Mathematics

Class-X

Textbook Development & Publishing Committee

Chief Production Officer

Sri. G. Gopal Reddy,

Director, SCERT, A.P., Hyderabad.

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Director, A.P. Govt. Text Book Press, Hyderabad.

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Prof. & Head, Curriculum & Text Book Department,
SCERT, A.P., Hyderabad.

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Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.

Udaipur, Rajasthan

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WRITERS
Sri Tata Venkata Rama Kumar

Sri Gottumukkala V.B.S.N. Raju

H.M., ZPHS, Mulumudi, SPS Nellore

SA, Mpl. High School, Kaspa, Vizianagaram.

Sri Soma Prasada Babu

Sri Padala Suresh Kumar

PGT. APTWRS, Chandrashekarapuram, SPS Nellore

SA,GHS, Vijayanagar Colony, Hyderabad.

Sri G. Anantha Reddy

Sri Peddada D.L.Ganapati Sharma

Retd. Headmaster, Ranga Reddy

SA,GHS, Zamisthanpur, Manikeshwar Nagar, Hyd.

Dr. Poondla Ramesh

Sri Sardar Dharmendra Singh

Lecturer, Government lASE, SPS Nellore

SA, ZPHS, Dannur (B), Adilabad

Sri Komanduru Sreedharacharyulu

Sri Nagula Ravi

SA, ZPHS, Rangaipally, Medak

SA, ZPHS, Lokeshwaram, Adilabad

Sri Kandala Ramaiah

Sri Kakulavaram Rajender Reddy

SA, ZPHS, Kasimdevpet, Warangal

Co-ordinator, SCERT, AP, Hyderabad.

C HIEF E DITOR

Dr. H.K.Dewan
Educational Advisor, Vidya Bhavan Society
Udaipur, Rajasthan

E DITORS
Prof. V. Shiva Ramaprasad

Prof. N.Ch.Pattabhi Ramacharyulu

Retd. Dept. of Mathematics,

Osmania University, Hyderabad

Retd., National Institute of Technology,

Warangal

Sri A. Padmanabham (Rtd.)

Dr. G.S.N. Murthy (Rtd.)

Head of the Dept. of Mathematics

Maharanee College,
Peddapuram, East Godavari Dist.

Reader in Mathematics
Rajah R.S.R.K.Ranga Rao College,
Bobbili, Vizianagaram Dist. (A.P.)

C O -O R D I N ATORS
Sri K. Rajender Reddy

Sri K. Narayan Reddy

Co-ordinator, SCERT, AP, Hyderabad.

Lecturer, SCERT, AP, Hyderabad

A CADEMIC S UPPORT G ROUP M EMBERS

Sri Hanif Paliwal

Ms. Preeti Mishra

Vidya Bhawan Education Resource Centre, Udaipur

Vidya Bhawan Education Resource Centre, Udaipur

Mrs. Snehbala Joshi

Ms. Tanya Saxena

Vidya Bhawan Education Resource Centre, Udaipur

Vidya Bhawan Education Resource Centre, Udaipur

Ms. M. Archana
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Hyderabad

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Sri S. M. Ikram

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Foreword
Education is a process of human enlightenment and empowerment. Recognizing
the enormous potential of education, all progressive societies have committed themselves
to the Universalization of Elementary Education with a strong determination to provide
quality education to all. As a part of its continuation, universalization of Secondary
Education has gained momentum.
In the secondary stage, the beginning of the transition from functional mathematics
studied upto the primary stage to the study of mathematics as a discipline takes place.
The logical proofs of propositions, theorems etc. are introduced at this stage. Apart from
being a specific subject, it is connected to other subjects involving analysis and through
concomitant methods. It is important that children finish the secondary level with the
sense of confidence to use mathematics in organising experience and motivation to
continue learning in High level and become good citizens of India.
I am confident that the children in our state Andhra Pradesh learn to enjoy
mathematics, make mathematics a part of their life experience, pose and solve meaningful
problems, understand the basic structure of mathematics by reading this text book.
For teachers, to understand and absorb critical issues on curricular and pedagogic
perspectives duly focusing on learning in place of marks, is the need of the hour. Also
coping with a mixed class room environment is essentially required for effective transaction
of curriculum in teaching learning process. Nurturing class room culture to inculcate
positive interest among children with difference in opinions and presumptions of life style,
to infuse life in to knowledge is a thrust in the teaching job.
The afore said vision of mathematics teaching presented in Andhra Pradesh State
Curriculum Frame work (APSCF -2011) has been elaborated in its mathematics position
paper which also clearly lays down the academic standards of mathematics teaching in
the state. The text books make an attempt to concretize all the sentiments.
The State Council for Education Research and Training Andhra Pradesh appreciates
the hard work of the text book development committee and several teachers from all over
the state who have contributed to the development of this text book. I am thankful to the
District Educational Officers, Mandal Educational Officers and head teachers for making
this possible. I also thank the institutions and organizations which have given their time in
the development of this text book. I am grateful to the office of the Commissioner and
Director of School Education for extending co-operation in developing this text book. In
the endeavor to continuously improve the quality of our work, we welcome your comments
and suggestions in this regard.
Place : Hyderabad
Date

Director

: 17 October, 2013

SCERT, A.P., Hyderabad

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Preface
With this Mathematics book, children would have completed the three years of
learning in the elimentary classes and one year of secondary class. We hope that
Mathematics learning continues for all children in class X also however, there may be
some children from whom this would be the last year of school. It is, therefore, important
that children finish the secondary level with a sense of confidence to use Mathematics in
organizing experience and motivation to continue learning.
Mathematics is essential for everyone and is a part of the compulsory program for
school education till the secondary stage. However, at present, Mathematics learning does
not instill a feeling of comfort and confidence in children and adults. It is considered to be
extremely difficult and only for a few. The fear of Mathematics pervades not just children
and teachers but our entire society. In a context where Mathematics is an increasing part
of our lives and is important for furthering our learning, this fear has to be removed. The
effort in school should be to empower children and make them feel capable of learning
and doing Mathematics. They should not only be comfortable with the Mathematics in the
classroom but should be able to use it in the wider world by relating concepts and ideas of
Mathematics to formulate their understanding of the world.
One of the challenges that Mathematics teaching faces is in the way it is defined.
The visualization of Mathematics remains centered around numbers, complicated
calculations, algorithms, definitions and memorization of facts, short-cuts and solutions
including proofs. Engaging with exploration and new thoughts is discouraged as the
common belief is that there can be only one correct way to solve a problem and that
Mathematics does not have possibilities of multiple solutions.
Through this book we want to emphasize the need for multiple ways of attempting
problems, understanding that Mathematics is about exploring patterns, discovering
relationships and building logic. We would like all teachers to engage students in reading
the book and help them in formulating and articulating their understanding of different
concepts as well as finding a variety of solutions for each problem. The emphasis in this
book is also on allowing children to work with each other in groups and make an attempt
to solve problems collectively. We want them to talk to each other about Mathematics and
create problems based on the concepts that have learnt. We want everybody to recognize
that Mathematics is not only about solving problems set by others or learning proofs and
methods that are developed by others, but is about exploration and building new arguments.
Doing and learning Mathematics is therefore about each person coming up with her own
methods and own rules.

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Class X is the final year of secondary level students and their have already dealt
about the consolidation of initiations. They have already learnt also to understand that
Mathematics consists of ideas that are applied in life situations but do not necessarily
arise from life. We would also like children to be exposed to the notion of proof and recognize
that presenting examples is not equivalent to proof with modeling aspects.
The purpose of Mathematics as we have tried to indicate in the preface as well as
in the book has widened to include exploring mathematization of experiences. This means
that students can begin to relate the seemingly abstract ideas they learn in the classrooms
to their own experiences and organize their experiences using these ideas. This requires
them to have opportunity to reflect and express both their new formulations as well as
their hesitant attempt on mathematizing events around them. We have always emphasized
the importance of language and Mathematics interplay. While we have tried to indicate at
many places the opportunity that has to be provided to children to reflect and use language.
We would emphasise the need to make more of this possible in the classrooms. We
have also tried to keep the language simple and close to the language that the child normally
uses. We hope that teachers and those who formulate assessment tasks would recognize
the spirit of the book. The book has been developed with wide consultations and I must
thank all those who have contributed to its development. The group of authors drawn from
different experiences have worked really hard and together as a team. I salute each of
them and look forward to comments and suggestions of those who would be users of this
book.

Text Book Development Committee

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Mathematics

Class-X

CHAPTER
NUMBER

CONTENTS

NO. OF SYLLABUS TO BE
PERIODS COVERED DURING

01

Real Numbers

15

June

1 - 24

02

Sets

08

July

25 - 46

03

Polynomials

08

July

47 - 72

04

Pair of Linear Equations in

Two Variables

15

July, August

05

Quadratic Equations

12

October

101 - 124

06

Progressions

11

November

125 - 158

07

Coordinate Geometry

12

December

159 - 190

08

Similar Triangles

18

August

191 - 224

09

Tangents and Secants to a Circle

15

November

225 - 244

10

Mensuration

10

December

245 - 268

11

Trigonometry

15

September

269 - 293

12

Applications of Trigonometry

08

January

294 - 304

13

Probability

10

February

305 - 322

14

Statistics

15

September

323 - 352

08

February

353 - 365

Appendix Mathematical Modelling

Answers

PAGE
NUMBER

73 - 100

366 - 384
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OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM

- Rabindranath Tagore
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Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
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Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he!

PLEDGE
India is my country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters.
I love my country, and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.
I shall always strive to be worthy of it.
I shall give my parents, teachers and all elders respect,
and treat everyone with courtesy. I shall be kind to animals
To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion.
In their well-being and prosperity alone lies my happiness.
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Real Numbers

1.1 I NTRODUCTION
We have studied different types of numbers in earlier classes. We have learnt about natural
numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers and irrational numbers. Let us recall a little
bit about rational numbers and irrational numbers.

p
Rational numbers are numbers which can be written in the form of where both p and q
q
are integers and q 0. They are a bigger collection than integers as there can be many rational
numbers between two integers. All rational numbers can be written either in the form of terminating
decimals or non-terminating repeating decimals.
p
are irrational. These include numbers
q
like 2, 3, 5 and mathematical quantities like . When these are written as decimals, they

Numbers which cannot be expressed in the form of

are non-terminaing, non-recurring. For example,

2 = 1.41421356... and = 3.14159...

These numbers can be located on the number line.

The set of rational and irrational numbers together are called real numbers. We can show
them in the form of a diagram:

R ati on a l N u m b ers
In teg ers
W h o le N u m b ers
N a tu ra l
N u m b ers

R eal N um b ers

Irra tion al
N u m b ers

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In this chapter, we will see some theorems and the different ways in which we can prove them.
We will use the theorems to explore properties of rational and irrational numbers. Finally, we will
study about a type of function called logarithms (in short logs) and see how they are useful in
science and everyday life.
But before exploring real numbers a little more, let us solve some questions.

E XERCISE - 1.1
1.

Which of the following rational numbers are terminating and which are non-terminating,
repeating in their deimenal form?
2
5

(i)
2.

1
and 1
2

7
40

(iv)

(v)

9
11

(ii) 3

1
2
and 3
3
3

(iii)

4
and 2
9

Classify the numbers given below as rational or irrational.

(i) 2

4.

15
16

(iii)

Find any rational number between the pair of numbers given below:
(i)

3.

17
18

(ii)

1
2

(ii) 24

(iii) 16

(iv) 7.7

(v)

4
9

(vi) 30

(vii) 81

Represent the following real numbers on the number line. (If necessary make a seperate
number line for each number).
(i)

3
4

(ii)

9
10

(iii)

27
3

(iv) 5

(v) 16

 T HINK - D ISCUSS
Are all integers also in real numbers? Why?

1.2 E XPLORING R EAL N UMBERS

Let us explore real numbers more in this section. We know that natural numbers are also
in real numbers. So, we will start with them.
1.2.1 T HE F UNDAMENTAL T HEOREM

OF

A RITHMETIC

In earlier classes, we have seen that all natural numbers, except 1, can be written as a
product of their prime factors. For example, 3 = 3, 6 as 2 3, 253 as 11 23 and so on.
(Remember: 1 is neither a composite nor a prime).

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Do you think that there may be a composite number which is not the product of the
powers of primes? To answer this, let us factorize a natural number as an example.
We are going to use the factor tree which you all are familiar with. Let us take some large
number, say 163800, and factorize it as shown :


$!&


&'
"'#

"%#

!

$& #

!

%#
#

"##
#

'
%

!

So we have factorized 163800 as 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 7 13. So 163800

= 23 32 52 7 13, when we write it as a product of power of primes.
Try another number, 123456789. This can be written as 32 3803 3607. Of course,
you have to check that 3803 and 3607 are primes! (Try it out for several other natural numbers
yourself.) This leads us to a conjecture that every composite number can be written as the
product of powers of primes.
Now, let us try and look at natural numbers from the other direction. Let us take any
collection of prime numbers, say 2, 3, 7, 11 and 23. If we multiply some or all of these numbers,
allowing them to repeat as many times as we wish, we can produce infinitely many large positive
integers. Let us list a few :
2 3 11 = 66

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7 11 = 77

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7 11 23 = 1771

3 7 11 23 = 5313

2 3 7 11 23 = 10626

23 3 73 = 8232

22 3 7 11 23 = 21252
Now, let us suppose your collection of primes includes all the possible primes. What is
your guess about the size of this collection? Does it contain only a finite number of primes or
infinitely many? In fact, there are infinitely many primes. So, if we multiply all these primes in all
possible ways, we will get an infinite collection of composite numbers.
This gives us the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic which says that every composite
number can be factorized as a product of primes. Actually, it says more. It says that given any
composite number it can be factorized as a product of prime numbers in a unique way, except
for the order in which the primes occur. For example, when we factorize 210, we regard 2 3
5 7 as same as 3 5 7 2, or any other possible order in which these primes are
written. That is, given any composite number there is one and only one way to write it as a
product of primes, as long as we are not particular about the order in which the primes occur. Let
us now formally state this theorem.
Theorem-1.1 : (Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic) : Every composite number can be
expressed (factorised) as a product of primes, and this factorization is unique, apart
from the order in which the prime factors occur.
In general, given a composite number x, we factorize it as x = p1p2...pn, where p1, p2...,
pn are primes and written in ascending order, i.e., p1 p2 ... pn. If we use the same primes,
we will get powers of primes. Once we have decided that the order will be ascending, then the
way the number is factorised, is unique. For example,
163800 = 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 7 13 = 23 32 52 7 13

T RY T HIS
Express 2310 as a product of prime factors. Also see how your friends have factorized
the number. Have they done it like you? Verify your final product with your friends result.
Try this for 3 or 4 more numbers. What do you conclude?
While this is a result that is easy to state and understand, it has some very deep and
significant applications in the field of mathematics. Let us see two examples.
You have already learnt how to find the HCF (Highest Common Factor) and LCM
(Lowest Common Multiple) of two positive integers using the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic

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in earlier classes, without realizing it! This method is also called the prime factorization method.
Let us recall this method through the following example.
Example-1. Find the HCF and LCM of 12 and 18 by the prime factorization method.
12 = 2 2 3 = 22 31
18 = 2 3 3 = 21 32
Note that HCF (12, 18) = 21 31 = 6 = Product of the smallest power of each
common prime factors in the numbers.

Solution : We have

LCM (12, 18) = 22 32 = 36

= Product of the greatest power of each

prime factors, in the numbers.

From the example above, you might have noticed that HCF (12, 18) LCM (12, 18)
= 12 18. In fact, we can verify that for any two positive integers a and b, HCF (a,b) LCM
(a, b) = a b. We can use this result to find the LCM of two positive integers, if we have
already found the HCF of the two positive integers.
Example 2. Consider the numbers 4n, where n is a natural number. Check whether there is any
value of n for which 4n ends with the digit zero?
Solution : For the number 4n to end with digit zero for any natural number n, it should be
divisible by 5. This means that the prime factorisation of 4n should contain the prime number 5.
But it is not possible because 4n = (2)2n so 2 is the only prime in the factorisation of 4n. Since 5
is not present in the prime factorization, so there is no natural number n for which 4n ends with the
digit zero.

T RY T HIS
Show that 12n cannot end with the digit 0 or 5 for any natural number n.

E XERCISE - 1.2
1. Express each number as a product of its prime factors.
(i) 140

(ii) 156

(iii) 3825

(iv) 5005

(v) 7429

2. Find the LCM and HCF of the following integers by the prime factorization method.
(i) 12, 15 and 21

(ii) 17, 23, and 29

(iv) 72 and 108

(v) 306 and 657

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3. Check whether 6n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n.
4. Explain why 7 11 13 + 13 and 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 + 5 are composite
numbers.
5. How will you show that (17 11 2) + (17 11 5) is a composite number?
Explain.
Now, let us use the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic to explore real numbers further.
First, we apply this theorem to find out when the decimal expansion of a rational number is
terminating and when it is non-terminating, repeating. Second, we use it to prove the irrationality
of many numbers such as 2 , 3 and 5 .
1 . 2 . 2 R ATIONAL

NUMBERS AND THEIR DECIMAL EXPANSIONS

In this section, we are going to explore when their decimal expansions of rational numbers
are terminating and when they are non-terminating, repeating.
Let us consider the following terminating decimal forms of some rational numbers:
(i) 0.375

(ii) 1.04

(iii) 0.0875

Now let us express them in the form of

(i) 0.375 =

375
375
= 3
1000 10

(iii) 0.0875 =

(v) 0.00025 =

875
875
= 4
10000 10

(iv) 12.5

(v) 0.00025

p
.
q

(ii) 1.04 =

104 104
=
100 102

(iv) 12.5 =

125 125
= 1
10
10

25
25
= 5
100000 10

We see that all terminating decimals taken by us can be expressed as rational numbers
whose denominators are powers of 10. Let us now prime factorize the numerator and denominator
and then express in the simplest rational form :
Now

(i)

0.375 =

375 353
3 3
= 3 3= 3=
3
10
2 5
2
8

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(ii)

104 23 13 26 26
1.04 = 2 = 2 2 = 2 =
10
2 5
5
25

(iii)

0.0875 =

(iv)

12.5 =

(v)

0.00025 =

875 53 7
7
= 4 4= 4
4
10
2 5
2 5

125
53
25
=
=
10
2 5
2

25
52
1
1
=
= 5 3=
5
5
5
10
2 5
2 5
4000

Do you see a pattern in the denominators? It appears that when the decimal expression
is expressed in its simplest rational form then p and q are coprime and the denominator (i.e., q)
has only powers of 2, or powers of 5, or both. This is because the powers of 10 can only have
powers of 2 and 5 as factors.

