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Date 19/04 11

Class X

QUADRATIC EQUATION
DPP
1.Check whether the equation is quadratic or not:
(i)

( x 2) 3 x 3 4

(ii)

x2

(iii)

[Ans. yes]

1
2( x 0)
x2

1
x 2 ( x 0)
x

[Ans. No]
[Ans. No]

2.In each of the given following, determine whether the given values of x are solutions of
the given equation or not.
(i)

x2

2 x 4 0; x

2 , x 2 2

2
3

(ii) (3x 8)( 2 x 5) 0; x 2 , x 2

1
2

[Ans. (i) Yes (ii) No]

3.If one root of the quadratic equations 2 x 2 kx 6 0 is 2, find the value of k. Also find
the other root.
[Ans. k = -1, -3/2]
4.If x = 2/3 and x = - 3 are the roots of the equation ax 2 7 x b 0, find the values of a and
b.
[Ans. a = 3, b = -6]
5.Determine, if 3 is a root of the equation given below:
x 2 4x 3

x2 9

4 x 2 14 x 16

[Ans. x = 3 is not a root of the given equation]

6.For each of the following, determine whether the given quadratic equation has root (s). If
so, find the root (s).
(i) 7 y 2 6 y 13 x 7 0
(ii) ( x 4)( x 5) 3( x 1)( x 2) 2 x
1
2
4
1

( x 1, 2, 4) (iv) z 2 z 3 0
x 1 x 2 x 4
2
1
1 29 1 29
5, 5
[Ans. (i)
(ii)
,
3
2
2
3
(iii) 2 1 3 , 2 1 3
(iv) , 2 ]
2

(iii)

7.Determine the value (s) of p for which the quadratic equation 2 x 2 px 8 0 has real
roots.
[Ans. p 8 or p 8 ]
2
8.Find the value of k for which the equation x 5kx 16 0 has no real roots.
[Ans.

8
8
k ]
5
5

9.Find the value of k for which the roots are real and equal in each of the following:
4 x 2 2( k 1) x ( k 4) 0

[Ans. k = -3, 5]

10.For what value of k , (4 k ) x 2 (2k 4) x (8k 1) 0 , is a perfect square.

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11.Find the least possible value of k for which the equation x 2 kx 4 0 has real roots.
[Ans. D 0 k 16 0 k 4 ]
12.If -5 is a root of the quadratic equation 2 x 2 px 15 0 and the quadratic equation
p ( x 2 x) k 0 has equal roots, find the value of k.
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[Ans. k = 7/4]
13.If the roots of the equation (c 2 ab) x 2 2(a 2 bc) x b 2 ac 0 are equal, prove that
either a = 0 or a 3 b 3 c 3 3abc
14.Show that the equation 2(a 2 b 2 ) x 2 2(a b) x 1 0 has no real roots, when a b .
15.If the equation (1 m 2 ) x 2 2mcx (c 2 a 2 ) 0 has equal roots, prove that
c 2 a 2 (1 m 2 ) .

16.If the roots of equation ln 2 nx n 0 are in the ration p:q then prove that
p

n
0
l

17.Find two consecutive positive integers, sum of whose squares is 365.

[Ans. 13 and 14]

18.The sum of two numbers is 15. If the sum of their reciprocals is

3
, find the numbers
10

[Ans. 10 and 5]

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