Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2009

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    If\[\alpha \]and\[\beta \]are the roots of\[{{x}^{2}}-2x+4=0\], then the value of\[{{\alpha }^{6}}+{{\beta }^{6}}\]is

    A)  32         

    B)                         64

    C)  128                       

    D)         256

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Given, \[\alpha ,\,\,\beta \]are the roots of\[{{x}^{2}}-2x+4=0\] \[\therefore \]  \[\alpha +\beta =2\]                                       ... (i) and        \[\alpha \beta =4\]                                                         ...(ii) Now,     \[\alpha -\beta =\sqrt{{{(\alpha +\beta )}^{2}}-4\alpha \beta }\]                 \[=\sqrt{4-4\times 4}=\sqrt{-12}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\alpha -\beta =2\sqrt{3}i\]                                       ... (iii) On solving Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get                 \[\alpha =\frac{2+2\sqrt{3}i}{2}=-2\left( \frac{-1+\sqrt{3}i}{2} \right)=-2\omega \] And        \[\beta =\frac{2-2\sqrt{3}i}{2}=-2\left( \frac{-1+\sqrt{3}i}{2} \right)=-2\omega \] Now,     \[{{\alpha }^{6}}+{{\beta }^{6}}={{(-2{{\omega }^{2}})}^{6}}+{{(-2\omega )}^{6}}\]                 \[=64{{({{\omega }^{3}})}^{4}}+64{{({{\omega }^{3}})}^{2}}\]                 \[=128\]                                               \[[\because \,\,{{\omega }^{3}}=1]\]


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