D O T HIS
p
Write the following terminating decimals in the form of , q 0 and p, q are coq
primes

(i) 15.265

(ii) 0.1255

(iii) 0.4

(iv) 23.34

(v) 1215.8

What can you conclude about the denominators through this process?

L ET

US CONCLUDE

Even though, we have worked only with a few examples, you can see that any rational
number which has a decimal expansion that terminates can be expressed as a rational number
whose denominator is a power of 10. The only prime factors of 10 are 2 and 5. So, when we
simplyfy the rational number, we find that the number is of the form

p
, where the prime
q

factorization of q is of the form 2n5m, and n, m are some non-negative integers.

We can write our result formally :
Theorem-1.2 : Let x be a rational number whose decimal expansion terminates. Then x
can be expressed in the form

p
, where p and q are coprime, and the prime factorization
q

of q is of the form 2n5m, where n, m are non-negative integers.

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You are probably wondering what happens the other way round. That is, if we have a
rational number in the form

p
, and the prime factorization of q is of the form 2n5m, where n, m
q

are non-negative integers, then does

p
have a terminating decimal expansion?
q

So, it seems to make sense to convert a rational number of the form

form 2n5m, to an equivalent rational number of the form

p
, where q is of the
q

a
, where b is a power of 10. Let us go
b

back to our examples above and work backwards.

(i)

25
53
125
=
=
= 12.5
2
25 10

(ii)

26 26 13 23 104
=
=
=
= 1.04
25 52 22 52 102

(iii)

3 3
353
375
= 3 = 3 3 = 3 = 0.375
8 2
2 5
10

(iv)

7
7
7 53
875
= 4
= 4 4 = 4 = 0.0875
80 2 5 2 5
10

(v)

1
1
52
25
= 5 3 = 5 5 = 5 = 0.00025
4000 2 5
2 5
10

p
So, these examples show us how we can convert a rational number of the form ,
q
a
n m
where q is of the form 2 5 , to an equivalent rational number of the form , where b is a power
b
of 10. Therefore, the decimal expansion of such a rational number terminates. We find that a
p

rational number of the form q , where q is a power of 10, will have terminating decimal expansion.
So, we find that the converse of theorem 12 is also true and can be formally stated as :
Theorem 1.3 : Let x =

p
be a rational number, such that the prime factorization of q is
q

of the form 2n5m, where n, m are non-negative integers. Then x has a decimal expansion
which terminates.

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D O T HIS
p
, where q is of the form 2n5m
q
where n, m are non-negative integers and then write the numbers in their decimal form

Write the following rational numbers in the form of

(i)

3
4

(ii)

7
25

1.2.3 N ON - TERMINATING ,

(iii)

51
64

(iv)

14
23

(v)

80
81

RECURRING DECIMALS IN RATIONAL NUMBERS

Let us now consider rational numbers whose decimal expansions are

non-terminating and recurring. Once again, let us look at an example to see
what is going on-

0.1428571
7 1.0000000
7

1
Let us look at the decimal conversion of .
7
1
= 0.1428571428571 ..... which is a non-terminating and recurring
7
decimal. Notice, the block of digits '142857' is repeating in the quotient.
n m

Notice that the denominator here, i.e., 7 is not of the form 2 5 .

30
28
20
14
60
56

D O T HIS

40

Write the following rational numbers as decimals and find out the
block of digits, repeating in the quotient.
(i)

1
3

(ii)

2
7

(iii)

5
11

(iv)

10
13

From the 'do this exercise' and from the example taken above, we
can formally state:

35
50
49
10
7
30

p
be a rational number, such that the prime factorization of q is
q
not of the form 2n5m, where n, m are non-negative integers. Then, x has a decimal
expansion which is non-terminating repeating (recurring).

Theorem-1.4 : Let x =

From the discussion above, we can conclude that the decimal form of every rational
number is either terminating or non-terminating repeating.

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Example-3. Using the above theorems, without actual division, state whether the following
rational numbers are terminating or non-terminating, repeating decimals.
(i)

Solution :

16
125

(ii)

25
32

100
81

(iii)

41
75

(iv)

(i)

16
16
16
=
= 3 is terminating decimal.
125 555 5

(ii)

25
25
25
=
= 5 is terminating decimal.
32 2 2 2 2 2 2

(iii)

100
100
10
=
= 4 is non-terminating, repeating decimal.
81 3333 3

(iv)

41
41
41
=
=
is non-terminating, repeating decimal.
75 355 352

Example-4. Write the decimal expansion of the following rational numbers without actual division.
(i)

Solution :

(i)

35
50

(ii)

21
25

(iii)

7
8

35
7 5
7
7
=
=
= 1 = 0.7
50 255 25 10

21
21
21 22
21 4
84
=
=
= 2 2 = 2 = 0.84
(ii)
2
25 55 55 2
5 2
10
7
7
7
7 53
7 25
875
=
=
=
=
=
= 0.875
3
3
3
(iii) 8 2 2 2 23
2 5   25 103

E XERCISE - 1.3
1. Write the following rational numbers in their decimal form and also state which are
terminating and which have non-terminating, repeating decimal.
(i)

3
8

(ii)

229
400

(iii)

1
5

(iv)

2
11

(v)

8
125

2. Without actually performing division, state whether the following rational numbers will
have a terminating decimal form or a non-terminating, repeating decimal form.

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(i)

13
(ii)
3125

11
12

(vi)

23
2 35 2

129
2 2 57 7 5

(vii)

(iii)

11

64
455

(iv)

15
(v)
1600

(viii)

9
15

(ix)

36
100

29
343

(x)

77
210

(v)

143
110

3. Write the following rationals in decimal form using Theorem 1.1.

13
25

(i)

(ii)

15
16

(iii)

23
(iv)
23.52

7218
32.52

4. The decimal form of some real numbers are given below. In each case, decide whether
the number is rational or not. If it is rational, and expressed in form

p
, what can you say
q

about the prime factors of q?

(i) 43.123456789

1.3 M ORE

(ii) 0.120120012000120000

(iii) 43.123456789

ABOUT IRRATIONAL NUMBERS

Recall, a real number ("Q1" or "S") is called irrational if it cannot be written in the form
p
, where p and q are integers and q 0. Some examples of irrational numbers, with which you
q

are already familiar, are :

2, 3, 15, p, -

2
, 0.10110111011110, etc.
3

In this section, we will prove some real numbers are irrationals with the help of the
fundamental theorem of arithmetic. We will prove that

2, 3, 5 and in general,

p is

irrational, where p is a prime.

Before we prove that 2 is irrational, we will look at a statement, the proof of which is
based on the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.

Statement-1 : Let p be a prime number. If p divides a2, (where a is a positive integer),

then p divides a.

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Proof : Let a be any positive integer. Then the prime factorization of a is as follows :
a = p1p2 pn, where p1, p2, ., pn are primes, not necessarily distinct.
Therefore a2 = (p1p2 pn) (p1p2 pn) = p21p22 p2n.
Now, here we have been given that p divides a2. Therefore, from the Fundamental
Theorem of Arithmetic, it follows that p is one of the prime factors of a2. Also, using the uniqueness
part of the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, we realise that the only prime factors of a2 are
p1 p2 pn. So p is one of p1, p2, pn.
Now, since p is one of p1p2 pn, it divides a.

D O T HIS
Verify the statement proved above for p= 2, p = 5 and for a2 = 1, 4, 9, 25, 36, 49, 64
and 81.
We are now ready to give a proof that 2 is irrational. We will use a technique called
proof by contradiction.
Example-5. Prove that 2 is irrational.
Proof : Since we are using proof by contradiction, let us assume the contrary, i.e., 2 is rational.
r
If it is rational, then there must exist two integers r and s (s 0) such that 2 = .
s

Suppose r and s have a common factor other than 1. Then, we divide by the common
factor to get

a
2 = b , where a and b are co-prime.

So, b 2 = a.
On squaring both sides and rearranging, we get 2b2 = a2. Therefore, 2 divides a2.
Now, by statement 1, it follows that if 2 divides a2 it also divides a.
So, we can write a = 2c for some integer c.
Substituting for a, we get 2b2 = 4c2, that is, b2 = 2c2.
This means that 2 divides b2, and so 2 divides b (again using statement 1 with p= 2).
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But this contradicts the fact that a and b are co-prime and have no common factors other
than 1.
This contradiction has arisen because of our assumption that

2 is rational. So, we

conclude that 2 is irrational.

In general, it can be shown that d is irrational whenever d is a positive integer which is
not the square of an integer. As such, it follows that

6, 8, 15

24 etc. are all irrational

numbers.
In earlier classes, we mentioned that :

the sum or difference of a rational and an irrational number is irrational and

the product or quotient of a non-zero rational and irrational number is irrational.
We prove some particular cases here.

Example-6. Show that 5 3 is irrational.

Solution : Let us assume, to the contrary, that 5 3 is rational.
That is, we can find coprimes a and b (b 0) such that 5
Therefore, 5

a
=
b

a
3 = b.

a 5b - a
Rearranging this equation, we get 3 = 5 - =
b
b

Since a and b are integers, we get 5 -

a
is rational so 3 is rational.
b

But this contradicts the fact that 3 is irrational.

This contradiction has arisen because of our incorrect assumption that 5 3 is rational.
So, we conclude that 5 3 is irrational.
Example-7. Show that 3 2 is irrational.
Solution : Let us assume, the contrary, that 3 2 is rational.
a
i.e., we can find co-primes a and b (b 0) such that 3 2 = .
b

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a
2 = 3b .

Rearranging, we get

Since 3, a and b are integers,

a
is rational, and so
3b

But this contradicts the fact that

2 is rational.

2 is irrational.

So, we conclude that 3 2 is irrational.

Example-8. Prove that 2 + 3 is irrational.
Solution : Let us suppose that
Let

Therefore,

2 +

2 +

3 is rational.

a
3 = b , where a, b are integers and b 0

a
2= b 3 .

Squarring on both sides, we get

2=

a2
a
+ 3- 2
2
b
b

Rearranging
a2
2a
3 = 2 + 3- 2
b
b
a2
= 2 +1
b
a 2 + b2
3=
2ab
a 2 + b2
Since a, b are integers,
is rational, and so, 3 is rational.
2ab

This contradicts the fact that

3 is irrational. Hence, 2 + 3 is irrational.

Note :
1.
The sum of the two irrational numbers need not be irrational.
For example, if a =

2 and b = - 2 , then both a and b are irrational, but a + b = 0

which is rational.

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The product of two irrational numbers need not be irrational.

For example, a = 2 and b = 8 , then both a and b are irrational, but
ab = 16 = 4 which is rational.

E XERCISE - 1.4
1.

Prove that the following are irrational.

(i)

2.

1
2

(ii)

Prove that

3 + 5

(iii) 6 + 2

(iv) 5

(v) 3 + 2 5

p + q is irrational, where p, q are primes.

T RY T HIS
Properties of real numbers
In this chapter, you have seen many examples to show whether a number is rational or
irrational. Now assuming that a, b and c represent real numbers, use your new knowledge to
find out whether all the properties listed below hold for real numbers. Do they hold for the
operations of subtraction and division? Take as many real numbers you want and investigate.
Property

Addition

Multiplication

1.

Closure

a+b=c

a.b=c

2.

Commutative

a+b=b+a

a . b = b.a

3.

Associative

a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c

a(bc) = (ab).c

4.

Identity

a+0=0+a=a

a.1 = 1.a = a

5.

Inverse

a + (-a) = 0

a.

6.

Distributive

1.5 U NDERSTANDING

1
= 1, (a 0)
a

a (b + c) = ab + ac

LOGARITHMS

In this section, we are going to learn about logarithms. Logarithms are used for all sorts
of calculations in engineering, science, business, economics and include calcuating compound
interest, exponential growth and decay, pH value in chemistry, measurement of the magnitude of
earthquakes etc.

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However, before we can deal with logarithms, we need to revise the laws of exponents
as logarithms and laws of exponents are closely related.
1.5.1 E XPONENTS

REVISTED

We know that when 81 is written as 34 it is said to be written in its exponential form. That
is, in 81 = 34, the number 4 is the exponent or index and 3 is the base. We say that 81 is the 4th power of the base 3 or 81 is the 4th power of 3. Similarly, 27 = 33.
Now, suppose we want to multiply 27 and 81; one way of doing this is by directly
multiplying. But multiplication could get long and tedious if the numbers were much larger than 81
and 27. Can we use powers to makes our work easier?
We know that 81 = 34. We also know that 27 = 33.
Using the Law of exponents a m a n = a m+ n , we can write
27 81 = 33 34 = 37
Now, if we had a table containing the values for the powers of 3, it would be straight
forward task to find the value of 37 and obtain the result of 81 27 = 2187.
Similaly, if we want to divide 81 by 27 we can use the law of exponents

a m a n = a mn where m > n. Then,

81 27 = 34 33 = 31 or simply 3

Notice that by using powers, we have changed a multiplication problem into one involving
addition and a division problem into one of subtration i.e., the addition of powers, 4 and 3 and
the subtraction of the powers 4 and 3.

DO

THIS

Try to write the numbers 10, 100, 1000, 10000 and 100000 in exponential forms.
Identify the base and index in each case.

T RY

THIS

(i) Find 16 x 64, without actual multiplication, using exponents.

(ii) Find 25 x 125, without actual multiplication, using exponents.
(iii) Express 128 and 32 as powers of 2 and find 128 32.

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EXPONENTS AS LOGARITHMS

We know that 10000 =104 . Here, 10 is the base and 4 is the exponent. Writing a
number in the form of a base raised to a power is known as exponentiation. We can also write
this in another way called logarithms as
log10 10000 = 4.
This is stated as "log of 10000 to the base 10 is equal to 4".
We observe that the base in the original expression becomes the base of the logarithmic
form. Thus,
10000=104 is the same as log1010000 = 4.
In general, if an = x; we write it as logax = n where a and x are positive numbers
and a 1.
Let us understand this better through examples.
Example-9. Write i) 64 = 82

ii) 64 = 43 in logarithmic form.

Solution : (i) The logarithmic form of 64 = 82 is log864 = 2.

(ii) The logarithmic form of 64 = 43 is log464 = 3.
In this example, we find that log base 8 of 64 is 2 and log base 4 of 64 is 3. So, the
logarithms of the same number to different bases are different.

DO

THIS

Write 16 = 24 in logarithmic form. Is it the same as log416?

Example-10. Write the exponential form of the following .
(i) log10100 = 2
(ii) log525 = 2
(iii) log22 = 1

(iv) log1010 = 1

Solution : (i) Exponential form of log10100=2 is 102 = 100.

(ii) Exponential form of log525=2 is 52 = 25.
(iii) Exponential form of log22=1 is 21 = 2.
(iv) Exponential form of log1010=1 is 101 = 10.
In cases (iii) and (iv), we notice that log1010 =1 and log22=1. In general, for any base a,
a = a so loga a = 1
1

T RY T HIS
Show that a0 = 1 so loga1=0.

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D O T HIS
1.

Write the following in logarithmic form.

(i) 112 = 121

2.

(ii) (0.1)2 = 0.01

(iii) ax = b

Write the following in exponential form.

(i) log5125 = 3

(ii) log464 = 3

(iii) logax = b

(iv) log22 = 1

Example-11. Determine the value of the following logarithms.

(i) log39

(ii) log82

(iii) log c c

Solution : (i) Let log39 = x, then the exponential form is 3x = 9 3x = 32 x=2

(ii) Let log82=y, then the exponential form is 8y=2 (23)y=2 3y=1 y =
1
z
z
(iii) Let log c c =z, then the exponential form is c = c c = c 2 z =

1
3

1
2

1.5.3 L AWS OF LOGARITHMS

Just like we have rules or laws of exponents, we have three laws of logarithms. We will
try to prove them in the coming sections
1.5.3a The first law of logarithms
Suppose x = an and y = am where a>0 and a 1. Then we know that we can write:
logax = n

and

logay = m .............. (1)

an am = an+m

Using the first law of exponents we know that

So,

xy = an am = an+m

i.e.

xy = an+m

Writing in the logarithmic form, we get

logaxy = n+m .............. (2)
But from (1),

n = logax and m=logay.

So, logaxy = logax + logay

So, if we want to multiply two numbers and find the logarithm of the product, we can do
this by adding the logarithms of the two numbers. This is the first law of logarithms.
logaxy = logax + logay

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x
= logax - logay
y

T RY T HIS
Prove the second law of logarithms by using the law of exponents

an
= a n -m
am

1.5.3c The third law of logarithms

Let x = an so logax = n. Suppose, we raise both sides of x = an to the power m, we getxm = (an)m
Using the laws of exponentsxm = anm
If we think of xm as a single quantity, the logarithmic form of it, is
logaxm = nm
logaxm = m logax

(an = x so logax = n)

This is the third law. It states that the logarithm of a power number can be obtained by
multiplying the logarithm of the number by that power.
logaxm = m logax
Example-12. Expand log15
Solution : As you know, logaxy = logax + logay.
So,

log15 = log (3 5)
= log3 + log5

Example-13. Expand log

343
125

Solution : As you know, loga

So, log

x
= logax - logay
y

343
= log343 log125
125

= log73 log53

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Since, logaxm = m logax

= 3log7 3log5
So log

343
= 3(log7 log5).
125

Example-14. Write 2log3 + 3log5 5log2 as a single logarithm.

Solution :

2log3 + 3log5 5log2

= log32 + log53 log25 (since in m logax=logaxm)
= log9 + log125 log32
= log (9 125) log32 (Since logax + logay = logaxy)
= log1125 log32
= log

x
1125
(Since logax logay = loga )
y
32

D O T HIS
1. Write the logarithms following in the form logax + logay
8 32

(i)

(ii)

49 343

(iii)

81 729

2. Write the logarithms following in the form logax - logay

(i)

8 64

(ii)

81 27

3. Write the logarithms following in logarithmic forms

43 = (22)3

(i)

362 = (62)2

(ii)

E XERCISE - 1.5
1. Write the following in logarithmic form.
(i)

35 = 243

(ii)

210 = 1024

(iv)

10-3 = 0.001

(v)

3-2 =

(vii)

1
5 =
5
-1

(viii)

1
9

49 = 7

(iii)

106 = 1000000

(vi)

60 = 1

(ix)

2
3

27 = 9

(x) 32

2
5

1
4

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2. Write the following in exponemtial form

(i)

log18324 = 2

(ii)

log1010000 = 4

(iv)

log 48 = x

(v)

1
log3 = y
27

(iii)

loga x = b

3. Determine the value of the following.

(i)

log255

(ii)

log813

(iii)

1
log2
16

(iv)

log71

(v)

logx x

(vi)

log2512

(vii)

log100.01

(viii)

8
log 2

3 27

4. Write each of the following expressions as log N. Determine the value of N. (You can
assume the base is 10, but the results are identical which ever base is used).
(i)

log 2 + log 5

(ii)

log 16 - log 2 (iii)

3 log 4

(iv)

2 log 3 - 3 log 2

(v)

log243 + log1 (vi)

log 10 + 2 log 3 - log 2

5. Expand the following.

(i)

log1000

(iv)

p 2q3
log
r

1.5.4 STANDARD

(ii)

128

log
625

(v)

x3
log 2
y

BASES OF A LOGARITHM

( NOT

(iii)

logx2y3z4

MEANT FOR EXAMINATION PURPOSE )

There are two bases which are used more commonly than any others and deserve
special mention. They are base 10 and base e
Usually the expression log x implies that the base is 10. In calculators, the button
marked log is pre-programmed to evaluate logarithms to base 10.
For example,
log 2 = 0.301029995664
log 3 = 0.4771212547197

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The second common base is e. The symbol e is called the exponential constant. This
is an irrational number with an infinite, non-terminating non-recurring decimal expansion. It is
usually approximated as 2.718. Base e is used frequently in scientific and mathematical
applications. Logarithms to base e or loge, are often written simply as ln. So, ln x implies
the base is e. Such logarithms are also called natural logarithms. In calculators, the button
marked ln gives natural logs.
For example
ln 2 = 0.6931471805599
Are ln(2) and ln(3) irrational?
ln 3 = 1.0986122886681
1.5.5 A PPLICATION

OF LOGARITHMS

(N OT

MEANT FOR EXAMINATION PURPOSE )

Let us understand applications of logarithms with some examples.

Example-15. The magnitude of an earthquake was defined in 1935 by Charles Richer with the
I
; where I is the intensity of the earthquake tremor and S is the intensity of
S
a threshold earthquake.

expression M=log

(a)

If the intensity of an earthquake is 10 times the intensity of a threshold earthquake, then

what is its magnitude?

(b)

If the magnitude of an earthquake registers 10 on the Richter scale, how many times is
the intensity of this earthquake to that of a threshold earthquake?

Solution :
(a)
Let the intensity of the earthquake be I, then we are given
I = 10 S
The magnitude of an earthquake is given byM = log

10S
S

The magnitude of the Delhi earthquake will be-

M = log

I
S

= log 10
=1

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Let x be the number of times the intensity of the earthquake to that of a threshold
earthquake. So the intensity of earthquake isI = xS
We know thatM = log

I
S

So, the magnitude of the earthquake isM = log

or

xs
s

M = log x

We know that M = 10
So log x = 10 and therefore x = 1010

T RY T HIS
The formula for calculating pH is pH = -log10 [H+] where pH is the acidity or basicity
of the solution and [H+] is the hydrogen ion concentration.
(i)

If Shankar's Grandmas Lux Soap has a hydrogen ion concentration of

9.2 10(-12). What is its pH?

(ii)

If the pH of a tomato is 4.2, what is its hydrogen ion concentration?

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination]
1.

Can the number 6n, n being a natural number, end with the digit 5? Give reason.

2.

Is 7 5 3 2 + 3 a composite number? Justify your answer.

3.

Check whether 12n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n?

4.

Show that one and only one out of n, n + 2 or n + 4 is divisible by 3, where n is any
positive integer.

5.

Prove that

2



2

3+ 5

is an irrational number. Also check whether

3 + 5 2 3 - 5 is rational or irrational.

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6.

Without actual division, find after how many places of decimals in the decimal expansion
of the following rational numbers terminates. Verify by actual division. What do you
infer?
(i)

7.
8.

5
16

(ii)

13
22

(iii)

17
125

(iv)

13
80

(v)

15
32

(vi)

33
2 5
2

If x2 + y2 = 6xy, prove that 2 log (x + y) = logx + logy + 3 log 2

Find the number of digits in 42013, if log10 2 = 0.3010.

Note : Ask your teacher about integral part and decimal part of a logarithm of number.

W HAT

WE HAVE DISCUSSED

1.

The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic states that every composite number can be
expressed (factorized) as a product of its primes, and this factorization is unique, apart
from the order in which the prime factors occur.

2.

If p is a prime and p divides a2, where a is a positive integer, then p divides a.

3.

Let x be a rational number whose decimal expansion terminates. Then we can express x
p
in the form , where p and q are coprime, and the prime factorization of q is of the form
q
n m
2 5 , where n, m are non-negative integers.

4.

Let x =

5.

Let x =

6.

We define loga x = n, if an = x, where a and x are positive numbers and a 1.

7.

Laws of logarithms :

8.

p
be a rational number, such that the prime factorization of q is of the form
q
2n5m, where n, m are non-negative integers. Then x has a decimal expansion which
terminates.
p
be a rational number, such that the prime factorization of q is of the form
q
2n5m, where n, m are non-negative integers. Then x has a decimal expansion which is
non-terminating, repeating (recurring).

(i)

loga xy = loga x + loga y

(iii)

loga xm = m loga x

(ii)

loga

x
= loga x - loga y
y

Logarithms are used for all sorts of calculations in engineering, science, business and
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2.1 I NTRODUCTION
Observe the examples given below:
1.

Euclid, Pythagoras, Gauss, Leibnitz, Aryabhata, Bhaskar.

2.

a,e,i,o,u

3.

Happy, sad, angry, anxious, joyful, confused.

4.

Cricket, football, kho-kho, kabaddi, basketball.

5.

1, 3, 5, 7, 9.....

What do you observe? Example 1 is a collection of names of some mathematicians, For

example 2 is the collection of vowel letters in the English alphabet and example 3 is a collection
of feelings. We see that the names/ items/ objects in each example have something in common.,
i.e. they form a collection. Can you tell what are the collections in examples 4 and 5?
We come across collections in mathematics too. For example, natural numbers, prime
numbers, quadrilaterals in a plane etc. All examples seen so far are well defined collection of
objects or ideas. A well defined collection of objects or ideas is known as a set. Set theory is a
comparitively new concept in mathematics. It was developed by Georg Cantor (1845-1918).
In this chapter, we will learn about sets and their properties, and what we mean when we say
well-defined, elements of a set, types of sets etc.

2.2 W ELL D EFINED S ETS

What do we mean when we say that a set is a well defined collection of objects. Well
defined means that:
1.
2.

All the objects in the set should have a common feature or property; and
It should be possible to decide whether any given object belongs to the set or not.

Let us understand 'well defined' through some examples. Consider the statement : The
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What difficulty is caused by this statement? Here, who is tall is not clear. Richa decides that
all students taller than her are tall. Her set has five students. Yashodhara also decides that tall
means all students taller than her. Her set has ten students. Ganapati decides that tall means every
student whose height is more than 5 feet. His set has 3 students. We find that different people get
different collections. So, this collection is not well defined.
Now consider the following statement : The collection of all students in your class who are
taller than 5 feet 6 inches.
In this case, Richa, Yashodhara and Ganapati, all will get the same collection. So, this
collection forms a well defined set.

D O T HIS
1. Write 3 examples of 'sets' from your daily life.
2.

Some collections are given below. Tick the ones that form well defined sets.
(i)

Collection of all good students in your class.

(ii)

Red, blue, green, yellow, block.

(iii)

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,....

(iv)

1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ....

(ii)

Stars in the sky

T RY T HIS
State which of the following collections are sets.
(i)

All even numbers

(iii)

The collection of odd positive integers. 1, 3, 5, ..

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OF A

S ET

We usually denote a set by upper case letters, A, B, C, X, Y, Z etc. A few examples of sets
in mathematics are given below.
- The set of all Natural numbers is denoted by N.
- The set of all Integers is denoted by Z.
- The set of all Rational numbers is denoted by Q.
- The set of all Real numbers is denoted by R.
Notice that all the sets given above are well defined collections because given a number we
can decide whether it belongs to the set or not. Let us see some more examples of elements.

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Suppose we define a set as all days in a week, whose name begins with T. Then we know
that Tuesday and Thursday are part of the set but Monday is not. We say that Tuesday and
Thursday are elements of the set of all days in a week starting with T.

Consider some more examples:

(i)

We know that N usually stands for the set of all natural numbers. Then 1,2, 3... are
elements of the set. But 0 is not an element of N.

(ii)

Let us consider the set B, of quadrilaterals

B = {square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram}

Can we put triangle, trapezium or cone in the above set, B? No, a triangle and cone are
can not be members of B. But a trapezium can be a member of the set B.
So, we can say that an object belonging to a set is known as a member/ element of the set.
We use the symbol to denote 'belongs to'. So 1 N means that 1 belongs to N. Similarly
0 N means that 0 does not belong to N.
There are various ways in which we can write sets. For example, we have the set of all
vowel letters in the English alphabet. Then, we can write:
(i)

V = {a, e, i, o, u}. Here, we list down all the elements of the set between chain/ curly
brackets. This is called the roster form of writing sets. In roster form, all elements of the
set are written, separated by commas, within curly brackets.

(ii)

V = {x : x is a vowel letter in the English alphabet}

or V = {x / x is a vowel letter in the English alphabet}

Let

This way of writing a set is known as the set builder form. Here , we use a symbol x ( or
any other symbol y, z etc.,) for the element of the set. This is is followed by a colon (or
a vertical line), after which we write the characteristic property possessed by the elements
of the set. The whole is enclosed within curly brackets.
C = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11}, a set of prime numbers less than 13. This set can be denoted as:
C = {x / x is a prime number less than 13}or
C = {x: x is a prime number less than 13}.

Example-1. Write the following in roster and set builder forms.

(i)

The set of all natural numbers which divide 42.

(ii)

The set of natural numbers which are less than 10.

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Solution :
(i)

(ii)

Let B be the set of all natural numbers which divide 42. Then, we can write:
B = {1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42}

Roster form

B = {x : x is a natural number which divides 42}

Set builder form

Let A be the set of all natural numbers which are less than 10. Then, we can write:
A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} (Roster form)
B = {x : x is a natural number which is less than 10}

(Set builder form)

Note : (i)

In roster form, the order in which the elements are listed is immaterial. Thus, in
example 1, we can also write {1, 3, 7, 21, 2, 6, 4, 42}.

(ii)

While writing the elements of a set in roster form, an element is not repeated. For
example, the set of letters forming the word SCHOOL is {S, C, H, O, L} and
not {S, C, H, O, O, L}

Example-2. Write the set B = {x : x is a natural number and x2 < 40} in the roster form.
Solution : We look at natural numbers and their squares starting from 1. When we reach 7, the
sqaure is 49 which is greater than 40. The required numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
So, the given set in the roster form is

B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}.

D O T HIS
1.

List the elements of the following sets.

(i)
G = all the factors of 20
(ii)
F = the multiples of 4 between 17 and 61 which are divisible by 7
(iii)
S = {x : x is a letter in the word 'MADAM'}
(iv)
P = {x : x is a whole number between 3.5 and 6.7}

2.

Write the following sets in the roster form.

(i)
B is the set of all months in a year having 30 days.
(ii)
P is the set of all prime numbers less than 10.
(iii)
X is the set of the colours of the rainbow

3.

A is the set of factors of 12. Which one of the following is not a member of A.
(A) 1

(B) 4

(C) 5

(D) 12

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T RY T HIS
1.

Formulate sets of your choice, involving algebraic and geometrical ideas.

2.

Match roster forms with the set builder form.

(i)

{P, R, I, N, C, A, L}

(a)

{x : x is a positive integer and is a divisor of 18}

(ii)

{0}

(b)

{x : x is an integer and x2 9 = 0}

(iii)

{1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18}

(c)

{x : x is an integer and x + 1 = 1}

(iv)

{3, -3}

(d)

{x : x is a letter of the word PRINCIPAL}

E XERCISE - 2.1
1.

2.

3.

4.

Which of the following are sets? Justify your answer?

(i)

The collection of all the months of a year begining with the letter J.

(ii)

The collection of ten most talented writers of India.

(iii)

A team of eleven best cricket batsmen of the world.

(iv)

The collection of all boys in your class.

(v)

The collection of all even integers.

If A={0, 2, 4, 6}, B = {3, 5, 7} and C = {p, q, r}then fill the appropriate symbol, or
in the blanks.
(i)

0 .. A

(ii) 3 .. C

(iii) 4 .. B

(iv)

8 .. A

(v) p .. C

(vi) 7 .. B

Express the following statements using symbols.

(i)

The elements x does not belong to A.

(ii)

d is an element of the set B.

(iii)

1 belongs to the set of Natural numbers N.

(iv)

8 does not belong to the set of prime numbers P.

State whether the following statements are true or false.

(i)

5 {Prime numbers}

(ii)

S = {5, 6, 7} implies 8 S.

(iii)

-5 W whereW is the set of whole numbers

(iv)

8
Z where Z is the set of integers.
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5.

6.

7.

8.

Write the following sets in roster form.

(i)

B = {x : x is a natural number less than 6}

(ii)

C = {x : x is a two-digit natural number such that the sum of its digits is 8}.

(iii)

D = {x : x is a prime number which is a divisor of 60}.

(iv)

E = {the set of all letters in the word BETTER}.

Write the following sets in the set-builder form.

(i)

{3, 6, 9, 12}

(ii)

{2, 4, 8, 16, 32}

(iii)

{5, 25, 125, 625}

(iv)

{1, 4, 9, 25, .. 100}

List all the elements of the following sets in roster form.

(i)

A = {x : x is a natural number greater than 50 but less than 100}

(ii)

B = {x : x is an integer, x2 = 4}

(iii)

D = {x : x is a letter in the word LOYAL}

Match the roster form with set-builder form.

(i)

{1, 2, 3, 6}

(a)

{x : x is prime number and a divisor of 6}

(ii)

{2, 3}

(b)

{x : x is an odd natural number less than 10}

(iii)

{M, A, T, H, E, I, C, S} (c)

{x : x is a natural number and divisor of 6}

(iv)

{1, 3, 5, 7, 9}

{x : x is a letter of the word MATHEMATICS}

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OF

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S ET

Let us consider the following examples of sets:

(i)

A = {x : x is natural number smaller than 1}

(ii)

D = {x : x is a odd prime number divisible by 2}

How many elements are there in A and D? We find that there is no natural number which
is smaller than 1. So set A contains no elements or we say that A is an empty set.
Similarly, there are no prime numbers that are divisible by 2. So, D is also an empty set.
A set which does not contain any element is called an empty set, or a Null set, or a void
set. Empty set is denoted by the symbol or { }.

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Here are some more examples of empty sets.

(i)

A = {x : 1 < x < 2, x is a natural number}

(ii)

B = {x : x2 2 = 0 and x is a rational number}

(iii)

D = {x : x2 = 4, x is odd}

Note : and {0} are two different sets. {0} is a set containing the single element 0 while {} is
null set.
Finite & Infinite sets
Now consider the following sets:
(i)

A = {the students of your school}

(ii)

L = {p,q,r,s}

(iii)

B = {x : x is an even number}

(iv)

J = {x : x is a multiple of 7}

Can you list the number of elements in each of the sets given above? In (i), the number of
elements will be the number of students in your school. In (ii), the number of elements in set L is
4. We find that it is possible to count the number of elements of sets A and L or that they contain
a finite number of elements. Such sets are called finite sets.
Now, consider the set B of all even numbers. We cannot count all of them i.e., we see that
the number of elements of this set is not finite. Similarly, all the elements of J cannot be listed. We
find that the number of elements in B and J is infinite. Such sets are called infinite sets.
We can draw many number of straight lines passing though a given point. So this set is
infinite. Similarly, it is not possible to find out the last even number or odd number among the
collection of all integers. Thus, we can say a set is infinite if it is not finite.
Consider some more examples :
(i)

Let W be the set of the days of the week. Then W is finite.

(ii)

Let S be the set of solutions of the equation x2 16 = 0. Then S is finite.

(iii)

Let G be the set of points on a line. Then G is infinite.

Example-3. State which of the following sets are finite or infinite.

(i)

{x : x N and (x 1) (x 2) = 0}

(ii)

{x : x N and x2 = 4}

(iii)

{x : x N and 2x 2 = 0}

(iv)

{x : x N and x is prime}

(v)

{x : x N and x is odd}

Solution :
(i)

x can take the values 1 or 2 in the given case. The set is {1,2}. Hence, it is finite.

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(ii)

x2 = 4, implies that x = +2 or 2. But x N or x is a natural number so the set

is{2}. Hence, it is finite.

(iii)

In a given set x = 1 and 1 N. Hence, it is finite.

(iv)

The given set is the set of all prime numbers. There are infinitely many prime numbers.
Hence, set is infinite.

(v)

Since there are infinite number of odd numbers, hence the set is infinite.

Now, consider the following finite sets :

A = {1, 2, 4}; B = {6, 7, 8, 9, 10}; C = {x : x is a alphabet in the word "INDIA"}
Here,
Number of elements in set A = 3.
Number of elements in set B = 5.
Number of elements in set C = 4 (In the set C, the element I repeats twice. We know
that the elements of a given set should be distinct. So, the number of distinct elements in set C
is 4).
The number of elements in a set is called the cardinal number of the set. The cardinal
number of the set A is denoted as n(A) = 3.
Similarly, n(B) = 5 and n(C) = 4.
Note : There are no elements in a null set. The cardinal number of that set is 0. n() = 0
Example-4. If A = {1, 2, 3}; B = {a, b, c} then find n(A) and n(B).
Solution : The set A contains three distinct elements n(A) = 3
and the set B contains three distinct elements n(B) = 3

D O T HESE
1.

Which of the following are empty sets? Justify your answer.

(i)

Set of integers which lie between 2 and 3.

(ii)

Set of natural numbers that are less than 1.

(iii)

Set of odd numbers that have remainder zero, when divided by 2.

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State which of the following sets are finite and which are infinite. Give reasons for your
answer.
(i)

A = {x : x N and x < 100}

(ii)

B = {x : x N and x < 5}

(iii)

C = {12, 22, 32, ..}

(iv)

D = {1, 2, 3, 4}

(v)

{x : x is a day of the week}.

Tick the set which is infinite

(A) The set of whole numbers < 10

(B) The set of prime number < 10

(C) The set of integers < 10

(D) The set of factors of 10

T RY T HIS
1.

2.

Which of the following sets are empty sets? Justify your answer.
(i)

A = {x : x2 = 4 and 3x = 9}.

(ii)

The set of all triangles in a plane having the sum of their three angles less
than 180.

B = {x : x + 5 = 5} is not an empty set. Why?

T HINK - D ISCUSS
An empty set is a finite set. Is this statement true or false? Why?

E XERCISE - 2.2
1.

2.

State which of the following sets are empty and which are not?
(i)

The set of straight lines passing through a point.

(ii)

Set of odd natural numbers divisible by 2.

(iii)

{x : x is a natural number, x < 5 and x > 7}

(iv)

{x : x is a common point to any two parallel lines}

(v)

Set of even prime numbers.

Which of the following sets are finite or infinite.

(i)

The set of months in a year.

(iii)

The set of prime numbers less than 99.

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3.

State whether each of the following set is finite or infinite.

(i)

The set of letters in the English alphabet.

(ii)

The set of lines which are parallel to the X-Axis.

(iii)

The set of numbers which are multiplies of 5.

(iv)

The set of circles passing through the origin (0, 0).

2.5 U SING D IAGRAMS

TO

R EPRESENT S ETS

If S is a set and x is an object then either x S or x S. Every set can be represented

by a drawing a closed curve C where elements of C are
1
represented by points within C and elements not in the C
2
3
set by points outside C. For example, the set
5
4
C = {1, 2, 3, 4} can be represented as shown below:

2.6 U NIVERSAL S ET

AND

S UBSETS

Let us consider that a cricket team is to be selected from your school. What is the set
from which the team can be selected? It is the set of all students in your school. Now, we want to
select the hockey team. Again, the set from which the team will be selected is the set of all
students in your school. So, for selection of any school team, the students of your school are
considered as the universal set.
Let us see some more examples of universal sets:
(i)

If we want to study the various groups of people of our state, universal set is the set of
all people in Andhra Pradesh.

(ii)

If we want to study the various groups of people in our country, universal set is the set of
all people in India.
The universal set is denoted by ''. The Universal

set is usually represented by rectangles.

If the set of real numbers R; is the universal set then
what about rational and irrational numbers?

HOCKEY
TEAM

CRICKET
TEAM

Let us consider the set of rational numbers,

Q = {x : x =

p
, p, q z and q 0}
q

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p
, where p and q are integers
q

and q is not zero. Then we know that every element of Q is also an element of R. So, we can say
that Q is a subset of R. If Q is a subset of R, then we write is as Q R.
which means implies.
Note : It is often convenient to use the symbol
Using this symbol, we can write the definition of subset as follows:
A B if a A a B, where A, B are two sets.
We read the above statement as A is a subset of B if 'a' is an element of A implies that
'a' is also an element of B.
Real numbers R; has many subsets. For example,
R

The set of natural numbers N = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, }

The set of whole number W = {0, 1, 2, 3, ......}

The set of integers Z = {., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ..}

The set of irrational numbers Q , is composed of all real numbers that are not rational.
Thus, Q = {x : x R and x Q} i.e., all real numbers that are not rational. e.g.

2,

5 and .

Similarly,
the set of natural numbers, N is a subset of the set of whole numbers W and
we can write N W. Also W is a subet of R.
R
That is
N W and W R
W
W
N
NWR
N

Some of the obvious relations among these subsets are N Z Q, Q R, Q R, and

N Q .

Example-5. Consider a set of vowels letters , V = {a, e, i, o, u}. Also consider the set A, of
all letters in the English alphabet. A = {a, b, c, d, .., z}. Identify the universal set and the
subset in the given example.
Solution : We can see that every element of set V is also an element A. But every element of A
is not a part of V. In this case, V is the subset of A.
In other words V A since whenever a V, then a A.

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Note : Since the empty set has no elements, we consider that is a subset of every set.
If A is not a subset of B (A B), that means there is at least one element in A that is not a
member of B.

Let us consider some more examples of subsets.

The set C = {1, 3, 5} is a subset of D = {5, 4, 3, 2, 1}, since each number 1, 3, and 5
belonging to C also belongs to D.
Let A = {a, e, i, o, u} and B = {a, b, c, d} then A is not a subset of B. Also B is not a
subset of A.

2.6.1 E QUAL S ETS

Consider the following sets.
A = {Sachin, Dravid, Kohli}
B = {Dravid, Sachin, Dhoni}
C = {Kohli, Dravid, Sachin}
What do you observe in the above three sets A, B and C? All the players that are in A are
in C but not in B. Thus, A and C have same elements but some elements of A and B are different.
So, the sets A and C are equal sets but sets A and B are not equal.
Two sets A and C are said to be equal if every element in A belongs to C and every
element in C belongs to A. If A and C are equal sets, than we write A = C.
Example-6. Consider the following sets:
A = {p, q, r}

B = {q, p, r}

In the above sets, every element of A is also an element of B. A B.

Similarly every element of B is also in A.

B A.

Thus, we can also write that if B A and A B A = B. Here is the symbol for
two way implication and is usually read as, if and only if (briefly written as iff).
Examples-7. If A = {1, 2, 3, .} and N is a set of natural numbers, check whether A and N
are equal?
Solution : The elements are same in both the sets. Therefore, both A and N are the set of
Natural numbers. Therefore the sets A and N are equal sets or A = N.

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Example-8. Consider the sets A = {p, q, r, s} and B = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Are they equal?
Solution : A and B do not contain the same elements. So, A B.
Example-9. Let A be the set of prime numbers less than 6 and P the set of prime factors of 30.
Check if A and P are equal.
Solution : The set of prime numbers less than 6, A = { 2,3,5}
The prime factors of 30 are 2, 3 and 5. So, P = { 2,3,5}
Since the elements of A are the same as the elements of P, therefore, A and P are equal.
Example-10. Show that the sets A and B are equal, where
A = {x : x is a letter in the word ASSASSINATION}
B = {x : x is a letter in the word STATION}
Solution : Given,

A = {x : x is a letter in the word ASSASSINATION}

This set A can also be written as A = {A,S,I,N,T,O}since generally elements in a set are
not repeated.
Also given that B = {x : x is a letter in the word STATION}
B can also be written as B = {A,S,I,N,T,O}
So, the elements of A nd B are same and A = B

E XERCISE - 2.3
1.

2.

Which of the following sets are equal?

(i)

A = {x : x is a letter in the word FOLLOW}

(ii)

B = {x : x is a letter in the word FLOW}

(iii)

C = {x : x is a letter in the word WOLF}

Consider the following sets and fill up the blank in the statement given below with = or
so as to make the statement true.
A = {1, 2, 3};

B = {The first three natural numbers}

C = {a, b, c, d};

D = {d, c, a, b}

E = {a, e, i, o, u};

F = {set of vowels in English Alphabet}

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3.

(i)

A .... B

(ii)

A .... E

(iii)

C .... D

(iv)

D .... F

(v)

F .... A

(vi)

D .... E

(vii)

F .... B

In each of the following, state whether A = B or not.

(i)

A = {a, b, c, d}

B = {d, c, a, b}

(ii)

A = {4, 8, 12, 16}

B = {8, 4, 16, 18}

(iii)

A = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10}

B = {x : x is a positive even integer and x < 10}

(iv)

A = {x : x is a multiple of 10} B = {10, 15, 20, 25, 30, }

Consider the set E = {2, 4, 6} and F = {6, 2, 4}. Note that E = F. Now, since each
element of E also belongs to F, therefore E is a subset of F. But each element of F is also an
element of E. So F is a subset of E. In this manner it can be shown that every set is a subset of
itself.
If A and B contain the same elements, they are equal i.e. A = B. By this
observation we can say that Every set is subset of itself.
Example-11. Consider the sets , A = {1, 3}, B = {1, 5, 9}, C = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}. Insert the
symbol or between each of the following pair of sets.
(i) .. B
(ii) A .. B
(iii) A .. C (iv) B .. C
Solution :

(i)

B, as is a subset of every set.

(ii)

A B, for 3 A but 3 B.

(iii)

A C as 1, 3 A also belong to C.

(iv)

B C as each element of B is also an element of C.

D O T HIS
1.

A = {1, 2, 3, 4},

B = {2, 4},

C = {1, 2, 3, 4, 7},

F = { }.

Fill in the blanks with or .

2.

(i)

A .. B

(ii)

C .. A

(iii)

B .. A

(iv)

A .. C

(v)

B .. C

(vi)

.. B

State which of the following statement are true.

(i) { } =

(ii)

=0

(iii)

0={0}

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T RY T HIS
1.

A = {quadrilaterals}, B = {square, rectangle, trapezium, rhombus}. State whether

A B or B A. Justify your answer.

2.

If A = {a, b, c, d}. How many subsets does the set A have?

(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 16
(D) 65

3.

P is the set of factors of 5, Q is the set of factors of 25 and R is the set of factors of 125.
Which one of the following is false?
(A) P Q
(B) Q R
(C) R P
(D) P R

4.

A is the set of prime numbers less than 10, B is the set of odd numbers < 10 and C is
the set of even numbers < 10. How many of the following statements are true?
(i) A B
(ii) B A
(iii) A C
(iv) C A

(v) B C

(vi) X A

Consider the following sets:

A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {1, 2, 3, 4}, C = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
All the elements of A are in B

A B.

All the elements of B are in C

B C.

All the elements of A are in C

A C.

That is, A B, B C A C.

E XERCISE - 2.4
1.

State which of the following statements are true given that. A = {1, 2, 3, 4}
(i) 2 A
(ii) 2 {1, 2, 3, 4}
(iii) A {1, 2, 3, 4}

2.

(iv) {2, 3, 4} {1, 2, 3, 4}

State the reasons for the following :

(i)
{1, 2, 3, ., 10}

(ii)

{2, 4, 6, 8, 10}

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(iii)

{5, 15, 30, 45}

{x : x is a multiple of 15}

(iv)

{2, 3, 5, 7, 9}

{x : x is a prime number}

List all the subsets of the following sets.

(i) B = {p, q}
(ii) C = {x, y, z}

(iii) D = {a, b, c, d}

(iv) E = {1, 4, 9, 16} (v) F = {10, 100, 1000}

2.7 V ENN D IAGRAMS

We have already seen some ways of representing sets using diagrams. Let us study it in
more detail now. Venn-Euler diagram or simply Venn-diagram is a way of representing the
relationships between sets. These diagrams consist of rectangles and closed curves usually
circles.
As mentioned earlier in the chapter, the universal set is usually represented by a rectangle.
(i)

Consider that = {1, 2, 3, ., 10} is the

universal
set
of
which,
A = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10} is a subset. Then the
venn-diagrams is as:

2
4
8
6
10

5
9

(ii)

= {1, 2, 3, ., 10} is the universal

set of which, A = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10} and
B = {4, 6} are subsets and also
B A. Then we have the following
figure:

B
2

Let A = {a, b, c, d} and B = {c, d, e, f}.

Then we illustrate these sets with a Venn diagram as

2.8 B ASIC O PERATIONS

ON

3
5

10

(iii)

c
d

e
f

S ETS

We know that arithmetic has operations of additions, subtraction and multiplication of

numbers. Similarly in sets, we define the operation of union, intersection and difference of sets.

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S ETS

Example-12. Suppose A is the set of students in your class who were absent on Tuesday and
B the set of students who were absent on Wednesday. Then,
A = {Roja, Ramu, Ravi} and
B = {Ramu, Preethi, Haneef}
Now, we want to find K, the set of students who were absent on either Tuesday or
Wednesday. Then, does Roja ? Ramu ? Ravi ? Haneef ? Preeti ?
Akhila ?
Roja, Ramu, Ravi, Haneef and Preeti all belong to K but Ganpati does not.
Hence, K = {Roja, Ramu, Raheem, Prudhvi, Preethi}
Here K is the called the union of sets A and B. The union of A and B is the set which
consists of all the elements of A and B and the common elements being taken only once. The
symbol is used to denote the union. Symbolically, we write A B and usually read as A
union B.
A B = {x : x A or x B}
Example-13. Let A = {2, 5, 6, 8} and B = {5, 7, 9, 1}. Find A B.
Solution : We have A B = {1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}.
Note that the common element 5 was taken only once while writing A B.
Example-14. Let A = {a, e, i, o, u} and B = {a, i, u}. Show that A B = A.
Solution : We have A B = {a, e, i, o, u} = A.
This example illustrates that union of sets A and its subset B is the Set A itself.
i.e, if B A, then A B = A.
The union of the sets can be represented by a Venn-diagram as shown (shaded portion)
A

Example-15. Illustrate A B in Venn-diagrams where.

A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and B = {2, 4, 6, 8}

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Solution :
A

2
4

2 . 8 . 2 I NTERSECTION

OF

A B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8}

S ETS

Let us again consider the example of absent students. This time we want to find the set L of
students who were absent on both Tuesday and Wednesday. We find that L = {Ramu}. Here, L
is called the intersection of sets A and B.
In general, the intersection of sets A and B is the set of all elements which are common to
A and B. i.e., those elements which belong to A and also belong to B. We denote intersection by
A B. (read as A intersection B). Symbolically, we write
A B = {x : x A and x B}

The intersection of A and B can be illustrated in the

Venn-diagram as shown in the shaded portion in the
adjacent figure.
AB
Example-16. Find A B when A = {5, 6, 7, 8} and B = {7, 8, 9, 10}.
Solution : The common elements in both A and B are 7, 8.
A B = {7, 8}.
Example-17. Illustrate A B in Venn-diagrams where A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {3, 4, 5}
Solution : The intersection of A and B can be illustrated in the Venn-diagram as follows:
A

1
2

4
3

A B = {3}

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2 . 8 . 3 D ISJOINT S ET

Suppose A {1, 3, 5, 7} and B = {2, 4, 6, 8}. We

see that there are no common elements in A and B. Such
sets are known as disjoint sets. The disjoint sets can be
represented by means of the Venn-diagram as follows:

1 3
5 7
A

8
B

AB=

D O T HIS
1.

Let A = {1, 3, 7, 8} and B = {2, 4, 7, 9}. Find A B.

2.

If A = {6, 9, 11}; B = { }, find A .

3.

A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}; B = {2, 3, 5, 7}. Find A B and show that

A B = B.

4.

If A = {4, 5, 6}; B = {7, 8} then show that A B = B A.

T RY T HIS
1.

List out some sets A and B and choose their elements such that A and B are disjoint

2.

If A = {2, 3, 5}, find A and A and compare.

3.

If A = {1, 2, 3, 4}; B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} then find A B, A B. What do you

notice about the result?

4.

A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}; B = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10}. Find the intersection of A and B.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
The intersection of any two disjoint sets is a null set. Justify your answer.
2 . 8 . 4 D IFFERENCE

OF

S ETS

The difference of sets A and B is the set of elements which belong to A but do not belong
to B. We denote the difference of A and B by A B or simply A Minus B.
A B = {x : x A and x B}.

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Example-18. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}; B = {4, 5, 6, 7}. Find A B.

Solution : Given A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {4, 5, 6, 7}. Only the elements which are in A but
not in B should be taken.
A B = {1, 2, 3}. Since 4, 5 are the elements in B they are not taken.
Similarly for B A, the elements which are only in B are taken.
B A = {6, 7} (4, 5 are the elements in A).
Note that A B B A
The Venn diagram of A-B is as shown.

A
1

4
5

B
6

4
5

A B = {1, 2, 3}

B A = {6, 7}

Example-19. Observe the following

A = {3, 4, 5, 6, 7} n(A) = 5

B = {1, 6, 7, 8, 9} n(B) = 5
A B = {1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}n(A B) = 8

3
4
5

A B = {6, 7} n(A B) = 2

B
6
7

1
8
9

n(A B) = 5 + 5 2 = 8
We observe that n(A B) = n(A) + n(B) n(A B)

D O T HIS
1.

If A = {1, 2, 3, 4 ,5}; B = {4, 5, 6, 7}then find A B and B A. Are they equal?

2.

If V = {a, e, i, o, u} and B = {a, i,k, u}, find V B and B V.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
The sets A B, B A and A B are mutually disjoint sets. Use examples to observe
if this is true.

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E XERCISE - 2.5
1.

If A = {1, 2, 3, 4}; B = {1, 2, 3, 5, 6} then find A B and B A. Are they equal?

2.

A = {0, 2, 4}, find A and A A. Comment.

3.

If A = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10} and B = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15}, find A B and B A.

4.

If A and B are two sets such that A B then what is A B?

5.

If A = {x : x is a natural number}
B = {x : x is an even natural number}
C = {x : x is an odd natural number}
D = {x : x is a prime number}
Find A B, A C, A D, B C, B D, C D.

6.

If A = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21};

B = {4, 8, 12, 16, 20}

C = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16}; D = {5, 10, 15, 20} find

7.

(i) A B

(ii) A C

(iii) A D

(iv) B A

(v) C A

(vi) D A

(vii) B C

(viii) B D

(ix) C B

(x) D B

State whether each of the following statement is true or false. Justify you answers.
(i)

{2, 3, 4, 5} and {3, 6} are disjoint sets.

(ii)

{a, e, i, o, u} and {a, b, c, d} are disjoint sets.

(iii)

{2, 6, 10, 14} and {3, 7, 11, 15} are disjoint sets.

(iv)

{2, 6, 10} and {3, 7, 11} are disjoint sets.

W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

1.

2.

A set is a well defined collection of objects where well defined means that:
(i)

All the objects in the set have a common feature or property; and

(ii)

It is possible to decide whether any given object belongs to the set or not.

An object belonging to a set is known as an element of the set. We use the symbol '' to
denote 'belongs to'.

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3.

Sets can be written in the roster form where all elements of the set are written, separated
by commas, within { } curly brackets.

4.

Sets can also be written in the set-builder form.

5.

A set which does not contain any element is called an empty set, or a Null set, or a void
set.

6.

A set is called a finite set if it is possible to count the number of elements of that set.

7.

We can say that a set is infinite if it is not finite.

8.

The number of elements in a set is called the cardinal number of the set.

9.

The universal set is denoted by ''. The Universal set is usually represented by rectangles.

10.

A is a subset of B if 'a' is an element of A implies that 'a' is also an element of B. This is

written as A B if a A a B, where A, B are two sets.

11.

Two sets, A and B are said to be equal if every element in A belongs to B and every
element in B belongs to A.

12.

A union B is written as A B = {x : x A or x B}.

13.

A intersection B is written as A B = {x : x A and x B}

14.

The difference of two sets A, B is denoted as A B or B A

15.

Venn diagrams are a convenient way of showing operations between sets.

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3.1 I NTRODUCTION
Let us observe two situations
1.

A flower bed in a garden is in the shape of a triangle. The longest side is 3 times the
middle side and smallest side is 2 units shorter than the middle side. Let P represent the
length of the middle side, then whats the perimeter in terms of P?

2.

The length of a rectangular dining hall is twice its breadth. Let x represent the breadth of
the hall. What is the area of the floor of the hall in terms of x?

