CAT 2019 Slot 1 QA Q29 Inequalities & Modulus

Question 29 of the Quantitative Ability (QA) section, CAT 2019 Slot 1, with CAT's official answer.

The number of solutions of the equation |x|(6x2 + 1) = 5x2 is [TITA]

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Answer: 5 Inequalities & Modulus TITA

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