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Q.

All real values of 'u' such that the curves y=x2+u  and y=xu  meet in exactly one point is

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a

(1,0){14}

b

(,1)(1,2)

c

(1,)

d

(,1)

answer is A.

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There are two possibilities : either the curves  y=x2+u and  x=y2+u intersect in exactly one point, or they intersect in two points but one of the points occurs on the branch y=xu .
Case-1 : The two curves are symmetric about y = x, so they must touch that line at exactly one point and not cross it. Therefore, x=x2+u , so x2x+u=0 . This has exactly one solution if the discriminant,(1)2+4(1)(u)=1+4u , equals 0,so  u=14.
Case-2 :  y=x2+u intersects the x–axis at ±u , while y=xu starts x = u and goes up from there. In order for these to intersect in exactly one point, we must have u<u , or  u>u2 (note that u  must be positive in order for any intersection points of y=x2+u  and  x=y2+u to occur outside the first quadrant). Hence we have u(u+1)<0 , or  u(1,0).
 

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