Step 1: Define "Candid": Honest, straightforward.
Step 2: Find the opposite:
- Honest: Synonym.
- Deceptive: Misleading, opposite.
- Frank: Synonym.
- Sincere: Synonym.
Step 3: Select "Deceptive." Matches option (2).
If the roots of the quadratic equation \( ax^2 + bx + c = 0 \) are real and equal, then: