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Repeated Root and Common Root Exercise PDF

1. The document contains problems involving repeated and common roots of polynomial equations. It asks the reader to prove various properties about repeated and common roots, find repeated and common roots of specific polynomials, and determine values that result in common roots between two polynomials. The problems cover topics such as the relationship between discriminants and repeated roots, the effect of a repeated root on the derivative of the polynomial, and finding common roots between two or more polynomials.

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Repeated Root and Common Root Exercise PDF

1. The document contains problems involving repeated and common roots of polynomial equations. It asks the reader to prove various properties about repeated and common roots, find repeated and common roots of specific polynomials, and determine values that result in common roots between two polynomials. The problems cover topics such as the relationship between discriminants and repeated roots, the effect of a repeated root on the derivative of the polynomial, and finding common roots between two or more polynomials.

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Repeated Root and Common Root

1.

Prove that

x3 + ax + b = 0

2.

Prove that

, the complex root of unity, is a repeated root of

27b2 + 4a3 < 0.

has 3 distinct roots if and only if

3x5 + 2x4 + x3 6x2 5x 4 = 0 ,

and hence solve the equation.


3.

Prove that the equation

4.

If

z2
2!

z3

3!

+ ... +

zn
n!

distinct roots for any real

has no repeated roots.

k.

x4 4ax3 + 6x2 + 1 = 0

If the equation

=0

(x a1) (x a3) (x a5) + k2(x a2) (x a4) (x a6) = 0

a1 < a2 < < a6 , prove that the equation

has
5.

1+ z +

has a repeated root

Hence or otherwise, prove that there is only one positive


a

6.

is

q2 + 3
3q

giving a repeated root, and that this value of

.
xn + p1xn-1 + p2xn-2 + + pn-1x + pn = 0

If the equation

has a multiple root

, prove that

is a

p1xn-1 + 2p2xn-2 + 3p3xn-3 + + (n 1)pn-1x + npn = 0.

root of the equation


7.

a=

q , show that

Prove that
If

(a)

of

is an

a(x).

s-multiple

root of

a(x)

and if

a(h) = 0 , then

is an

(s + 1)-multiple

root

Prove also the converse.

(b)

ax + bx + c = 0

(c)

If

ax3 + 3bx2 + 3cx + d

has a triple root

(d)

If

ax3 + 3bx2 + 3cx + d

has a non-zero double root

has a double root if and only if its discriminant

(i)

ad bc

(ii)

bk2 + 2ck + d = 0

(iii) k =

h , then

c
b

d
c

= b2 4ac

is

0.

= h .

k , then:

bc ad

2 ac b 2

(iv) (bc ad)2 = 4(ac b2)(bd c2).


8.

Show that if
nanx

n-1

+ + 2a2 + a1 = 0.
3

anxn + + a1x + a0 = 0, then

is a repeated root of

is also a root of

Hence, or otherwise, solve the equation

24x 20x 6x + 9x 2 = 0, given that three of its four roots are identical.
9.

Prove that if the polynomial equation


and prove the converse proposition.

f(x) = 0

has a double root then

f(r) = 0

and

f(r) = 0. State

Hence or otherwise,

(a)

determine the constants

A and

(b)

prove that the polynomial equation

Axn+1 + Bxn + 1

so that

1+ x +

x2
2!

x3
3!

+ ... +

xn
n!

is divisible by

(x 1)2.

= 0 cannot have a double root.


1

10.

Find the multiple roots of the equation

x4 + 12x3 + 32x2 24x + 4 = 0.

11.

Find the multiple roots of the equation

x6 5x5 + 5x4 + 9x3 14x2 4x + 8 = 0.

12.

Show that the equation

x n an = 0

13.

Show that the equation

xn + nxn-1 + n(n 1)xn-2 + + n! = 0

14.

Show that the equation

x4 + px2 + q = 0

15.

Find the value of

b/a

(a 0)

so that the equations

(a)

exactly one root in common;

(b)

exactly two roots in common.

cannot have repeated roots.


cannot have equal roots.

cannot have exactly three equal roots.


ax2 + bx + a = 0

and

x3 2x2 + 2x 1 = 0 may have

Find also the common root(s) in each of the above cases.


16.

Given that

x3 x2 + 6x + 24 = 0,

x2 x + b = 0

have a common root, find the value of

and the

common root.
17.

The equations

2x3 + 5x2 6x 9 = 0

and

3x3 + 7x2 11x 15 = 0

have two common roots.

Find them.
x3 2x2 2x + 1 = 0

The equations

19.

Determine the common roots of the equations 6x3 + 7x2 x 2 = 0 and 6x4 + 19x3 + 17x2 2x 6 = 0.

20.

Solve the following equations each of which has repeated roots:

21.

(a)

4x3 12x2 15x 4 = 0 ,

(b)

x4 6x3 + 13x2 24x + 36 = 0 ,

(c)

16x4 24x2 + 16x 3 = 0.

(a)

Prove the two equations :

and

x4 7x2 + 1 = 0

18.

x2 + ax + b = 0

and

have two common roots.

x2 + ax + b = 0

Find them.

has a common root iff

(b b) + (a a)(ab ab) = 0

(b)

Find the value of

2x2 (k + 2)x + 12 = 0
has a common root.

so that the two equations:


and

4x2 (3k 2)x + 36 = 0

Find also the value of this common root.

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