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IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 2 Offline
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
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Consider the polynomial
$$f\left( x \right) = 1 + 2x + 3{x^2} + 4{x^3}.$$
Let $$s$$ be the sum of all distinct real roots of $$f(x)$$ and let $$t = \left| s \right|.$$

The function$$f'(x)$$ is

A
increasing in $$\left( { - t, - {1 \over 4}} \right)$$ and decreasing in $$\left( { - {1 \over 4},t} \right)$$
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decreasing in $$\left( { - t, - {1 \over 4}} \right)$$ and increasing in $$\left( { - {1 \over 4},t} \right)$$
C
increasing in $$(-t, t)$$
D
decreasing in $$(-t, t)$$
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