In the above situations, there is an unknown in each statement. In the first situation,
middle side is given as P units.
Since, Perimeter of triangle = sum of all sides
Perimeter

= P + 3P + P 2
= 5P 2

3P

P-2
P

Similarly in the second situation, length is given as twice the breadth.

So, if breadth = x,

length = 2x

Since area of rectangle = lb

Area = (2x) (x)
= 2 x2

12345678901234567890
12345678901234567890
12345678901234567890
12345678901234567890
12345678901234567890
12345678901234567890
x
12345678901234567890
2 x2
12345678901234567890
12345678901234567890
12345678901234567890
12345678901234567890

2x
As you know, the perimeter, 5P 2 of the triangle and area 2x2 of the rectangle are in the form
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3.2 W HAT

ARE

P OLYNOMIALS ?

Polynomials are algebraic expressions constructed using constants and variables.

Coefficients operate on variables, which can be raised to various powers of non-negative integer
exponents. For example, 2x + 5, 3x2 + 5x + 6, - 5y, x3 are some polynomials.

1 1 1
,
,
, 3x3 etc. are not polynomials.
x2 2x y-1
Why is

1
not a polynomial? Discuss with your friends and teacher.
y 1

D O T HIS
State which of the following are polynomials and which are not? Give reasons.
(i) 2x3
3 . 2 . 1 D EGREE

(ii)

1
x -1

OF A

2
(iii) 4 z +

1
7

(iv) m 2 - 2 m + 2

(v) P-2 + 1

P OLYNOMIAL

Recall that if p(x) is a polynomial in x, the highest power of x in p(x) is called the degree
of the polynomial p(x). For example, 3x + 5 is a polynomial in the variable x. It is of degree 1 and
is called a linear polynomial. 5x, 2y+5 ,

1
P, m + 1 etc. are some more linear polynomials.
3

A polynomial of degree 2 is called a quadratic polynomial. For example, x2 + 5x + 4 is

a quadratic polynomial in the variable x. 2x2 + 3x -

y
1 2
, p -1, 3 z z2, y2 - +
3
2

2 are some

examples of quadratic polynomials.

The expression 5x34x2+x1 is a polynomial in the variable x of degree 3, and is called
a cubic polynomial. Some more examples of cubic polynomials are 2 x3, p3, l3 l2 l + 5.

T RY T HIS
Write 3 different quadratic, cubic and 2 linear polynomials with different number of terms.
3
We can write polynomials of any degree. 7 u 6 u 4 + 4 u 2 8 is polynomial of
2
10
8
5
2
degree 6 and x 3x + 4x + 2x -1 is a polynomial of degree 10.

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We can write a polynomial in a variable x of a degree n where n is any natural number.

Generally, we say
p(x) = a0 xn + a1 xn-1 + a2 xn-2 + .. + an-1 x +an is a polynomial of nth degree,
where a0, a1, a2.. an-1, an are real coefficients and a0 0
For example, the general form of a first degree polynomial in one variable x is ax+b,
where a and b are real numbers and a 0.

T RY T HIS
1.

Write a quadratic polynomial and a cubic polynomial in variable x in the general form.

2.

Write a general polynomial q(z) of degree n with coefficients that are b0...bn. What are
the conditions on b0...bn?.

3.2.2 V ALUE

OF A

P OLYNOMIAL

Now consider the polynomial p(x) = x2 2x 3. What is the value of the polynomial at
any point? For example, what is the value at x = 1? Putting x = 1, in the polynomial, we get p(1)
= (1)2 2(1) 3 = 4. The value 4, is obtained by replacing x by 1 in the given polynomial
p(x). This is the value of x2 2x 3 at x = 1.
Similarly, p(0) = 3 is the value of p(x) at x = 0.
Thus, if p(x) is a polynomial in x, and if k is a real number, then the value obtained by
replacing x by k in p(x), is called the value of p(x) at x = k, and is denoted by p(k).

D O T HIS
(i)

p(x) = x2 5x 6, find the values of p(1), p(2), p(3), p(0), p(1), p(2), p(3).

(ii)

p(m) = m2 3m + 1, find the value of p(1) and p(1).

3 . 2 . 3 Z EROES

OF A

P OLYNOMIAL

What are values of

p(x) = x2 2x 3 at x = 3, 1 and 2?

We have,

p(3) = (3)2 2(3) 3 = 9 6 3 = 0

Also

p(-1) = (1)2 2(1) 3 = 1 + 2 3 = 0

and

p(2) = (2)2 2(2) 3 = 4 4 3 = 3

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We see that p(3) = 0 and p(-1) = 0. These points, x = 3 and x = 1, are called Zeroes
of the polynomial p(x) = x2 2x -3.
As p(2) 0, 2 is not the zero of p(x).
More generally, a real number k is said to be a zero of a polynomial p(x), if p(k) = 0.

DO

THIS

(i) Let p(x) = x2 4x + 3. Find the value of p(0), p(1), p(2), p(3) and obtain zeroes of the
polynomial p(x).
(ii) Check whether -3 and 3 are the zeroes of the polynomial x2 9.

E XERCISE - 3.1
1.

(a)

If p(x) = 5x7 6x5 + 7x-6, find

(i) coefficient of x5

(b)
2.

(ii) degree of p(x)

(iii) constant term.

Write three more polynomials and create three questions for each of them.

State which of the following statements are true and which are false? Give reasons for
your choice.

2 x2 3x + 1 is 2 .

(i)

The degree of the polynomial

(ii)

The coefficient of x2 in the polynomial p(x) = 3x3 4x2 + 5x + 7 is 2.

(iii)

The degree of a constant term is zero.

(iv)
(v)

1
is a quadratic polynomial.
x - 5x + 6
2

The degree of a polynomial is one more than the number of terms in it.

3.

If p(t) = t3 1, find the values of p(1), p(1), p(0), p(2), p(2).

4.

Check whether 2 and 2 are the zeroes of the polynomial x4 16

5.

Check whether 3 and 2 are the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) when p(x) = x2 x 6.

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You have already studied how to find the zeroes of a linear polynomial.
For example, if k is a zero of p(x) = 2x + 5, then p(k) =0 gives 2k +5 = 0 i.e., k =

-5
.
2

In general, if k is a zero of p(x) = ax+b, a 0.

then p(k) = ak + b = 0,
i.e., k =

-b
-b
, or the zero of the linear polynomial ax + b is
.
a
a

Thus, the zero of a linear polynomial is related to its coefficients, including the constant
term.
Are the zeroes of higher degree polynomials also related to their coefficients? Think
about this and discuss with friends. We will come to this later.

3.4 G EOMETRICAL M EANING

OF THE

Z EROES

OF A

P OLYNOMIAL

You know that a real number k is a zero of the polynomial p(x) if p(k) = 0. Let us see the
graphical representations of linear and quadratic polynomials and the geometrical meaning of
their zeroes.
3.4.1. G RAPHICAL

REPRESENTATION OF A LINEAR POLYNOMIAL

Consider first a linear polynomial ax + b, a 0. You have studied in Class-IX that the graph of
y = ax + b is a straight line. For example, the graph of y = 2x + 3 is a straight line intersecting the
y-axis at (0, 3) and passing through the points (2, 1) and (2, 7).

Table 3.1
x

y = 2x + 3

(x, y)

(2, 1)

(0, 3)

(2, 7)

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From the graph, you can

see that the graph of y = 2x+3
intersects the x-axis between
x = 1 and x = 2, that is,

Y
7
5
4

3
at the point , 0 . But
2
3
is also the zero of the
x=
2
polynomial 2x + 3. Thus, the

(2 , 7)

3
3
2 ,0

X'
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2
(-2 , -1 )

zero of the polynomial

2x + 3 is the x-coordinate of
the point where the graph of
y = 2x + 3 intersects the
x-axis.

(0 , 3)

-1

0
-1

X
1

-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
Y'

D O T HIS
Draw the graph of (i) y = 2x + 5, (ii) y = 2x 5, (iii) y = 2x and find the point of
intersection on x-axis. Is the x-coordinates of these points also the zero of the polynomial?
In general, for a linear polynomial ax + b, a 0, the graph of y = ax + b is a straight line
-b
which intersects the x-axis at exactly one point, namely, , 0 .
a

Therefore, the linear polynomial ax + b, a 0, has exactly one zero, namely, the
x-coordinate of the point where the graph of y = ax + b intersects the x-axis.

3.4.2. G RAPHICAL R EPRESENTATION

OF A

Q UADRATIC P OLYNOMIAL

Now, let us look for the geometrical meaning of a zero of a quadratic polynomial. Consider
the quadratic polynomial x2 3x 4. Let us see how the graph of y = x2 3x 4 looks like. Let
us list a few values of y = x2 3x 4 corresponding to a few values for x as given in Table 3.2.

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Table 3.2
x
y = x2 3x 4
(x, y)

( 2, 6) ( 1, 0) (0, 4) (1, 6) (2, 6) (3, 4) (4, 0) (5, 6)

Y

We locate the points listed

above on a graph paper and
draw the graph.
Is the graph of this quadratic
polynomial a straight line? It is
shaped curve. It
like a
intersects the x-axis at two
points.
In fact, for any quadratic
polynomial ax 2 + bx + c,
a 0, the graph of the
corresponding equation

7
(-2 , 6 )

(5 , 6)

6
5
4
3
2

(-1 , 0 )

X'

-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2

(4 , 0)

0
-1
-1

X
5

-2
-3
(0 , -4 ) -4
-5

y = ax + bx + c either opens
upwards like
or opens
. This
downwards like
depends on whether a > 0 or
a < 0. (The shape of these curves are called parabolas.)

(3 , -4 )

-6
-7

(1 , -6 )

(2 , -6 )

Y'

We observe that -1 and 4 are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial and -1 and 4 are
intersection points of x-axis. Zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 3x 4 are the x-coordinates
of the points where the graph of y = x2 3x 4 intersects the x-axis.
This is true for any quadratic polynomial, i.e., the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial
ax + bx + c, are precisely the x-coordinates of the points where the parabola representing
y = ax2 + bx + c intersects the x-axis.
2

T RY T HIS
Draw the graphs of (i) y = x2 x 6 (ii) y = 6 x x2 and find zeroes in each case.
What do you notice?

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From our observation earlier about the shape of the graph of y = ax2 + bx + c, the
following three cases can happen:
Case (i) : Here, the graph cuts x-axis at two distinct points A and A . In this case, the
x-coordinates of A and A are the two zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ax2+bx +c . The
parabola can open either upward or downward.
Y

X'

A
O

A'

X'

Y'

A'

Y'

(i)

(ii)

Case (ii) : Here, the graph touches x-axis at exactly one point, i.e., at two coincident points. So,
the two points A and A of Case (i) coincide here to become one point A.
Y

X'

A
O

Y'

(i)

X'

Y'

(ii)

The x-coordinate of A is the only zero for the quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c in this case.

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Case (iii) : Here, the graph is either completely above the x-axis or completely below the
x-axis. So, it does not cut the x-axis at any point.
Y

X'

X'

Y'

Y'

(i)

(ii)

So, the quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c has no zero in this case.

So, you can see geometrically that a quadratic polynomial can have either two distinct zeroes or
two equal zeroes (i.e., one zero), or no zero. This also means that a polynomial of degree 2 has
atmost two zeroes.

T RY T HIS
1. Write three polynomials that have 2 zeros each.
2. Write one polynomial that has one zero.
3. How will you verify if it has only one zero.
4. Write three polynomials that have no zeroes for x that are real numbers.
3 . 4 . 3 G EOMETRICAL M EANING

OF

Z EROES

OF A

C UBIC P OLYNOMIAL

What could you expect the geometrical meaning of the zeroes of a cubic polynomial to
be? Let us find out. Consider the cubic polynomial x3 4x. To see how the graph of y = x3 4x
looks like, let us list a few values of y corresponding to a few values for x as shown in Table 3.3.

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Table 3.3
x
y = x3 4x
(x, y)

(2, 0)

(1, 3)

(0, 0)

On drawing the graph, we see

that the graph of y = x3 4x
looks like the one given in the
figure.
We see from the table above
that 2, 0 and 2 are zeroes of
the cubic polynomial x3 4x.
2, 0 and 2 are the
x-coordinates of the points
where the graph of y = x3 4x
intersects the x-axis. So this
polynomial has three zeros.

2
0

(1, 3)

(2, 0)

Y
7
6
5
(-1 , 3 )

4
3
2
1

(-2 , 0 )
X'
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2

-1

(2 , 0)

0
-1

X
4

-2
-3
(1 , -3 )

-4

Let us take a few more

examples. Consider the cubic
polynomials x3 and x3 x2
respectively. See Table 3.4
and 3.5.

-5
-6
-7
Y'

Table 3.4
x

y = x3

(0, 0)

(1, 1)

(2, 8)

(x, y)

(2, 8)

(1, 1)

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Table 3.5
x

y = x3 x2

12

(0, 0)

(1, 0)

(2, 4)

(x, y)

(2, 12)
Y

X'

(1, 2)

(2 , 8)

1
(0 , 0)
0
-4 -3 -2 -1 -1
(-1 , -1 )
-2

(1 , 1)
X
1

X'

1
0
-4 -3 -2 -1 -1
(-1 , -2 )
-2
-3

-4

-4

-5

-5

-6

-6

-7

(1 , 0)

-3

(-2 , -8 )

(2 , 4)

-7
Y'

y = x3

Y'

y = x3 x2

In y = x3, you can see that 0 is the x-coordinate of the only point where the graph of
y = x3 intersects the x-axis. So, the polynomial has only one distinct zero. Similarly, 0 and 1 are
the x-coordinates of the only points where the graph of y = x3 x2 intersects the x-axis. So, the
cubic polynomial has two distinct zeros.
From the examples above, we see that there are at most 3 zeroes for any cubic polynomial.
In other words, any polynomial of degree 3 can have at most three zeroes.

T RY T HIS
Find the zeroes of cubic polynomials (i) x3 (ii) x2 x3 (iii) x3 5x2 + 6x without drawing
the graph of the polynomial.

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Remark : In general, given a polynomial p(x) of degree n, the graph of y = p(x) intersects the
x-axis at at most n points. Therefore, a polynomial p(x) of degree n has at most n zeroes.
Example-1. Look at the graphs in the figures given below. Each is the graph of y = p(x), where
p(x) is a polynomial. In each of the graphs, find the number of zeroes of p(x) in the given range
of x.
Y

X'

X'

Y'

X'

X'

Y'

Y'

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

X'

X'

Y'

Y'

Y'

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

Solution : In the given range of x in respective graphs :

(i) The number of zeroes is 1 as the graph intersects the x-axis at one point only.
(ii) The number of zeroes is 2 as the graph intersects the x-axis at two points.
(iii) The number of zeroes is 3. (Why?)
(iv) The number of zeroes is 1. (Why?)
(v) The number of zeroes is 1. (Why?)
(vi) The number of zeroes is 4. (Why?)

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Example-2. Find the number of zeroes of the given polynomials. And also find their values.
(ii) q(y) = y2 1

(i) p(x) = 2x + 1

Solution : We will do this without plotting the graph.

(i) p(x) = 2x + 1 is a linear polynomial. It has only one zero.
To find zeroes,
Let p(x) = 0
So, 2x+1=0
Therefore x =

-1
2

The zero of the given polynomial is

-1
.
2

(ii) q(y) = y2 1 is a quadratic polynomial.

It has atmost two zeroes.
To find zeroes, let q(y) = 0
y2 1 = 0
(y + 1) (y 1) = 0
y = -1 or y = 1
Therefore the zeroes of the polynomial are -1 and 1.
(iii) r(z) = z3 is a cubic polynomial. It has at most three zeroes.
Let r(z) = 0
z3 = 0
z=0
So, the zero of the polynomial is 0.

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E XERCISE 3.2
1.

The graphs of y = p(x) are given in the figure below, for some polynomials p(x). In each
case, find the number of zeroes of p(x).
Y

X'

X'

Y'

X'

(i)

(ii)

X'

X'

Y'

(iii)
Y

X'

Y'

(iv)

3.

Y'

Y'

2.

Y'

(v)

(vi)

Find the zeroes of the given polynomials.

(i) p(x) = 3x

(ii) p(x) = x2 + 5x + 6

(iii) p(x) = (x+2) (x+3)

(iv) p(x) = x4 16

Draw the graphs of the given polynomial and find the zeroes. Justify the answers.
(i) p(x) = x2 x 12

(ii) p(x) = x2 6x + 9

(iii) p(x) = x2 4x + 5

(iv) p(x) = x2 + 3x 4

(v) p(x) = x2 1
4.

Why are

1
and 1 zeroes of the polynomials p(x) = 4x2 + 3x 1?
4

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BETWEEN

Z EROES

AND

C OEFFICIENTS

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P OLYNOMIAL

b
You have already seen that zero of a linear polynomial ax + b is . We will now try to
a
explore the relationship between zeroes and coefficients of a quadratic polynomial. For this, let
us take the quadratic polynomial p(x) = 2x2 8x + 6.

In Class-IX, we have learnt how to factorise quadratic polynomials by splitting the

middle term. So, here we split the middle term 8x as a sum of two terms, whose product is
6 2x2 = 12 x2. So, we write
2x2 8x + 6 = 2x2 6x 2x + 6
= 2x(x 3) 2(x 3)
= (2x 2) (x 3) = 2(x 1) (x 3)
p(x) = 2x2 8x + 6 is zero when x 1 = 0 or x 3 = 0, i.e., when x = 1 or x = 3. So,
the zeroes of 2x2 8x + 6 are 1 and 3. We now try and see if these zeroes have some relationship
to the coefficients of terms in the polynomial. The coefficient of x2 is 2; of x is 8 and the
constant is 6, which is the coefficient of x0. (i.e. 6x0 = 6)
We see that the sum of the zeroes = 1 + 3 = 4 =
Product of the zeroes = 1 3 = 3 =

-(-8) -(coefficient of x)
= coefficient of x2
2

constant term
6
= coefficient of x 2
2

Let us take one more quadratic polynomial:

p(x) = 3x2 + 5x 2.
By splitting the middle term we see,
3x2 + 5x 2 = 3x2 + 6x x 2 = 3x(x + 2) 1(x + 2)
= (3x 1) (x + 2)
3x2 + 5x 2 is zero when either 3x 1 = 0 or x + 2 = 0
i.e., when x =

1
or x = 2.
3

The zeroes of 3x2 + 5x 2 are

1
and 2. We can see that the :
3

Sum of its zeroes

1
-5 -(coefficient of x)
+ (-2) =
= coefficient of x2
3
3

Product of its zeroes

1
-2
constant term
(-2) =
=
3
3
coefficient of x 2

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D O T HIS
Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomials given below. Find the sum and product
of the zeroes and verify relationship to the coefficients of terms in the polynomial.
(i)

p(x) = x2 x 6

(iii) p(x) = x2 4

(ii) p(x) = x2 4x + 3
(iv) p(x) = x2 + 2x + 1

In general, if and are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial p(x) = ax2 + bx + c,
where a 0, then (x ) and (x ) are the factors of p(x). Therefore,
ax2 + bx + c = k (x ) (x ), where k is a constant
= k[x2 ( + ) x + ]
= k x2 k ( + ) x + k
Comparing the coefficients of x2, x and constant terms on both the sides, we get
a = k, b = k(+) and c = k.
This gives + =
=

-b
,
a
c
a

Note : and are Greek letters pronounced as alpha and beta respectively. We will
use later one more letter pronounced as gamma.
So, sum of zeroes of a quadratic polynomial = + =
Product of zeroes of a quadratic polynomial = =

-(coefficient of x)
-b
= coefficient of x2
a

constant term
c
= coefficient of x 2
a

Let us consider some examples.

