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10th

10. Find the range of values of 'a' if the roots of the equation x2+a2=8x+6a are real.

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x2+a2=8x+6ax2-8x+a2-6a=0since the roots of this equation are real,the discriminant of this equation must be 0D=B2-4AC-82-41a2-6a064-4a2+24a04a2-24a-640a2-6a-160a2+2a-8a-160a(a+2)-8(a+2)0(a-8)(a+2)0Hence for (a-8)(a+2)0, a should belong to the interval -2,8
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