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If f(x) is a polynomial such that f(a)f(b) <0 , then what is the number of zeros lying between a and b?
Asked by aayanshaditya23 | 18 May, 2019, 09:31: AM
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f left parenthesis a right parenthesis f left parenthesis b right parenthesis less than 0
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