Example-3. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 7x + 10, and verify the relationship
between the zeroes and the coefficients.
Solution : We have
x2 + 7x + 10 = (x + 2) (x + 5)

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So, the value of x2 + 7x + 10 is zero when x + 2 = 0 or x + 5 = 0,

i.e., when x = 2 or x = 5.
Therefore, the zeroes of x2 + 7x + 10 are 2 and 5.
Now, sum of the zeroes= 2 + (5) = (7) =

Product of the zeroes = 2 (5) = 10 =

-(7) -(coefficient of x)
= coefficient of x2
1

constant term
10
= coefficient of x 2
1

Example-4. Find the zeroes of the polynomial x2 3 and verify the relationship between the
zeroes and the coefficients.
Solution : Recall the identity a2 b2 = (a b) (a + b).
Using it, we can write:
x2 3 = (x

3 ) (x +

3)

So, the value of x2 3 is zero when x =

Therefore, the zeroes of x2 3 are

3 or x =

3.

3 and 3 .

-(coefficient of x)
+
(
)
=
0
=
3
3
coefficient of x2

Sum of the zeroes

Product of zeroes

= ( 3 ) (

3)=3=

constant term
-3
= coefficient of x 2
1

Example-5. Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are 3 and 2,
respectively.
Solution : Let the quadratic polynomial be ax2 + bx + c, and its zeroes be and . We have
+=3=

and

= 2 =

-b
,
a

c
.
a

If we take a = 1, then b = 3 and c = 2

So, one quadratic polynomial which fits the given conditions is x2 + 3x + 2.

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Similarly, we can take 'a' to be any real number. Let us say it is k. This gives

b
= 3
k

c
= 2 or c = 2k. Putting the values of a, b and c, we get the polynomial is
k
kx2 + 3kx + 2k.

or b = 3k and

Example-6. Find a quadratic polynomial if the zeroes of it are 2 and

-1
respectively.
3

Solution : Let the quadratic polynomial be

ax2 + bx + c, a 0 and its zeroes be and .
Here = 2, =

-1
3

Sum of the zeroes = ( + ) = 2 +

-1 5
=
3 3

Product of the zeroes = () = 2

-1 -2
=
3
3

Therefore the quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c is

k[x2 ( + )x + ], where k is a constant
= k[x2

5
2
x ]
3
3

We can put different values of k.

When k = 3, the quadratic polynomial will be 3x2 5x 2.

T RY T HIS
(i)
(ii)

Find a quadratic polynomial with zeroes 2 and

1
.
3

What is the quadratic polynomial whose sum of zeroes is

of zeroes is 1.

3
and the product
2

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Let us now look at cubic polynomials. Do you think some relation holds between the
zeroes of a cubic polynomial and its coefficients as well?
Let us consider p(x) = 2x3 5x2 14x + 8.
We see that p(x) = 0 for x = 4, 2,

1
.
2

Since p(x) can have at most three zeroes, these are the zeroes of 2x3 5x2 14x + 8.
Sum of its zeroes

-(coefficient of x2 )
1 5 -(-5)
= 4 + (2) +
= =
=
coefficient of x3
2 2
2

Product of its zeroes

= 4 (2)

1
-8 -(constant term)
=4=
= coefficient of x3
2
2

However, there is one more relationship here. Consider the sum of the products of the
zeroes taken two at a time. We have:
1 1

= {4 (-2)} + (-2) + 4
2 2

=81+2=7=

constant of x
-14
= coefficient of x 3
2

In general, it can be proved that if , , are the zeroes of the cubic polynomial
ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, then
++=

-b
,
a

+ + =
=

-d
.
a

ax3 + bx 2 + cx + d is a polynomial with zeroes , , . Let us

see how , , relate to a, b, c, d.
c Since , , are the zeroes, the polynomial can be written as
,
a ( x ) ( x ) ( x )
= x3 x 2 ( + + ) + x ( + + )

To compare with the polynomial, we multiply by 'a' and get

ax 3 x 2 a ( + + ) + xa ( + + ) a .

b = a ( + + ), c = a ( + + ), d = a

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D O T HIS
If , , are the zeroes of the given cubic polynomials, find the values as given in the
table.
+ +

++

S.No. Cubic Polynomial

1

x3 + 3x2 x 2

4x3 + 8x2 6x 2

x3 + 4x2 5x 2

x3 + 5x2 + 4

Let us consider an example.

Example-7. Verify that 3, 1,

1
are the zeroes of the cubic polynomial
3

p(x) = 3x3 5x2 11x 3, and then verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients.
Solution : Comparing the given polynomial with ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, we get
a = 3, b = 5, c = 11, d = 3 . Further
p(3) = 3 33 (5 32) (11 3) 3 = 81 45 33 3 = 0,
p(1) = 3 (1)3 5 (1)2 11 (1) 3 = 3 5 + 11 3 = 0,
1
1
1
1
p - = 3- - 5- -11- - 3 ,
3
3
3
3
3

1 5 11
2 2
= - - + -3 = - + = 0
9 9 3
3 3
1
Therefore, 3, 1, and - are the zeroes of 3x3 5x2 11x 3.
3
1
So, we take = 3, = 1 and = - .
3
Now,
1
- = 2 - 1 = 5 = -(-5) = -b ,
3
3 3
3
a
1 1
1
-11 c
+ + = 3 (1) + (1) - + - 3 = 3 + 1 =
= ,
3
3
3
3
a

+ + = 3 + (1) +

= 3 (1)

1
- = 1 = -(-3) = -d .
3
3
a

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E XERCISE 3.3
1.

2.

Find the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomials and verify the relationship between
the zeroes and the coefficients.
(i) x2 2x 8

(ii) 4s2 4s + 1

(iii) 6x2 3 7x

(iv) 4u2 + 8u

(v) t2 15

(vi) 3x2 x 4

Find the quadratic polynomial in each case, with the given numbers as the sum and
product of its zeroes respectively.
(i)

1
,1
4

(iv) 1, 1
3.

(ii) 2,

(v)

1
3

(iii) 0,

1 1
,
4 4

(vi) 4, 1

Find the quadratic polynomial, for the zeroes , given in each case.
(i) 2, 1

(ii) 3 , 3

(iii)

1
,1
4

(iv)

1 3
,
2 2

4.

Verify that 1, 1 and 3 are the zeroes of the cubic polynomial x3 + 3x2 x 3 and
check the relationship between zeroes and the coefficients.

3.7

D IVISION A LGORITHM

FOR

P OLYNOMIALS

You know that a cubic polynomial has at most three zeroes. However, if you are given
only one zero, can you find the other two? For this, let us consider the cubic polynomial
x3 + 3x2 x 3. If we tell you that one of its zeroes is 1, then you know that this polynomial is
divisible by x 1. Dividing by x 1 we would get the quotient x2 2x 3.
We get the factors of x2 2x 3 by splitting the middle term. The factors are (x + 1) and
(x 3). This gives us
x3 + 3x2 x 3 = (x 1) (x2 2x 3)
= (x 1) (x + 1) (x 3)
So, the three zeroes of the cubic polynomial are 1, 1, 3.
Let us discuss the method of dividing one polynomial by another in some detail. Before
doing the steps formally, consider a particular example.

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Example-8. Divide 2x2 + 3x + 1 by x + 2.

Solution : Note that we stop the division process when either the
remainder is zero or its degree is less than the degree of the divisor. So,
here the quotient is 2x 1 and the remainder is 3. Also,
(2x 1) (x + 2) + 3 = 2x2 + 3x 2 + 3 = 2x2 + 3x + 1
i.e., 2x2 + 3x + 1 = (x + 2) (2x 1) + 3
Therefore, Dividend = Divisor Quotient + Remainder
Let us now extend this process to divide a polynomial by a
quadratic polynomial.

2 x -1
x + 2 2 x 2 + 3x +1
2x2 + 4x
- x +1
-x-2
+ +
3

Example-9. Divide 3x3 + x2 + 2x + 5 by 1 + 2x + x2.

Solution : We first arrange the terms of the dividend
3x - 5
and the divisor in the decreasing order of their degrees.
Arranging the terms in this order is termed as writing the x 2 + 2 x + 1 3 x3 + x 2 + 2 x + 5
polynomials in its standard form. In this example, the
3x3 + 6 x 2 + 3x
dividend is already in its standard form, and the divisor,
also in standard form, is x2 + 2x + 1.
- 5x2 - x + 5
Step 1 : To obtain the first term of the quotient, divide
- 5 x 2 -10 x - 5
the highest degree term of the dividend (i.e., 3x3) by the
+
+
+
highest degree term of the divisor (i.e., x2). This is 3x.
9 x + 10
Then carry out the division process. What remains is
5x2 x + 5.
Step 2 : Now, to obtain the second term of the quotient, divide the highest degree term of the
new dividend (i.e., 5x2) by the highest degree term of the divisor (i.e., x2). This gives 5. Again
carry out the division process with 5x2 x + 5.
Step 3 : What remains is 9x + 10. Now, the degree of 9x + 10 is less than the degree of the
divisor x2 + 2x + 1. So, we cannot continue the division any further.
So, the quotient is 3x 5 and the remainder is 9x + 10. Also,
(x2 + 2x + 1) (3x 5) + (9x + 10)

= (3x 3 + 6x 2 + 3x 5x 2 10x 5 + 9x + 10)

= 3x 3 + x2 + 2x + 5

Here again, we see that

Dividend = Divisor Quotient + Remainder

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We are applying here an algorithm called Euclids division algorithm.

This says that
If p(x) and g(x) are any two polynomials with g(x) 0, then we can find polynomials
q(x) and r(x) such that
p(x) = g(x) q(x) + r(x),
where either r(x) = 0 or degree of r(x) < degree of g(x) if r(x) 0
This result is known as the Division Algorithm for polynomials.
Now, we have the following results from the above discussions
(i)

If q(x) is linear polynomial then r(x) = r is a constant.

(ii)

If degree of q(x) = 1, then degree of p(x) = 1 + degree of g(x).

(iii)

If p(x) is divided by (x a), then the remainder is p(a).

(iv)
If r = 0, we say q(x) divides p(x) exactly or q(x) is a factor of p(x).
Let us now take some examples to illustrate its use.
Example-10. Divide 3x2 x3 3x + 5 by x 1 x2, and verify the division algorithm.
Solution : Note that the given polynomials are not in standard form. To carry out division, we
first write both the dividend and divisor in decreasing orders of their degrees.
So,

dividend = x3 + 3x2 3x + 5 and

divisor = x2 + x 1.
Division process is shown on the right side.

We stop here since degree of the remainder is

less than the degree of (x2 + x 1) the divisor.

x-2
- x 2 + x -1 - x 3 + 3 x 2 - 3 x + 5
- x3 + x 2 - x
+ - +

So, quotient = x 2, remainder = 3.

2x2 - 2x + 5

Now,

2x2 - 2x + 2
- + -

Dividend = Divisor Quotient + Remainder

=

(x2

+ x 1) (x 2) + 3

= x3 + x2 x + 2x2 2x + 2 + 3
= x3 + 3x2 3x + 5
In this way, the division algorithm is verified.

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Example-11. Find all the zeroes of 2x4 3x3 3x2 + 6x 2, if you know that two of its zeroes
are

2 and 2 .

Solution : Since two of the zeroes are

(x +

2 and 2 , therefore we can divide by (x 2 )

2
2 ) = x 2.

2 x 2 - 3x +1
x 2 - 2 2 x 4 - 3x3 - 3x 2 + 6 x - 2
- 4x2

2x4
-

2 x4
2
First term of quotient is 2 = 2 x
x

+
- 3x3 + x 2 + 6 x - 2

- 3x3
+

+ 6x
-

Second term of quotient is

-3 x 3
= -3 x
x2

x2 - 2
x2 - 2
- +

Third term of quotient is

x2
=1
x2

So, 2x4 3x3 3x2 + 6x 2 = (x2 2) (2x2 3x + 1).

Now, by splitting 3x, we factorize 2x2 3x + 1 as (2x 1) (x 1). So, its zeroes are
given by x =
1 and

1
and x = 1. Therefore, the zeroes of the given polynomial are
2

2, 2,

1
.
2

E XERCISE 3.4
1.

Divide the polynomial p(x) by the polynomial g(x) and find the quotient and remainder in
each of the following :
(i)

p(x) = x3 3x2 + 5x 3, g(x) = x2 2

(ii)

p(x) = x4 3x2 + 4x + 5, g(x) = x2 + 1 x

(iii)

p(x) = x4 5x + 6, g(x) = 2 x2

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Check in which case the first polynomial is a factor of the second polynomial by dividing
the second polynomial by the first polynomial :

3.

(i)

t2 3, 2t4 + 3t3 2t2 9t 12

(ii)

x2 + 3x + 1, 3x4 + 5x3 7x2 + 2x + 2

(iii)

x3 3x + 1, x5 4x3 + x2 + 3x + 1

Obtain all other zeroes of 3x4 + 6x3 2x2 10x 5, if two of its zeroes are

5
5
and .
3
3
4.

On dividing x3 3x2 + x + 2 by a polynomial g(x), the quotient and remainder were

x 2 and 2x + 4, respectively. Find g(x).

5.

Give examples of polynomials p(x), g(x), q(x) and r(x), which satisfy the division algorithm
and
(i) deg p(x) = deg q(x)

(ii) deg q(x) = deg r(x)

(iii) deg r(x) = 0

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination]
1.

Verify that the numbers given alongside the cubic polynomials below are their zeroes.
Also verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients in each case:
1
(i) 2x3 + x2 5x + 2 ; ( , 1, 2)
2

(ii) x3 + 4x2 + 5x 2 ; (1, 1, 1)

2.

Find a cubic polynomial with the sum, sum of the product of its zeroes taken two at a
time, and the product of its zeroes as 2, 7, 14 respectively.

3.

If the zeroes of the polynomial x3 3x2 + x + 1 are a b, a, a + b find a and b.

4.

If two zeroes of the polynomial x4 6x3 26x2 + 138x 35 are 2 3 , find other
zeroes.

5.

If the polynomial x4 6x3 16x2 + 25x + 10 is divided by another polynomial

x2 2x + k, the remainder comes out to be x + a, find k and a.

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W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

In this chapter, you have studied the following points:
1.

Polynomials of degrees 1, 2 and 3 are called linear, quadratic and cubic polynomials
respectively.

2.

A quadratic polynomial in x with real coefficients is of the form ax2 + bx + c, where a, b,

c are real numbers with a 0.

3.

The zeroes of a polynomial p(x) are the x-coordinates of the points where the graph of
y = p(x) intersects the x-axis.

4.

A quadratic polynomial can have at most 2 zeroes and a cubic polynomial can have at
the most 3 zeroes.

5.

If and are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c, a 0, then

b
c
+ = , = .
a
a

6.

If , , are the zeroes of the cubic polynomial ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, a 0, then

++=

-b
,
a

+ + =

and
7.

c
,
a

-d
.
a

The division algorithm states that given any polynomial p(x) and any non-zero polynomial
g(x), there are polynomials q(x) and r(x) such that
p(x) = g(x) q(x) + r(x),

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Pair of Linear Equations

in Two Variables

4.1 I NTRODUCTION
One day Siri went to a book shop with her father and bought 3 notebooks and 2 pens. Her
father paid ,80 for them. Her friend Laxmi liked the notebooks and pens so she bought 4 notebooks
and 3 pens of the same kind for ,110 and again her classmates Rubina liked the pens and Joseph
liked the notebooks. They asked Siri the cost of one pen and one notebook. But, Siri did not
know the cost of one notebook and one pen separately. How can they find the costs of these
items?
In this example, the cost of a notebook and a pen are not known. These are unknown
quantities. We come across many such situations in our day-to-day life.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
Two situations are given below:
(i) The cost of 1kg potatoes and 2kg tomatoes was ,30 on a certain day. After two days,
the cost of 2kg potatoes and 4kg tomatoes was found to be ,66.
(ii) The coach of a cricket team of M.K.Nagar High School buys 3 bats and 6 balls for
,3900. Later he buys one more bat and 2 balls for ,1300.
Identify the unknowns in each situation. We observe that there are two unknowns in each
case.
4.1.1 H OW D O W E F IND U NKNOWN Q UANTITIES ?
In the introduction, Siri bought 3 notebooks and 2 pens for ,80. How can we find the cost
of a notebook or the cost of a pen?
Rubina and Joseph tried to guess. Rubina said that price of each notebook could be ,25.
Then three notebooks would cost ,75, the two pens would cost ,5 and each pen could be for
,2.50.
Joseph felt that ,2.50 for one pen was too little. It should be at least ,16. Then the price of
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We can see that there can be many possible values for the price of a notebook and of a pen
so that the total cost is ,80. So, how do we find cost price at which Siri and Laxmi bought them?
By only using Siri's situation, we cannot find the costs. We have to use Laxmi's situation also.
4.1.2 U SING B OTH E QUATIONS T OGETHER
Laxmi also bought the same types of notebooks and pens as Siri. She paid ,110 for 4
notebooks and 3 pens.
So, we have two situations which can be represented as follows:
(i)

Cost of 3 notebooks + 2 pens = ,80.

(ii)

Cost of 4 notebooks + 3 pens = ,110.

Does this help us find the cost of a pen and a notebook?

