Q.

The number of real roots of the equation  x2-4x+3+x2-9=4x2-14x+6, is        [2023]

1 2  
2 3  
3 1  
4 0  

Ans.

(3)

x2-4x+3+x2-9=4x2-14x+6 

 (x-3)(x-1)+(x-3)(x+3)=2(x-3)(2x-1)

 (x-3)[x-1+x+3-22x-1]=0
 
  x-3=0x=3 

and  x-1+x+3=22x-1

 (x-1)+(x+3)+2(x-1)(x+3)=2(2x-1) 

 2x+2+2(x-1)(x+3)=4x-2

 x+1+(x-1)(x+3)=2x-1 

 (x-1)(x+3)=x-2(x-1)(x+3)=x2-4x+4

x2+2x-3=x2-4x+46x=7x=76 

Since,  x2-4x+30(x-3)(x-1)0 

 x(-,1][3,)                   ...(i)

and  x2-90(x-3)(x+3)0

 x(-,-3][3,)           ...(ii)

and  4x2-14x+60(x-3)(2x-1)0

 x(-,12][3,)              ...(iii)

From (i), (ii), and (iii), x(-,-3][3,) 

Since  x=76 does not belong to x(-,-3][3,).

Therefore,  x=3 is the only solution.