How many real solutions does the equation have?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: E.
- Step 1: means or .
- Step 2: gives , and gives . These four values are all different, so there are solutions.
Answer
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Why not the others: Using only one of the two cases gives ; would require a repeated root; and exceed the four roots of the quartic.
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