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Standard XI

Mathematics

Properties of Cube Root of a Complex Number

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Let $α, β$ be the roots of $x^{2} + x + 1 = 0$ . If $\frac{1}{a + α} + \frac{1}{b + α} + \frac{1}{c + α} = 2 β$ and $\frac{1}{a + β} + \frac{1}{b + β} + \frac{1}{c + β} = 2 α$ , then $\frac{1}{a + 1} + \frac{1}{b + 1} + \frac{1}{c + 1}$ is equal to

\frac{2 α^{2}}{β}

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\frac{2 α}{β^{2}}

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\frac{α β}{2}

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2 α β

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The correct option is D $2 α β$
Roots of $x^{2} + x + 1 = 0$ are $ω, ω^{2}$ where $ω$ is the cube root of unity.
Let $α = ω, β = ω^{2}$
Now,
$\frac{1}{a + α} + \frac{1}{b + α} + \frac{1}{c + α} = 2 β$
$\Rightarrow \frac{1}{a + ω} + \frac{1}{b + ω} + \frac{1}{c + ω} = \frac{2}{ω} [∵ ω^{3} = 1]$

$\frac{1}{a + β} + \frac{1}{b + β} + \frac{1}{c + β} = 2 α \Rightarrow \frac{1}{a + ω^{2}} + \frac{1}{b + ω^{2}} + \frac{1}{c + ω^{2}} = \frac{2}{ω^{2}}$

So, the equation
$\frac{1}{a + x} + \frac{1}{b + x} + \frac{1}{c + x} = \frac{2}{x} \dots (1)$
has roots $ω, ω^{2}$

Simplifying the equation, we get
$\Rightarrow x [(x + a) (x + c) + (x + a) (x + b) + (x + b) (x + c)] = 2 (x + a) (x + b) (x + c) \Rightarrow x [3 x^{2} + 2 (a + b + c) x + \dots] = 2 [x^{3} + (a + b + c) x^{2} + \dots] \Rightarrow x^{3} + 0 \cdot x^{2} + \dots = 0$
The roots of the cubic equations are $ω, ω^{2}, γ$ , so

Sum of roots
$ω + ω^{2} + γ = 0 \Rightarrow γ = 1 (∵ ω + ω^{2} = - 1)$

So, $x = 1$ is also a root of equation $(1)$ , putting it in equation $(1)$ , we get
$\frac{1}{a + 1} + \frac{1}{b + 1} + \frac{1}{c + 1} = 2$
Now,
$α β = ω^{3} = 1 \frac{α^{2}}{β} = 1 \frac{α}{β^{2}} = 1$

Hence,
$\frac{1}{a + 1} + \frac{1}{b + 1} + \frac{1}{c + 1} = 2 α β = \frac{2 α^{2}}{β} = \frac{2 α}{β^{2}}$

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Let α,β be the roots of x2+x+1=0. If 1a+α+1b+α+1c+α=2β and 1a+β+1b+β+1c+β=2α, then 1a+1+1b+1+1c+1 is equal to

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