370 Part-4 " Hints and Answers

88. 7-x. Hint. 1st method. Group together x + 2x- 2x +5

= (r*- x)+ (2x2- 2) -x+7 = (x²-1)(x*+ 2) -x+7.
2nd method. Taking into account that the remainder of the division of the
polynomial by x²-1 has the form ax +b, use the Bezout theorem.
89. No roots if a< -1510/16; one root if a=-1510/16; two roots
a> -150/16 Solution. Let us consider the function y = x*- 5x- 2a. The
values of xfor which y =0are roots of the given equation.The graph of the given
function has two symmetricbranches drawn from the vertex in the direction of
the increase of y. Thus at the vertex (xn, yo) the function assumes its least value.
Let us ind xo and yo. For that purpose we find y'= 4x°-5 and equate the
derivative to zero. Then 4x-5 0,x = 5/4, X, =10/ 2and, consequently,
1510
Yo= Xo(x-5)- 2a = 2a.

Consequently, if yo > 0,i.e. a<-150/16, then the vertex lies above the Ox
axis and the graph of the function does not cut the Ox axis; therefore, the given
equation has no roots. If y, = 0. i.e. a= -15/10/16, then the graph of the
function touches the Ox axis andthe given equation has one root; x = 10/2.If
a>-150/16, then the vertex lies below the Ox axis and the graph of the
function cuts the Ox axis at two different points; consequently, the given
equation has twO roots.
90. One root for a > -3; two roots for a = -3; three roots for a < -3. Hint. Consider the
function y=x°+ax+ 2.Ifthe function has no extrema, then there is one root. f
the function possesses a maximum and minimum, and y >0at the point of
maximum and y < 0at the point of minimum, then there are three roots and so on.
92. (13/12}. 93. (-,0).94.(-1,0). 95.(-4- 3).96. (-6- 2)U(0,3).
97. (-o,- 1)U(-1,1/2), Hint. When solving the problem, it is necessary to take into
account that the given inequality is equivalent to the collection of two inequalities
:(2x- 4) /(x+ 1)> 2and (2x- 4)/ (x+1) < -2.
98. [3,4)U(4+ »). 99.(-1,0] U1).100. (4}. 101. {0}.
102. (-2.0)ULW2-N3,V2+ V3J. Solution. The domain of definition of theinequality
is the set of numbers [-2,0)U(0,2]. All x e X =-2,0) are solutions of the
inequality since the left-hand side of the inequality is nonnegative and the
right-hand side is negative for these values of x. If x e(0, 21, then both sides of
the inequality are nonnegative and, therefore, in that set of numbers the given
inequality is equivalent to the system of inequalities
0<xs 2,
|4-x21/ x', x-4x +1s0;
whence it follows that
0<x 2,
l(«+ 2+ 3(x+ N2-3)(x- 2-/3)(x-2+ V3)<a
The solution of the system is a set of numbers X, =[V2-32+ V3]. The
solution of the given inequality is a set X, UX2:
103. [-3/2,1]. Solution. The domain of definition of the inequality is the set o
numbers [-3/ 2,1]. Both sides of the inequality are positive for all x from the
domain of definition and, therefore, both sides of the inequality can be squared.