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JEE Main 2022 (27 June Shift 1)
LEVELJEE Main

Animated Solution for Mathematics - Quadratic Equations: If the sum of all the roots of the equation is , then is equal to ______.

Enter Numerical Value:

Visualized Solution

Analyze the Equation

  • Given equation:
  • Objective: Find the sum of all roots

Eliminate Fractions and Negative Powers

  • Multiply the entire equation by .
  • This clears the fraction and the negative exponent .

Perform Multiplication

Substitute

  • Let
  • Since for all real , we must have .
  • The equation becomes a cubic polynomial:

Relate Roots and

  • Let the roots of the cubic equation be .
  • Since , the roots are related as:

The Power of Vieta's Formulas

  • For a cubic equation , the product of roots is .
  • Here, and .

Express Product in Terms of

  • Substitute back into the product:
  • Using the exponent law :

Solve for the Sum

  • Take the natural logarithm () on both sides:

Final Answer

  • Given in the problem: Sum of roots
  • By comparison:
  • Therefore,

The Sigma Insight: Relation Between Roots and Coefficients

Analyzing the Setup

We are presented with the following transcendental equation:
To simplify this expression, we eliminate the negative exponent and the fraction by multiplying the entire equation by . This strategic transformation yields:

The Master Equation

By introducing the substitution , we convert the transcendental equation into a standard cubic polynomial in terms of :
Let the roots of this cubic equation be and . These roots correspond to the exponential values and , where are the roots of the original equation.

Applying Vieta's Formulas

According to Vieta's formulas, for a cubic equation of the form , the product of the roots is given by . In our specific case, and .
Calculating the product of the roots:
Since , we can express the product as:

Final Calculation

To isolate the sum of the roots , we take the natural logarithm of both sides:
Comparing this result to the form , we identify the value of . The final result is:

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