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JEE Advanced2024Paper 2MATH-III
Q.

Let the function be defined by

Then the number of solutions of in is ______.

Solution

Factor:

The denominator has discriminant , so it is positive for all real . The factor , and . So iff

Compute the derivative: for every real (even power keeps the leading term non-negative, and keeps it strictly positive). Hence is strictly increasing on and crosses zero exactly once.

The number of solutions is .

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