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CAT Questions | Logarithms and Exponents | Exponents - Quadratic Equations

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Question 3: If 22x+4 – 17 × 2x+1 = –4, then which of the following is true?

  1. x is a positive value
  2. x is a negative value
  3. x can be either a positive value or a negative value
  4. None of these

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Method of solving this CAT Question from Logs and Exponents: Carving a quadratic equations from an Exponents question is very useful.

2x+4 – 17 * 2x+1 = – 4
=> 2x+1 = y
22x+2 = y2
22(22x+2) – 17 * 2x+1 = –4
4y2 – 17y + 4 = 0
4y2 – 16y – y + 4 = 0
4y (y – 4) – 1 (y – 4) = 0
y = \\frac{1}{4}\\) or 4
2x+1 = \\frac{1}{4}\\) or 4
=> x + 1 = 2 or – 2
x = 1 or – 3

The question is "which of the following is true?"

Hence, the answer is "x can be either a positive value or a negative value".

Choice C is the correct answer.


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