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The roots $\alpha, \beta$ of the equation $3 x^{2}+\lambda x-1=0$, satisfy $\frac{1}{\alpha^{2}}+\frac{1}{\beta^{2}}=15$. The value of $\left(\alpha^{3}+\beta^{3}\right)^{2}$, is

A quadratic equation $x^{2}+b x+c=0$ has two real roots. It the difference between the reciprocals of the roots is $1 / 3$ and the sum of the reciprocals of the squares of the roots is $5 / 9$, then the largest possible value of ( $b+c$ ) is

The equation $x^3 + (2r + 1)x^2 + (4r - 1)x + 2 = 0$ has $- 2$ as one of the roots. If the other two roots are real, then the minimum possible non-negative integer value of $r$ is