CAT 2017 Slot 1 QA Q27 Equations

Question 27 of the Quantitative Ability (QA) section, CAT 2017 Slot 1, with CAT's official answer.

If f1(x) = x2 + 11x + n and f2(x) = x, then the largest positive integer n for which the equation f1(x) = f2(x) has two distinct real roots, is: (TITA)

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