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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

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

A tea shop offers tea in cups of three different sizes. The product of the prices, in INR, of three different sizes is equal to $800$. The prices of the smallest size and the medium size are in the ratio $2 : 5$. If the shop owner decides to increase the prices of the smallest and the medium ones by INR $6$ keeping the price of the largest size unchanged, the product then changes to $3200.$ The sum of the original prices of three different sizes, in INR, is: