GATE Civil 2024 Set 1 | Question: 1

Question

​​​​​The smallest positive root of the equation

\[
x^{5}-5 x^{4}-10 x^{3}+50 x^{2}+9 x-45=0
\]
lies in the range

• A. $0 < x \leq 2$
• B. $2 < x \leq 4$
• C. $6 \leq x \leq 8$
• D. $10 \leq x \leq 100$