KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-9

  • question_answer
    If \[{{x}^{4}}+p{{x}^{3}}+q{{x}^{2}}+rx+5=0,\]has four positive roots, then minimum value of \[pr\]is equal to

    A) 5

    B) 25

    C) 80

    D) 100

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Let \[\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma ,\delta \]be the four positive roots then\[\alpha +\beta +\gamma +\delta =-p,\]
    \[\alpha \beta +\beta \gamma +\gamma \delta +\alpha \gamma +\alpha \delta +\beta \delta =q,\]
     \[\alpha \beta \gamma +\alpha \beta \delta +\alpha \gamma \delta +\beta \gamma \delta =-r\,and\,\alpha \beta \gamma \delta =5\]
    Now \[\begin{align}   & \left( \frac{\alpha +\beta +\gamma +\delta }{4} \right)\left( \frac{\alpha \beta \gamma +\alpha \beta \delta +\alpha \gamma \delta +\beta \gamma \delta }{4} \right) \\  &  \\ \end{align}\]
    \[\ge \sqrt[4]{\alpha \beta \gamma \delta }\sqrt[4]{{{\alpha }^{3}}{{\beta }^{3}}{{\gamma }^{3}}{{\delta }^{3}}}\]\[\Rightarrow \left( \frac{-p}{4} \right)\left( \frac{-r}{4} \right)\ge 5\Rightarrow pr\ge 80\]\


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