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The equation $7x^{7}+14x^{6}+12x^{5}+3x^{4}+12x^{3}+10x^{2}+5x+7=0$ has

  1. All complex roots
  2. At least one real root
  3. Four pairs of imaginary roots
  4. None of the above
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Since the polynomial has the highest degree $7$. So there are $7$ roots possible for it

Now suppose if an imaginary number $a+bi$ is also the root of this polynomial then $a-bi$ will also be the root of this polynomial

That means there must be an even number of complex roots possible because they occur in pairs.

Now we will solve this question option wise

A) All complex root

This is not possible. The polynomial has $7$ roots and as I mention a polynomial should have an even number of complex roots and  $7$ is not even. So this option is wrong

B) At least one real root

This is possible. Since polynomial has $7$ roots and only an even number of the complex root is possible, that means this polynomial has max $6$ complex roots and Hence a minimum of one real root. So this option is correct

C) Four pairs of imaginary roots

$4$ pair means $8$ complex root. But this polynomial can have at most $7$ roots. So this option is also wrong

Hence answer should be (B).

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Imaginary or complex roots always occur in pairs

Since given polynomial is of degree 7, total roots must be 7.(Some of them might repeat, but still these 7 will count those repeated ones too!)

Now, we'll consider possibilities

Real roots Complex Possibility?
7 0 Yes
6 1 No
5 2 Yes
4 3 No
3 4 Yes
2 5 No
1 6 Yes
0 7 No

 

Now look at options

  1. All complex roots (Not possible from the table)!!
  2. At least one real root.. -Yes many cases are there.
  3. Four pairs of imaginary roots-Means total of 8 roots-surely not!!

Answer - B

 

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here just try some value sto check the behaviour of th function let put x=0 f is +ive, lets try x=-1 value is -ive  , hence aatlest 1 real root exist between -1 and 0.
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The Intermediate Value Theorem states that if $f$ is continuous in an interval (generally closed $[a, b]$) and $f(a)$ and $f(b)$ have differing signs, then there is a root of $f$ in $(a, b)$.

Due to this, polynomials (which are known to be continuous everywhere) of odd degree have atleast one real root.

https://mathinsight.org/intermediate_value_theorem_location_roots_refresher

http://www.sosmath.com/calculus/limcon/limcon06/limcon06.html

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