Vidyamandir Classes Quadratic Equations
20. The area of an isosceles is 60 cm2 and the length of each one of its equal sides is 13 cm. Find its base.
21. Solve : 34x + 1 – 2 × 32x + 2 = 81.
22. If the roots of the equation: ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 and bx2 2 ac x + b = 0 are simultaneously real, then prove that
b2 = ac.
1 1 1 1
23. Solve :
x 1 x5 x2 x4
24. Solve the equations:
(i) 2x 2x 4 4
(ii) 4x4 – 4x3 – 7x2 – 4x + 4 = 0 , x 0
25. Let , be the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 and , be the roots of px2 + qx + r = 0. D1, D2 be the respective discriminants
of these equations. If + = +, then find the ratio D1 : D2.
EXERCISE BASED ON CBSE
[Level - 1]
1. Check whether the following are quadratic equations :
(i) (x + 1)2 = 2(x – 3) (ii) (x – 2) (x + 1) = (x – 1) (x + 3) (iii) (x – 3) (2x + 1) = x (x + 5)
2. In each of the following, determine whether the given values are the solution of the given equation or not :
2 5 1 a b
(i) 2
– + 2 = 0; x = 5, x = (ii) a2x2 – 3abx + 2b2 = 0 ; x = ,x
x x 2 b a
3
3. Find the values of p and q for which x = and x = – 2 are the roots of the equation px2 + qx – 6 = 0.
4
4. Solve the following quadratic equation by factorization method x2 – 2ax + a2 – b2 = 0
5. Solve the quadratic equation 5x2 = – 16x – 12 by factorisation method.
6. Solve : 9x2 – 15x + 6 = 0
7. Solve the equation x2 – ( 3 + 1) x + 3 = 0 by the method of completing the square.
8. Solve the quadratic equation x2 – 6x + 4 = 0 by using quadratic formula (Sreedharacharya's Rule).
9. Find the nature of the roots of the following equations. If the real roots exist, find them.
(i) 2x2 – 6x + 3 = 0 (ii) 2x2 – 3x + 5 = 0
10. Find the value of k for each of the following quadratic equations, so that they have real and equal roots:
(i) 9x2 + 8kx + 16 = 0 (ii) (k + 1) x2 – 2(k – 1) x + 1 = 0
11. Find the set of values of k for which the equation kx2 + 2x + 1 has distinct real roots.
12. Find the values of k for which the equation 5x2 – kx + 4 = 0 has real roots.
13. Form the quadratic equation in each of the following cases when the roots are :
1
(i) 2 + 5 and 2 – 5 (ii) a and a
14. For which value of k will the equations x2 – kx – 21 = 0 and x2 – 3kx + 35 = 0 have one common root.
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Quadratic Equations Vidyamandir Classes
15. The difference of two numbers is 3 and their product is 504. Find the numbers.
16. The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd positive integers is 290. Find the integers.
17. Seven years ago Varun's age was five times the square of Swati's age. Three years hence, Swati's age will be two fifth of Varun's
age. Find their present ages.
18. The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle exceeds the length of the base by 2 cm and exceeds twice the length of the
altitude by 1 cm. Find the length of each side of the triangle.
19. Is it possible to design a rectangular park of perimeter 80 cm and area 400 m2? If so, find its length and breadth.
20. A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/h more, it would have taken 1 hour less for the same
journey. Find the speed of the train.
3
21. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9 hours. The tap of larger diameter takes 10 hours less than the smaller one to fill
8
the tank respectively. Find the time in which each tap can separately fill the tank.
22. 300 apples are distributed equally among a certain number of students.Had there been 10 more students, each would have
received one apple less. Find the number of students.
[Level - 2]
1. Solve 2x4 – 5x2 + 3 = 0
2. Solve (x2 + 3x)2 – (x2 + 3x) – 6 = 0, x Î R
3. Solve 15 x 2 34 x x 1 15 x 12 0
2 1 1
4. Solve 9 x 2
– 9 x – 52 0
x
x
5. Solve (x + 1) (x + 2) (x + 3) (x + 4) = 120
6. Solve : 2 x 9 x 13
7. Solve 3x2 x 5 x 3
8. Solve : 4x x9 5
9. If , are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, find the quadratic equation whose roots are (a + b)–1 and (a + b)–1
10. If the roots of the equation 2x2 – 2cx + ab = 0 be real and unequal, then prove that the roots of x2 – 2 (a + b) x +
(a2 + b2 + c2) = 0 will be imaginary.
q
11. Show that the roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 are rational, if p = k , where p, q and k are rational.
k
12. If , are the roots of the equation x 1 x 1 x and if 1 , 2 are two values of determined from the
2 2 2
r1
relation r 2 , show that 1 2 2 4
22 12 r 1
13. Solve 5x + 1 + 51 – x = 26.
14. Solve 9x + 78 = 32x + 3.
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Vidyamandir Classes Quadratic Equations
x2 2 x 1 x 2 2 x 1 2
15.
Solve 2 3
+ 2 3 =
2 3
16. Solve 6x + 6y = 42 and x + y = 3.
17. If a, b are the roots of x2 + px + 1 = 0 and c, d are the roots of x2 + qx + 1 = 0 then show that
q2 – p2 = (a – c) (b – c) (a + d) (b + d)
1 1 1
18. If the roots of are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, show that p + q = 2r and the p rod u ct
x p xq r
p2 q2
of roots = .
2
19. Solve the following quadratic equations :
(a) 5x 7 3x 1 x 3 (b) x 2 4 x 6 2 x 2 8 x 12 0
x2 2 x x2 2 x
(c) 15 4 14
15 4 14 30 (d) x 4 x3 4 x 2 x 1 0
x 10
(e) 3 x /5 3 84 (f) 4 x 4 16 x 3 7 x 2 16 x 4 0
10
(g) 2 x 7 x 3 x 3 2 x 5 91 (h)
2 2 x 3 65 2 x 1 57 0
EXERCISE BASED ON NTSE
Choose the correct alternative. Only one choice is correct :
1. If the roots of the equation x2 + p2 = 8x + 6p are real, then 5. Irrational roots of the equation 2x4 + 9x3 + 8x2 + 9x +
p belongs to the interval : 2 = 0 are :
(A) [2, 8] (B) [–8, 2]
(A) 2 3, 2 3 (B) 2 3, 2 3
(C) [–2, 8] (D) [–8, –2]
(C) 2 3, 2 3 (D) none of these
2. The number of real roots of
6. Sum of the roots of the equation
4 2
2x 5 2x 5 2
81 45 4 0, x 1/ 3 is : 1 1
4 x 4 x 1 0 is :
3x 1 3x 1
x x
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
(A) 5 (B) 1
3. The number of roots of the equation
(C) – 5/2 (D) –5
x x 3 5
, x 0, x 3 is : 7. The number of irrational roots of the equation (x – 1)
x 3 x 2
(x – 2) (3x – 2) (3x + 1) = 21 is :
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
4. The number of irrational roots of the equation
2 8. Product of roots of the equation x 3x 6 2 is :
1 1
4 x 8 x 29 is :
x x (A) 10 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 24
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) infinite
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