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AP EAMCET · Maths · Complex Number

If \(\alpha\) is a non-real root of the equation \(x^6-1=0\) then \(\frac{\alpha^2+\alpha^3+\alpha^4+\alpha^5}{\alpha+1}=\)

  1. A \(\alpha\)
  2. B 1
  3. C 0
  4. D \(-1\)
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(D) \(-1\)

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\(\alpha^6=1\) \(\alpha^5+\alpha^4+\alpha^3+\alpha^2+\alpha+1=0\) \(\alpha^2+\alpha^3+\alpha^4+\alpha^5 = -(\alpha+1)\) \(\frac{-(\alpha+1)}{\alpha+1}=-1\)