The numbers of pairs (a, b) of real numbers, such that whenever $$\alpha$$ is a root of the equation x² + ax + b = 0, $$\alpha$$² $$-$$ 2 is also a root of this equation, is :

The sum of the roots of the equation

$$x + 1 - 2{\log _2}(3 + {2^x}) + 2{\log _4}(10 - {2^{ - x}}) = 0$$, is :

cosec18$$^\circ$$ is a root of the equation :

The set of all values of K > $$-$$1, for which the equation $${(3{x^2} + 4x + 3)^2} - (k + 1)(3{x^2} + 4x + 3)(3{x^2} + 4x + 2) + k{(3{x^2} + 4x + 2)^2} = 0$$ has real roots, is :