To remove the second term of the equation $x^4-8x^3+x^2-x+3=0$,diminish the roots of the equation by

Two metal plates each of area $A$ form a parallel plate capacitor with air in between the plates. The distance between the plates is $d$. $A$ metal plate of thickness $d/2$ and of same area $A$ is inserted between the plates to form two capacitors of capacitances $C_1$ and $C_2$ as shown in the figure. If the effective capacitance of the two capacitors is $C^{\prime}$ and the capacitance of the capacitor initially is $C$,then $C^{\prime}/C$ is

$A$ ray of light is incident along a line which meets another line,$7x - y + 1 = 0$,at the point $(0, 1)$. The ray is then reflected from this point along the line $y + 2x = 1$. Find the equation of the line of incidence of the ray of light.

The length of the subtangent at any point of the curve $x^m y^n = a^{m+n}$ is proportional to -

An ideal gas expands isothermally from volume $V_1$ to volume $V_2$. It is then compressed to the original volume $V_1$ adiabatically. If $p_1$ and $p_2$ represent the initial pressure and final pressure respectively,and $W$ represents the net work done by the gas during the entire process,then:

Particles of masses $m, 2m, 3m, \dots, nm$ grams are placed on the same line at distances $l, 2l, 3l, \dots, nl$ cm from a fixed point. The distance of the centre of mass of the particles from the fixed point in centimetres is: