Find the real number
such that the equation
has exactly three different roots.
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L e t a , b b e t h e r o o t s t o t h e f i r s t q u a d r a t i c a n d a , c b e t h e r o o t s t o t h e s e c o n d q u a d r a t i c . ∴ a 2 − 2 m a − 4 ( m 2 + 1 ) = 0 a n d a 2 − 4 a − 2 m ( m 2 + 1 ) = 0 . a 2 = ∣ ∣ ∣ 1 1 − 2 m − 4 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ − 2 m − 4 − 4 ( m 2 + 1 ) − 2 m ( m 2 + 1 ) ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ = 2 ( m − 2 ) 4 ( m 2 + 1 ) ( m 2 − 4 ) ⇒ a 2 = 2 ( m 2 + 1 ) ( m + 2 ) . a = − ∣ ∣ ∣ 1 1 − 2 m − 4 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ 1 1 − 4 ( m 2 + 1 ) − 2 m ( m 2 + 1 ) ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ = 2 ( m − 2 ) 2 ( m 2 + 1 ) ( m − 2 ) = m 2 + 1 . ∴ ( m 2 + 1 ) 2 = 2 ( m 2 + 1 ) ( m + 2 ) ⇒ m 2 − 2 m − 3 = 0 . m = 3 , − 1 . I f w e p u t m = − 1 , w e c a n s e e t h a t a i s r e p e a t e d t w i c e : I n t h e s e c o n d q u a d r a t i c , a = c = 2 f o r m = − 1 . I f w e p u t m = 3 , w e c a n s e e t h a t a i s r e p e a t e d a s 1 0 o n l y o n c e i n e a c h q u a d r a t i c a n d b = − 4 ; c = − 6 . ∴ m = 3