Find $m$ and $n$ so that the given function has the range $[-3, 5]$ Find $m$ and $n$ real numbers so that $f(x) = \frac{3x^2 + mx + n}{x^2 + 1}$ takes all and only the values from the interval $[-3, 5]$.
I started by solving the following double inequality:
$$-3 \leq \frac{3x^2 + mx + n}{x^2 + 1} \leq 5$$
From the left inequality I got $6x^2 + mx + n + 3 \geq 0$. The coefficient of $x^2$ is positive so the discriminant $\delta$ has to be less than or equal to $0$.
$\delta = m^2 - 24n - 72 \leq 0$
From the right inequality I got $2x^2 -mx + 5 - n \geq 0$. By using the same technique as the one used to solve the left inequality I got:
$\delta = m^2 - 40 + 8n \leq 0$
By combining these two resulted inequalities I got $m \leq 48$, that is $m \in [-4\sqrt3, 4\sqrt3]$.
Now I need to find the values of $m$ and $n$ so that $f$ is surjective, because it must take all the values in the given interval.
I don't know yet how to proceed, so I would appreciate any help from you guys!
Thank you!

$\frac{3x^2 + mx + n}{x^2 + 1}$ reaching a maximum value of $5$ implies that $5(x^2+1)-3x^2+mx+n = 2x^2-mx-(n-5)$ has a double root.  Similarly, $\frac{3x^2 + mx + n}{x^2 + 1}$ reaching a minimum value of $3$ implies that $3x^2+mx+n-(-3)(x^2+1) = 6x^2+mx+(n+3)$ has a double root.  Quadratic expressions have a double root when their determinant $b^2-4ac = 0$, so we obtain the simultaneous equations
$$
m^2+8(n-5) = 0
$$
and
$$
m^2-24(n+3) = 0
$$
which yields $n = -1$ and $m = \pm 4\sqrt{3}$.  From Desmos:

