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JEE Main 2024 — 6 April, Shift 1 — Question 5

The function f(x)=x2+2x−15x2−4x+9,x∈Rf(x)=\frac{x^{2}+2 x-15}{x^{2}-4 x+9}, x \in R is

  1. Option A:

    both one-one and onto

  2. Option B:

    onto but not one-one.

  3. Option C:

    neither one-one nor onto.

    Correct
  4. Option D:

    one-one but not onto.

Answer: C

Step-by-step solution

f(x)=(x+5)(x−3)x2−4x+9f(x)=\frac{(x+5)(x-3)}{x^{2}-4 x+9}

Let g(x)=x2−4x+9g(x)=x^{2}-4 x+9

D<0\mathrm{D}<0

g(x)>0\mathrm{g}(\mathrm{x})>0 for x∈R\mathrm{x} \in \mathrm{R}

∴[f(−5)=0,f(3)=0]\therefore\left[\begin{array}{l}\mathrm{f}(-5)=0 , \mathrm{f}(3)=0\end{array}]\right.

So, f(x)\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x}) is many-one.

again,

yx2−4xy+9y=x2+2x−15y x^{2}-4 x y+9 y=x^{2}+2 x-15

x2(y−1)−2x(2y+1)+(9y+15)=0x^{2}(y-1)-2 x(2 y+1)+(9 y+15)=0 for

∀x∈R⇒D≥0\forall \mathrm{x} \in \mathrm{R} \Rightarrow \mathrm{D} \geq 0

D=4(2y+1)2−4(y−1)(9y+15)≥0\mathrm{D}=4(2 \mathrm{y}+1)^{2}-4(\mathrm{y}-1)(9 \mathrm{y}+15) \geq 0

5y2+2y+16≤05 y^{2}+2 y+16 \leq 0

(5y−8)(y+2)≤0(5 y-8)(y+2) \leq 0

y∈[−2,85]\mathrm{y} \in\left[-2, \frac{8}{5}\right] : range

Note : If function is defined from f:R→R\mathrm{f}: \mathrm{R} \rightarrow \mathrm{R}

then only correct answer is option (3)

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Exam
JEE Main 2024
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Functions
Topic
One-One, many-one, onto, into, bijective functions
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