\[{{x}^{2}}-3x+1=0\], then                 \[\alpha +\beta =3\]and\[\alpha \beta =1\] Now,     \[S=\frac{1}{\alpha -2}+\frac{1}{\beta -2}\]                 \[=\frac{\alpha +\beta -4}{\alpha \beta -2(\alpha +\beta )+4}\]                 \[=\frac{3-4}{1-2\cdot 3+4}=1\] and        \[P=\frac{1}{\alpha -2}\times \frac{1}{\beta -2}\]                 \[=\frac{1}{\alpha \beta -2(\alpha +\beta -2)}\]                 \[=1\] \[\therefore \]Required equation is                 \[{{x}^{2}}-Sx+P=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{x}^{2}}-x-1=0\]


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