JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations Question Bank Relation between roots and coefficients

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    If \[\alpha ,\ \beta \] are the roots of the equation \[a{{x}^{2}}+bx+c=0\], then \[\frac{\alpha }{a\beta +b}+\frac{\beta }{a\alpha +b}=\]

    A) \[\frac{2}{a}\]

    B) \[\frac{2}{b}\]

    C) \[\frac{2}{c}\]

    D) \[-\frac{2}{a}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[\alpha +\beta =-\frac{b}{a},\alpha \beta =\frac{c}{a}\] and \[{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{2}}=\frac{({{b}^{2}}-2ac)}{{{a}^{2}}}\] Now \[\frac{\alpha }{\begin{align}   & a\beta +b \\  &  \\ \end{align}}+\frac{\beta }{a\alpha +b}\]\[=\frac{\alpha (a\alpha +b)+\beta (a\beta +b)}{(a\beta +b)(a\alpha +b)}\] \[=\frac{a({{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{2}})+b(\alpha +\beta )}{\alpha \beta {{a}^{2}}+ab(\alpha +\beta )+{{b}^{2}}}=\frac{a\frac{({{b}^{2}}-2ac)}{{{a}^{2}}}+b\left( -\frac{b}{a} \right)}{\left( \frac{c}{a} \right){{a}^{2}}+ab\left( -\frac{b}{a} \right)+{{b}^{2}}}\] \[=\frac{{{b}^{2}}-ac-{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}c-a{{b}^{2}}+a{{b}^{2}}}=\frac{-2ac}{{{a}^{2}}c}=-\frac{2}{a}\].


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