If at each point of the curve y = x3-ax2+x+1 the tangent is inclined at an acute angle with the positive direction of the x -axis then what is a or where it lies in between?
basit ali , 13 Years ago
Grade 12
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Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
Last Activity: 13 Years ago
y'=3x2-2ax+1>0, find the two roots of 3x2-2ax+1=0,for positivity x should be lesser than both roots OR greater than both roots. x<a-√(a2-12) OR x>a+√(a2-12), it is clear that the roots are complex conjugate. a2<12