JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held On 25 April 2013)

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                                    If p and q are non-zero real numbers and\[{{\alpha }^{3}}+{{\beta }^{3}}=-p,\,\,\alpha \beta =q,\]then a quadratic equation whose roots are\[\frac{{{\alpha }^{2}}}{\beta },\frac{{{\beta }^{2}}}{\alpha }\]is:     JEE Main Online Paper ( Held On 25  April 2013 )

    A)                 \[p{{x}^{2}}-qx+{{p}^{2}}=0\]    

    B)                                        \[q{{x}^{2}}+px+{{q}^{2}}=0\]

    C)                                        \[p{{x}^{2}}+qx+{{p}^{2}}=0\]   

    D)                                        \[q{{x}^{2}}-px+{{q}^{2}}=0\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    Given \[{{\alpha }^{3}}+{{\beta }^{3}}=-p\]and \[\alpha \beta =q\] Let\[\frac{{{\alpha }^{2}}}{\beta }\] and \[\frac{{{\beta }^{2}}}{\alpha }\]be the root of required quadratic equation. So,\[\frac{{{\alpha }^{2}}}{\beta }+\frac{{{\beta }^{2}}}{\alpha }=\frac{{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{3}}}{\alpha \beta }=\frac{-p}{q}\] and\[\frac{{{\alpha }^{2}}}{\beta }\times \frac{{{\beta }^{3}}}{\alpha }=\alpha \beta =q\] Hence, required quadratic equation is \[{{x}^{2}}-\left( \frac{-p}{q} \right)x+q=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{x}^{2}}+\frac{p}{q}x+q=0\Rightarrow q{{x}^{2}}+px+{{q}^{2}}=0\]


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