Consider the prices mentioned by Rubina. If the price of one notebook is ,25 and the
price of one pen is ,2.50 then,
The cost of 4 notebooks would be

4 25 = ,100

And the cost for 3 pens would be

3 2.50 = ,7.50

If Rubina is right then Laxmi should have paid ,100 +,7.50 = ,107.50 but she paid ,110.
Now, consider the prices mentioned by Joseph. Then,
The cost of 4 notebooks, if one is for ,16, would be

4 16 = ,64

And the cost for 3 pens, if one is for ,16, would be

3 16 = , 48

If Joseph is right then Laxmi should have paid ,64 + ,48 = ,112 but this is more than the
price she paid.
So what do we do? How to find the exact cost of the notebook and the pen?
If we have only one equation but two unknowns (variables), we can find many solutions.
So, when we have two variables, we need at least two independent equations to get a unique
solution. One way to find the values of unknown quantities is by using the Model method. In this
method, rectangles or portions of rectangles are often used to represent the unknowns. Let us
look at the first situation using the model method:
Step-1 : Represent notebooks by

and pens by

Siri bought 3 books and 2 pens for ,80.

.
,80

Laxmi bought 4 books and 3 pens for ,110.

,110

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Step-2 : Increase (or decrease) the quantities in proportion to make one of the quantities equal
in both situations. Here, we make the number of pens equal.
(3 books 3) 9 b o ok s

(2 pens 3) 6 pens

,2 4 0
(3 ,8 0 )
(4 books 2) 8 b o ok s

(3 pens 2) 6 pens

,2 2 0
(2 ,11 0 )

In Step 2, we observe a simple proportional reasoning.

Since Siri bought 3 books and 2 pens for ,80, so for 9 books and 6 pens:
3 3 = 9 books and 3 2 = 6 pens, the cost will be 3 80 = ,240

(1)

Similarly, Laxmi bought 4 books and 3 pens for ,110, so:

2 4 = 8 books and 2 3 = 6 pens will cost 2 110 = ,220

(2)

After comparing (1) and (2), we can easily observe that 1 extra book costs
,240 - , 220 = ,20. So one book is of ,20.
Siri bought 3 books and 2 pens for ,80. Since each book costs ,20, 3 books cost , 60.
So the cost of 2 pens become , 80 - , 60 = , 20.
So, cost of each pen is ,20 2 = ,10.
Let us try these costs in Laxmi's situation. 4 books will cost , 80 and three pens will cost
, 30 for a total of , 110, which is true.
From the above discussion and calculation, it is clear that to get exactly one solution (unique
solution) we need at least two independent linear equations in the same two variables.
In general, an equation of the form ax + by + c = 0 where a, b, c are real numbers and
where at least one of a or b is not zero, is called a linear equation in two variables x and y. [We
often write this condition as a2 + b2 0].

T RY T HIS
Mark the correct option in the following questions:
1.

Which of the following equations is not a linear equation?

a) 5 + 4x = y+ 3

b) x+2y = y - x

c) 3 - x = y2+ 4

d) x + y = 0

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2. Which of the following is a linear equation in one variable?

a) 2x + 1 = y - 3

b) 2t - 1 = 2t + 5

c) 2x - 1 = x2

d) x2 - x + 1 = 0

3. Which of the following numbers is a solution for the equation 2(x + 3) = 18?
a) 5

b) 6

c) 13

d) 21

4. The value of x which satisfies the equation 2x - (4 - x) = 5 - x is

a) 4.5

b) 3

c) 2.25

d) 0.5

5. The equation x - 4y= 5 has

a) no solution

b) unique solution

c) two solutions

d) infinitely many solutions

4.2 S OLUTIONS

OF

P AIRS

OF

L INEAR E QUATIONS

IN

T WO V ARIABLES

In the introductory example of notebooks and pens, how many equations did we have?
We had two equations or a pair of linear equations in two variables. What do we mean by the
solution for a pair of linear equations?
The pair of values of the variables x and y which together satisfy each one of the equations
is called the solution for a pair of linear equations.
4.2.1 GRAPHICAL METHOD

OF

FINDING SOLUTION

OF A

P AIR

OF

LINEAR EQUATIONS

What will be the number of solutions for a pair of linear equations in two variables? Is the
number of solutions infinite or unique or none?
In an earlier section, we used the model method for solving the pair of linear equations.
Now we will use graphs to solve the equations.
Let: a1x + b1y + c1 = 0, (a12 + b12 0) and a2x + b2y + c2 = 0; (a22 + b22 0) form a pair
of linear equation in two variables.
The graph of a linear equation in two variables is a straight line. Ordered pairs of real
numbers (x, y) representing points on the line are solutions of the equation and ordered pairs of
real numbers (x, y) that do not represent points on the line are not solutions.
When we have a pair of equations, they represent lines in the same plane. So, if we have
two lines in the same plane, what can be the possible relations between them? What is the
significance of this relation?

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When two lines are drawn in the same plane, only one of the following three situations is
possible:
i)
The two lines may intersect at one point.
ii)

The two lines may not intersect i.e., they are parallel.

iii)

The two lines may be coincident.

(actually both are same)

Let us write the equations in the first example in terms of x and y where x is the cost of a
notebook and y is the cost of a pen. Then, the equations are 3x + 2y = 80 and 4x + 3y = 110.
For the equation 3x + 2y = 80
x

y=

y=

10

y=

20

y=

30

y=

80 3 x
2
80 3(0)
= 40
2
80 3(10)
= 25
2
80 3(20)
= 10
2
80 3(30)
= -5
2

For the equation 4x + 3y = 110

110 4 x
3
110 4(10)
-10 y =
= 50
3
110 4(20)
20 y =
= 10
3
110 4(50)
50 y =
= -30
3

(x, y)

(0, 40)
(10, 25)
(20, 10)
(30, -5)

y=

(x, y)
(-10, 50)
(20, 10)
(50, -30)

Y
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After plotting the above points in the

Cartesian plane, we observe that the two
straight lines are intersecting at the point
(20, 10).

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50
45
40
35

Substituting the values of x and y in

equation we get 3(20) + 2(10) = 80 and
4(20) + 3(10) = 110.
Thus, as determined by the graphical
method, the cost of each book is ,20 and
of each pen is ,10. Recall that we got the
same solution using the model method.
Since (20, 10) is the only common
point, there is only one solution for this pair
of linear equations in two variables. Such
equations are known as consistent pairs of
linear equations. They will always have only
a unique solution.

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25
20
15
(2 0 , 1 0 )

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5
X

-1 0

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-5
-1 0
-1 5
-2 0
-2 5
-3 0
Y

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Now, let us look at the first example from the think and discuss section. We want to find
the cost of 1kg of potatoes and the cost of 1 kg of tomatoes each. Let the cost of 1kg potatoes
be ,x and cost of 1kg of tomato be ,y. Then, the equations will become 1x+2y=30 and
2x+4y=66.
For the equation x + 2y = 30
x

y=

y=

y=

y=

y=

30 x
2
30 0
2
30 2
2
30 4
2
30 6
2

For the equation 2x + 4y = 66

(x, y)

y=

= 15

(0, 15)

y=

= 14

(2, 14)

y=

= 13

(4, 13)

y=

= 12

(6, 12)

y=

66 2 x
4
66 2(1)
= 16
4
66 2(3)
= 15
4
66 2(5)
= 14
4
66 2(7)
= 13
4

Here, we observe that the situation is

represented graphically by two parallel lines. Since

17

(x, y)
(1, 16)
(3, 15)
(5, 14)
(7, 13)

16

the lines do not intersect, the equations have no

15
14

common solution. This means that the cost of the

13

potato and tomato was different on different days.

12

We see this in real life also. We cannot expect the

11
10

same cost price of vegetables every day; it keeps

changing. Also, the change is independent.

8
7

Such pairs of linear equations which have no

6
5

solution are known as inconsistent pairs of linear

equations.

3
2

In the second example from the think and

discuss section, let the cost of each bat be , x and
each ball be ,y. Then we can write the equations as
3x + 6y = 3900 and x + 2y = 1300.
For the equation 3x + 6y = 3900
3900 3 x
(x, y)
x y=
6
3900 3(100)
= 600 (100, 600)
100 y =
6

1
X

-2

-1

-1
-2
Y

For the equation x + 2y = 1300

1300 x
x y=
(x, y)
2
1300 100
100 y =
= 600 (100, 600)
2

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3900 3(200)
= 550 (200, 550)
6
3900 3(300)
= 500 (300, 500)
300 y =
6
3900 3(400)
400 y =
= 450 (400, 450)
6

200 y =

1300 200
= 550 (200, 550)
2
1300 300
300 y =
= 500 (300, 500)
2
1300 400
400 y =
= 450 (400, 450)
2

200 y =

We see that the equations are

geometrically shown by a pair of coincident
lines. If the solutions of the equations are given
by the common points, then what are the
common points in this case?
From the graph, we observe that every
point on the line is a common solution to both
the equations. So, they have infinitely many
solutions as both the equations are equivalent.
Such pairs of equations are called dependent

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200
100
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-20 0 -10 0 0

100

200 300 400 500 600

-10 0
-20 0

pair of linear equations in two variables.

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In the example given above, can you find the cost of each bat and ball?

T HINK -

DISCUSS

Is a dependent pair of linear equations always consistent. Why or why not?

DO

THIS

1. Solve the following systems of equations :

i) x - 2y = 0
ii) x + y = 2
iii) 2x - y = 4
3x + 4y = 20
2x + 2y = 4
4x - 2y = 6
2. Two rails on a railway track are represented by the equations.
x + 2y - 4 = 0 and 2x + 4y- 12 = 0. Represent this situation graphically.
4.2.3 R ELATION B ETWEEN C OEFFICIENTS

AND

N ATURE

OF

S YSTEM

OF

E QUATIONS

Let a1, b1, c1 and a2, b2, c2 denote the coefficients of a given pair of linear equations in two
a

1
1
1
variables. Then, let us write and compare the values of a , b and c in the above examples.
2
2
2

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Pair of lines

1. 3x+2y80=0

a1
a2

3
4

b1
b2

2
3

c1
c2

Comparison

Graphical

of ratios

representation interpretation

a1
b
1
a2
b2

Intersecting

Unique

lines

solution

Parallel

No solution

80
110

4x+3y110=0
2. 1x+2y30=0

1
2

2
4

30
66

a1
b
c
= 1 1
a2
b2
c2

2x+4y66=0
3. 3x+6y=3900

Algebraic

lines
3
1

6
2

a1
b
c
= 1 = 1
a2
b2
c2

3900
1300

Coincident

x+2y=1300

Infinite

lines (Depen- number of

dent lines)
solutions

Let us look few examples.

Example-1. Check whether the given pair of equations repressent intersecting, parallel or
coincident lines. Find the solution if the equations are consistent.
2x + y - 5 = 0
3x - 2y - 4 = 0
Solution :
a

a1
2
=
a2
3

c1
5
=
c2
4

b1
1
=
b2
2

1
1
Since a b , therefore they are intersecting lines and hence, consistent pair of linear equation.
2
2

For the equation 2x + y = 5

For the equation 3x - 2y = 4

y = 5 - 2x

(x, y)

y=

4 3x
2

(x, y)

y = 5 - 2 (0) = 5

(0, 5)

y=

4 3(0)
= -2
2

(0, -2)

y = 5 - 2(1) = 3

(1, 3)

y=

4 3(2)
=1
2

(2, 1)

y = 5 - 2(2) = 1

(2, 1)

y=

4 3(4)
=4
2

(4, 4)

3
4

y = 5 - 2(3) = -1
y = 5 - 2(4) = -3

(3, -1)
(4, -3)

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The unique solution of
this pair of equations
is (2,1).

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7
6
5
4
3
2
(2 , 1)

1
X

-2

-1

-1
-2
-3
Y

Example-2. Check whether the following pair of equations is consistent.

3x + 4y = 2 and 6x + 8y = 4. Verify by a graphical representation.
Solution : 3x + 4y - 2 = 0
6x+8y - 4 = 0
a1 3 1
b1
c1 2 1
4 1
= =
= =
=
=
a2 6 2
b2 8 2
c2 4 2
a1
b1
c1
Since a = b = c , therefore, they are coincident lines. So, the pair of linear equations
2
2
2

is dependent and have infinitely many solutions.

For the equation 3x + 4y = 2
x

y=

2 3x
4

(x, y)

y=

2 3(0)
1
=
4
2

(0,

y=

2 3(2)
= -1
4

(2, -1)

y=

y=

For the equation 6x + 8y = 4

x

y=

4 6x
8

(x, y)

y=

4 6(0)
1
=
8
2

(0,

y=

4 6(2)
= -1
8

(2, -1)

2 3(4)
= -2.5 (4, -2.5)
4

y=

4 6(4)
= -2.5
8

(4, -2.5)

2 3(6)
= -4
4

y=

4 6(6)
= -4
8

(6, -4)

1
)
2

(6, -4)

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Example-3. Check whether the equations 2x-3y = 5 and 4x-6y = 15 are consistent. Also verify
by graphical representation.
Solution : 4x-6y - 15 = 0
2x-3y - 5 = 0
a1 4 2
= =
a2 2 1

b1 6 2
=
=
b2
3 1

c1 -15 3
=
=
c2
-5 1

a1
b
c
= 1 1
a2
b2
c2

So the equations are inconsistent. They have no solutions and its graph is of parallel lines.
For the equation 4x - 6y = 9

For the equation 2x - 3y = 5

y=

15 - 4 x
-6

(x, y)

y=

5 2x
3

(x, y)

y=

15 - 0 -5
=
-6
2

(0, -2.5)

y=

5 - 2(1)
= -1
-3

(1, -1)

y=

15 - 4(3) -1
=
2
-6

(3, -0.5)

y=

5 - 2(4)
=1
-3

(4, 1)

y=

15 - 4(6) 3
=
-6
2

(6, 1.5)

y=

5 - 2(7)
=3
-3

(7, 3)

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5
4
3
2
1
X

-2

-1

-1
-2
-3
-4
Y

DO

THIS

Check each of the given systems of equations to see if it has a unique solution,
infinitely many solutions or no solution. Solve them graphically.
(i) 2x+3y = 1
(ii) x + 2y = 6
(iii) 3x + 2y = 6
3x-y = 7
2x + 4y = 12
6x + 4y = 18

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THIS

1.

For what value of 'p' the following pair of equations has a unique solution.
2x + py = - 5 and 3x + 3y = - 6
2. Find the value of 'k' for which the pair of equations 2x - ky + 3 = 0, 4x + 6y - 5 =0
represent parallel lines.
3. For what value of 'k', the pair of equation 3x + 4y + 2 = 0 and 9x + 12y + k = 0
represent coincident lines.
4. For what positive values of 'p' the following pair of liner equations have infinitely many
solutions?
px + 3y - (p - 3) = 0
12x + py - p = 0
Let us look at some more examples.
Example-4. In a garden there are some bees and flowers. If one bee sits on each flower then
one bee will be left. If two bees sit on each flower, one flower will be left. Find the number of
bees and number of flowers.
Solution : Let the number of bees = x and
the number of flowers = y
If one bee sits on each flower then one bee will be left. So, x = y + 1

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or
x-y-1=0
... (1)
If two bees sit on each flower, one flower will be left. So, x = 2(y- 1)
or
x - 2y+2 = 0
... (2)
For the equation x - y - 1 = 0

For the equation x - 2y + 2 = 0

y=x-1

(x, y)

y=

x+2
2

(x, y)

y = 0 - 1 = -1

(0, -1)

y=

0+2
=1
2

(0, 1)

y=1-1=0

(1, 0)

y=

2+2
=2
2

(2, 2)

y=2-1=1

(2, 1)

y=

4+2
=3
2

(4, 3)

y=3-1=2

(3, 2)

y=

6+2
=4
2

(6, 4)

y=4-1=3

(4, 3)
Y
5
4
3

(4, 3)

2
1
X

-2

-1

-1
-2
-3
-4
Y

Therefore, there are 4 bees and 3 flowers.

Example-5. The perimeter of a rectangular plot is 32m. If the length is increased by 2m and the
breadth is decreased by 1m, the area of the plot remains the same. Find the length and breadth
of the plot.
Solution : Let length and breadth of the rectangular land be l and b respectively. Then,
area = lb
and
Perimeter = 2(l + b) = 32 m.
l + b = 16 or
l + b - 16 = 0
... (1)

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When length is increased by 2 m., then new length is l + 2. Also breadth is decreased by
1m so new breadth is b - 1.
Then, area= (l + 2) (b - 1)
Since there is no change in the area,
(l + 2) (b - 1) = lb
lb - l +2b - 2 = lb
or
lb - lb = l - 2b + 2
l - 2b + 2 = 0
... (2)
For the equation l + b - 16 = 0
For the equation l - 2b + 2 = 0
l

b = 16 - l

(l, b)

b=

b = 16 - 6 = 10

(6, 10)

b=

b = 16 - 8 = 8

(8, 8)

b=

10

b = 16 - 10 = 6

(10, 6)

10

b=

12

b = 16 - 12 = 4

(12, 4)

12

b=

14

b = 16 - 14 = 2

(14, 2)

14

b=

l+2
2
6+2
=4
2
8+ 2
=5
2
10 + 2
=6
2
12 + 2
=7
2
14 + 2
=8
2

(l, b)
(6, 4)
(8, 5)
(10, 6)
(12, 7)
(14, 8)

So, original length of the plot is 10m and its breadth is 6m.
Taking measures of length on X-axis and measure of breadth on Y-axis, we get the graph
Y
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12
10
8
(10, 6)

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X

-2

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E XERCISE - 4.1
1.

a1

a) 5x- 4y + 8 = 0
7x+6y-9 = 0
2.

b1

b) 9x+3y + 12 = 0
18x+6y + 24 = 0

c) 6x - 3y + 10 = 0
2x - y + 9 = 0

Check whether the following equations are consistent or inconsistent. Solve them graphically.
a) 3x+2y=5

b) 2x - 3y = 8

2x - 3y=7
d) 5x-3y = 11
-10x+6y = -22
g) x - y = 8
3x-3y = 16
3.

c1

By comparing the ratios a , b , c , find out whether the lines represented by the
2
2
2
following pairs of linear equations intersect at a point, are parallel or are coincident.

c)

4x - 6y = 9
e)

4
x +2y = 8
3

3
5
x+ y = 7
2
3

9x - 10y=14
f) x + y = 5

2x+3y = 12

2x+2y = 10

h) 2x + y-6 = 0

i) 2x-2y - 2 = 0

4x-2y- 4 = 0

4x-4y- 5 = 0

Neha went to a 'sale' to purchase some pants and skirts. When her friend asked her how
many of each she had bought, she answered "The number of skirts are two less than twice
the number of pants purchased. Also the number of skirts is four less than four times the
number of pants purchased."
Help her friend to find how many pants and skirts Neha bought.

4.

10 students of Class-X took part in a mathematics quiz. If the number of girls is 4 more
than the number of boys then, find the number of boys and the number of girls who took
part in the quiz.

