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Q.

Let p and q be two real numbers such that p + q =3 and p4+q4=369 Then 1p+1q-2 is equal to ___________.

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answer is 4.

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given that p+q=3 ,p4+q4=369; (p+q)2=9 p2+q2=9-2pq 11p+1q2=(qp)2(q+p)2=(qp)29; now p4+q4=p2+q22-2p2q2 369=(9-2pq)2-2(pq)2 369=81+4p2q2-36pq-2p2q2 288=2p2q2-36pq 144=p2q2-18pq (pq)2-2×9×pq+92=144+92 (pq-9)2=225 pq-9=±15 pq=±15+9 pq =24,-6

(24 is rejected because p2+q2=9-2pq is negative)

(qp)29=16×169=4

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