The sum of the squares of the roots of \(|x-2{|}^{2}+|x-2|-2=0\) and the squares of the roots of \({x}^{2}-2|x-3|-5=0\),…
The sum of the squares of the roots of \(|x-2{|}^{2}+|x-2|-2=0\) and the squares of the roots of \({x}^{2}-2|x-3|-5=0\), is
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\(|x−2{|}^{2}+|x−2|−2=0\)
\((|x−2|+2)(|x−2|−1)=0\)
\(|x−2|+2=0,\text{ }|x−2|−1=0\)
(not possible), \(|x−2|=1\)
\(x=2\pm 1\)
\(x=3,1\)
and \({x}^{2}−2(x−3)−5=0\)
\(\text{Case I:- }x\text{ }⩾\text{ }3\)
\({x}^{2}−2x+6−5=0\)
\({(x−1)}^{2}=0\)
\(x=1\) (not possible)
\(\text{Case II:- }x\text{ }<\text{ }3\)
\({x}^{2}+2x−6−5=0\)
\({x}^{2}+2x−11=0\)
Let \(\alpha ,\beta\) be the roots of this equation then
\({\alpha }^{2}+{\beta }^{2}={(\alpha +\beta )}^{2}−2\alpha \beta\)
\(={(−2)}^{2}−2(−11)=4+22=26\)
Sum of the squares of the roots \(={3}^{2}+{1}^{2}+26=36\)
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