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Profile image of Sidhant Thakur
6 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Sanyam Shah
6 Years ago
For f(x) to be surjective,
min[f(x)] should be equal to 2
Therefore -D/4a = 2 (where D is the discriminant)
On solving, 
-(144a2-4(15-2a+36a2))/4 = 2
60-8a=8
52=8a
a=13/2 or 6.5