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The number of the real roots of the equation $2\cos (x(x + 1)) = 2^x + 2^{-x}$ is

Consider a function $f$ satisfying $f(\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y})=f(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{y})$ where $x , y$ are positive integers, and $f(1)=2$. If $f(\mathrm{a}+1)+f(\mathrm{a}+2)+\ldots \ldots+f(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{n})=$ $16\left(2^{n}-1\right)$ then a is equal to

Suppose $f(x, y)$ is a real valued function such that $f(3x + 2y, 2x- 5y) = 19x$, for all real numbers $x$ and $y$. The value of $x$ for which $f(x, 2x) = 27$, is