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CMAT 2021 Linear and Quadratic Equations — Previous Year Question

Paper

CMAT 2021

Section

Quantitative

Topic

Linear and Quadratic Equations

Difficulty

Medium

Question

CMAT 2021

Slot-2

Meera and Sarika attempted to solve a quadratic equation in x. Sarika made a mistake in reading the coefficient of x and obtained the roots as 12 and 16. Meera made a mistake in reading the constant term of the equation. She obtained the roots as -22 and -6. The correct root(s) is (are):

(A) -16 (B) -12 (C) 12 (D) 16

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) and (B) only

(A) and (C) only

(C) and (D) only

(B) and (D) only

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