5.

5 pencils and 7 pens together cost ,50 whereas 7 pencils and 5 pens together cost ,46.
Find the cost of one pencil and that of one pen.

6.

Half the perimeter of a rectangular garden, whose length is 4m more than its width, is 36m.
Find the dimensions of the garden.

7.

We have a linear equation 2x + 3y - 8 = 0. Write another linear equation in two variables

such that the geometrical representation of the pair so formed is intersecting lines.
Now, write two more linear equations so that one forms a pair of parallel lines and the
second forms coincident line with the given equation.

8.

The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 80 sq units if its length is reduced by 5 units and
breadth is increased by 2 units. If we increase the length by 10 units and decrease the

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breadth by 5 units, the area will increase by 50 sq units. Find the length and breadth of the
rectangle.
9.

In X class, if three students sit on each bench, one student will be left. If four students sit on
each bench, one bench will be left. Find the number of students and the number of benches
in that class.

4.3 ALGEBRAIC METHODS

EQUATIONS

OF

FINDING

THE

SOLUTIONS

FOR A

PAIR

OF

LINEAR

We have learnt how to solve a pair of linear equations graphically. But, the graphical method
is not convenient in cases where the point representing the solution has no integral co-ordinates.
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For example, when the solution is of the form ( 3 , 2 7 ), (- 1.75, 3.3), ( , ) etc. There
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is every possibility of making mistakes while reading such co-ordinates. Is there any alternative
method of finding the solution? There are several algebraic methods, which we shall discuss now.

4.3.1 S UBSTITUTION M ETHOD

This method is useful for solving a pair of linear equations in two variables where one
variable can easily be written in terms of the other variable. To understand this method, let us
consider it step-wise
Step-1 : In one of the equations, express one variable in terms of the other variable. Say y in
terms of x.
Step-2 : Substitute the value of y obtained in step 1 in the second equation.
Step-3 : Simplify the equation obtained in step 2 and find the value of x.
Step-4 : Substitute the value of x obtained in step 3 in either of the equations and solve it for y.
Step-5 : Check the obtained solution by substituting the values of x and y in both the original
equations.
Example-6. Solve the given pair of equations using substitution method.
2x - y = 5
3x + 2y = 11
Solution :

2x - y = 5

(1)

3x + 2y = 11

(2)

Equation (1) can be written as

(Step 1)

y = 2x - 5
Substituting in equation (2) we get
3x + 2(2x - 5) = 11

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3x + 4x - 10 = 11
7x = 11 + 10 = 21
x = 21/7 = 3.

(Step 3)

Substitute x =3 in equation (1)

2(3) - y = 5

(Step 4)

y=6-5=1
Substitute the values of x and y in equation (2), we get 3(3) + 2(1) = 9 + 6 = 11
Both the equations are satisfied by x = 3 and y = 1.

(Step 5)

Therefore, required solution is x = 3 and y = 1.

D O T HIS
Solve each pair of equation by using the substitution method.
1) 3x - 5y = -1
x-y=-1
4) x +

6
=6
y

3x

8
=5
y

2) x+2y = - 1
2x - 3y = 12

3) 2x+3y = 9
3x+4y = 5

5) 0.2x + 0.3y = 13

6)

0.4x + 0.5y = 2.3

2x + 3y = 0

3x - 8 y = 0

4.3.2 E LIMINATION M ETHOD

In this method, first we eliminate (remove) one of the two variables by equating its coefficients.
This gives a single equation which can be solved to get the value of the other variable. To understand
this method, let us consider it stepwise.
Step-1 : Write both the equations in the form of ax + by = c.
Step-2 : Make the coefficients of one of the variables, say 'x', numerically equal by multiplying
each equation by suitable real numbers.
Step-3 : If the variable to be eliminated has the same sign in both equations, subtract the two
equations to get an equation in one variable. If they have opposite signs then add.
Step-4 : Solve the equation for the remaining variable.
Step-5 : Substitute the value of this variable in any one of the original equations and find the
value of the eliminated variable.
Example-7. Solve the following pair of linear equations using elimination method.
3x + 2y = 11
2x + 3y = 4

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Solution :

3x + 2y = 11
(1)
2x + 3y = 4
(2)
(Step 1)
Let us eliminate 'y' from the given equations. The coefficients of 'y' in the given equations are 2
and 3. L.C.M.of 2 and 3 is 6. So, multiply equation (1) by 3 and equation (2) by 2.
Equation (1) 3

9x + 6y = 33

Equation (2) 2

4x + 6y = 8

(Step 2)

(-) (-) (-)

5x
= 25
25
x=
=5
5
Substitute x = 5, in equation (1)

(Step 3)

(Step 4)

3(5) + 2y = 11
2y = 11 - 15 = - 4 y =

4
= 2
2

(Step 5)

Therefore, the required solution is x = 5, y = - 2.

DO

THIS

Solve each of the following pairs of equations by the elimination method.

1. 8x+ 5y = 9
3x+2y = 4

2. 2x + 3y = 8
4x + 6y = 7

3. 3x + 4y = 25
5x - 6y = -9

T RY T HIS
Solve the given pair of linear equations
(a - b)x + (a + b)y = a2 - 2ab - b2
(a + b) (x + y) = a2 + b2
Let us see some more examples:
Example-8. Tabita went to a bank to withdraw ,2000. She asked the cashier to give the cash
in ,50 and ,100 notes only. Snigdha got 25 notes in all. Can you tell how many notes each of
,50 and ,100 she received?
Let the number of ,50 notes be x;
Let the number of ,100 notes be y;
then, x + y = 25
and
50x + 100y = 2000
Kavitha used the substitution method.
Solution :

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From equation (1))

x = 25 -y

Substituting in equation (2)

50 (25 - y) + 100y = 2000

1250 - 50y + 100y = 2000
50y = 2000 - 1250 = 750
750
= 15
50

y=

x = 25 - 15 = 10
Hence, Tabita received ten ,50 notes and fifteen ,100 notes.
Prathyusha used the elimination method to get the solution.
In the equations, coefficients of x are 1 and 50 respectively. So,
Equation (1) 50

50x + 50y = 1250

Equation (2) 1

50x + 100y = 2000

(-)

(-)

same sign, so subtract

(-)

-50y = -750
or

y=

750
= 15
50

Substitute y in equation (1) x + 15 = 25

x = 25 - 15 = 10
Hence Snigdha received ten ,50 notes and fifteen ,100 rupee notes.
Example-9. In a competitive exam, 3 marks are to be awarded for every correct answer and
for every wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted. Madhu scored 40 marks in this exam. Had
4 marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks deducted for each incorrect answer,
Madhu would have scored 50 marks. How many questions were there in the test? (Madhu
attempted all the questions)
Solution :

Let the number of correct answers be x;

and the number of wrong answers be y.

When 3 marks are given for each correct answer and 1 mark deducted for each wrong
answer, his score is 40 marks.
3x - y = 40

(1)

His score would have been 50 marks if 4 marks were given for each correct answer and 2
marks deducted for each wrong answer.
4x - 2y = 50

(2)

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Substitution method
From equation (1),

y = 3x - 40

Substitute in equation (2)

4x - 2 (3x - 40) = 50
4x - 6x + 80 = 50
- 2x = 50 - 80 = -30
x=

30
=15
2

Substitute the value of x in equation (1)

3(15) - y = 40
45 - y = 40
y = 45 - 40 = 5
Total number of questions = 15 + 5 = 20

DO

THIS

Now use the elimination method to solve the above example-9.

Example-10. Mary told her daughter, "Seven years ago, I was seven times as old as you were
then. Also, three years from now, I shall be three times as old as you will be." Find the present
age of Mary and her daughter.
Solution :

Let Mary's present age be x years and her daughter's age be y years.

Then, seven years ago Mary's age was x - 7 and daughter's age was y - 7.
x - 7 = 7(y - 7)
x - 7 = 7y - 49
x - 7y + 42 = 0

(1)

Three years hence, Mary's age will be x + 3 and daughter's age will be y + 3.
x + 3 = 3 (y + 3)
x + 3 = 3y + 9
x - 3y - 6 = 0
(2)
Elimination method
Equation 1

x - 7y = - 42

Equation 2

x - 3y = 6
(-) (+) (-)
-4y = -48

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y=

48
= 12
4

Substitute the value of y in equation (2)

x-3 (12) - 6 = 0
x = 36 + 6 = 42
Therefore, Mary's present age is 42 years and her daughter's age is 12 years.`

D O T HIS
Solve example-10 by the substitution method.
Example-11. A publisher is planning to produce a new
textbook. The fixed costs (reviewing, editing, typesetting
and so on) are , 31.25 per book. Besides that, he also
spends another , 320000 in producing the book. The
wholesale price (the amount received by the publisher) is
, 43.75 per book. How many books must the publisher
sell to break even, i.e., so that the costs will equal revenues?

The point which corresponds to

how much money you have to earn
through sales in order to equal the
money you spent in production is
break even point.

Solution : The publisher breaks even when costs equal revenues. If x represents the number of
books printed and sold and y be the breakeven point, then the cost and revenue equations for the
publisher are
Cost equation is given by
y = 320000 + 31.25x
Revenue equation is given by
y = 43.75x
Using the second equation to substitute for y in the first equation, we have

(1)
(2)

43.75x = 3,20,000 + 31.25x

12.5x = 3,20,000
x=

3, 20, 000
= 25,600
12.5

Thus, the publisher will break even when 25,600 books are printed and sold.

E XERCISE - 4.2
Form a pair of linear equations for each of the following problems and find their solution.
1.

The ratio of incomes of two persons is 9 : 7 and the ratio of their expenditures is 4 : 3. If
each of them manages to save ,2000 per month, find their monthly income.

2.

The sum of a two digit number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 66. If the
digits of the number differ by 2, find the number. How many such numbers are there?

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3.

The larger of two supplementary angles exceeds the smaller by 18. Find the angles.

4.

The taxi charges in Hyderabad are fixed, along with the charge for the distance covered.
For a distance of 10 km., the charge paid is ,220. For a journey of
15 km. the charge paid is ,310.
i.

What are the fixed charges and charge per km?

ii. How much does a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 25 km?
5.

A fraction becomes

4
if 1 is added to both numerator and denominator. If, however, 5 is
5

subtracted from both numerator and denominator, the fraction becomes

1
. What is the
2

fraction?
6.

Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B
at the same time at different speeds. If the cars travel in the same direction, they meet in 5
hours. If they travel towards each other, they meet in 1 hour. What are the speeds of the
two cars?

7.

Two angles are complementary. The larger angle is 3 less than twice the measure of the
smaller angle. Find the measure of each angle.

8.

An algebra textbook has a total of 1382 pages. It is broken up into two parts. The second
part of the book has 64 pages more than the first part. How many pages are in each part
of the book?

9.

A chemist has two solutions of hydrochloric acid in stock. One is 50% solution and the
other is 80% solution. How much of each should be used to obtain 100ml of a 68%
solution.

10.

Suppose you have ,12000 to invest. You have to invest some amount at 10% and the rest
at 15%. How much should be invested at each rate to yield 12% on the total amount
invested?

4.4 E QUATIONS R EDUCIBLE

VARIABLES

TO A

P AIR

OF

L INEAR E QUATIONS

IN

T WO

Now we shall discuss the solution of pairs of equations which are not linear but can be
reduced to linear form by making suitable substitutions. Let us see an example:
Example-12. Solve the following pair of equations.

2 3
+ = 13
x y
5 4
= -2
x y

Solution : Observe the given pair of equations. They are not linear equations. (Why?)

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1
1
We have 2 + 3 = 13
x
y

(1)

1
1
5 - 4 = -2
x
y

If we substitute

(2)

1
1
= p and
= q, we get the following pair of linear equations:
y
x

2p + 3q = 13

(3)

5p - 4q = -2

(4)

Coefficients of q are 3 and 4 and their l.c.m. is 12. Using the elimination method:
Equation (3) 4

8p + 12q = 52

Equation (4) 3

15p - 12q = -6 'q' terms have opposite sign, so we add the two equations.
23p= 46
p=

46
=2
23

Substitute the value of p in equation (3)

2(2) +3q = 13
3q = 13 - 4 = 9
q=

But,

9
=3
3

1
=p=2
x

x=

1
2

1
=q=3
y

y=

1
3

Example-13.
Kavitha thought of constructing 2 more rooms in her house. She enquired
about the labour. She came to know that 6 men and 8 women could finish this work in 14 days.
But she wanted the work completed in only 10 days. When she enquired, she was told that 8
men and 12 women could finish the work in 10 days. Find out that how much time would be
taken to finish the work if one man or one woman worked alone?
Solution :

Let the time taken by one man to finish the work = x days.

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1
x

Work done by one man in one day

Let the time taken by one woman to finish the work

= y days.

Work done by one woman in one day

1
y

1
10

8
x

12
y

8 12
+
x y

Now, 8 men and 12 women can finish the work in 10 days.

So work done by 8 men and 12 women in one day

Also, work done by 8 men in one day is 8

1
.
x

Similarly, work done by 12 women in one day is 12

1
y

Total work done by 8 men and 12 women in one day

Equating equations (1) and (2)

(1)

(2)

8 12 1
+ =
x y 10
8 12
10 + = 1
x y

80 120
+
=1
x
y

(3)

Also, 6 men and 8 women can finish the work in 14 days.

Work done by 6 men and 8 women in one day =

6 8 1
+ =
x y 14

6 8
14 + = 1
x y
84 112
+
=1
y
x

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Observe equations (3) and (4). Are they linear equations? How do we solve them then? We can
convert them into linear equations by substituting

1
1
= u and = v.
y
x

Equation (3) becomes

80u + 120v = 1

(5)

Equation (4) becomes

84u + 112v = 1

(6)

L.C.M. of 80 and 84 is 1680. Using the elimination method,

Equation (3) 21

(21 80)u + (21 120)v = 21

Equation (4) 20

(20 84)u + (20 112)v = 20

1680u+2520v = 21
1680u+2240v = 20
(-)
(-) (-)

Same sign for u, so subtract

280v = 1
v=

1
280

Substitute in equation (5)

80u + 120
80u = 1

1
=1
280

3
73 4
=
=
7
7
7

4
1
1

u=
=
7
140
80
20

So one man alone can finish the work in 140 days and one woman alone can finish the
work in 280 days.
Example-14. A man travels 370 km partly by train and partly by car. If he covers 250 km by
train and the rest by car, it takes him 4 hours. But if he travels 130 km by train and the rest by car,
it takes 18 minutes more. Find the speed of the train and that of the car.
Solution :

Let the speed of the train be x km. per hour and that of the car be y km. per hour.

Also, we know that time =

Distance
Speed

In situation 1, time spent travelling by train =

250
hrs.
x

And time spent travelling by car

120
hrs.
y

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So, total time taken = time spent in train + time spent in car =

250 120
+
x
y

But, total time of journey is 4 hours, so

250 120
+
=4
x
y
125 60
+
=2
x
y

(1)

Again, when he travels 130 km by train and the rest by car

Time taken by him to travel 130 km by train =

130
hrs.
x

Time taken by him to travel 240 km (370 - 130) by car =

Total time taken =

240
hrs.
y

130
240
+
x
y
3

18
3
But given, time of journey is 4 hrs 18 min i.e., 4
hrs. = 4 hrs.
10
60
10

130
240
43
+
=
x
y
10

So,

Substitute

(2)

1
1
= a and = b in equations (1) and (2)
y
x

125a + 60b = 2

(3)

130a+ 240b = 43/10

(4)

For 60 and 240, l.c.m. is 240. Using the elimination method,

Equation (3) 4

500a+240b= 8

Equation (4) 1

130a+240b =
(-)

370a = 8 -

(-)

43
(Same sign, so subtract)
10

(-)

43 80 43 37
=
=
10
10
10

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a=

37
1
1

=
10
100
370
10

Substitute a =

1
in equation (3)
100

1
125
+ 60b = 2
100

4
60b = 2 -

b=

5 85
3
=
=
4
4
4

3
1
1

=
4
80
60
20

So a =

So

1
1
and b =
100
80

1
1
1
1
=
and =
y
80
x 100

x = 100 km/hr and y = 80 km/hr.

So, speed of train was 100 km/hr and speed of car was 80 km/hr.

  EXERCISE - 4.3
Solve each of the following pairs of equations by reducing them to a pair of linear equations.
i)

5
1
+
=2
x 1
y2
6
3
=1
x 1 y 2

iii)

2
3
+
x
y =2

ii)

x+ y
=2
xy
x y
=6
xy

iv)

4
9
x
y = 1
v)

5
2
= 1
x+ y x y

6x+3y = 6xy

2x + 4y = 5xy

vi)

2
3
+
= 13
x
y

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7
+
= 10 where x0, y0
x+ y
x y

vii)

10
2
+
=4
x+ y
x y

5 4
= -2 where x0, y0
x y

viii)

1
1
3
+
=
3x + y
3x y
4

1
1
1
=
2 (3x + y ) 2(3x y )
8

15
5
= -2
x+ y x y

2.

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Formulate the following problems as a pair of equations and then find their solutions.
i.

A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours it can

go 40 km upstream and 55 km downstream. Determine the speed of the stream and
that of the boat in still water.

ii. Rahim travels 600 km to his home partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8 hours
if he travels 120 km by train and rest by car. He takes 20 minutes more if he travels
200 km by train and rest by car. Find the speed of the train and the car.
iii. 2 women and 5 men can together finish an embroidery work in 4 days while 3 women
and 6 men can finish it in 3 days. Find the time taken by 1 woman alone and 1 man
alone to finish the work.

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination]
1.

Solve the following equations:(i)

2x
y
+
=2
a
b

(ii)

x 1
y +1
+
=9
3
2

x y
=4
a b

(iii)

x
y
+
=5
7
3

(iv)

x y
=6
2 9

(v)

ax by
=a+b
b
a

ax - by = 2ab

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x +1
y 1
+
=8
2
3

3x +

2y = 3

5x + 3 y = 3

(vi)

2x + 3y = 17
2x+2 - 3y+1 = 5

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2.

Animals in an experiment are to be kept on a strict diet. Each animal is to receive among
other things 20g of protein and 6g of fat. The laboratory technicians purchased two food
mixes, A and B. Mix A has 10% protein and 6% fat. Mix B has 20% protein and 2% fat.
How many grams of each mix should be used?

W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

1.

Two linear equations in the same two variables are called a pair of linear equations in two
variables.
a1x + b1y + c1 = 0 (a12 + b12 0)
a2x + b2y + c2 = 0 (a22 + b22 0)
Where a1, a2, b1, b2, c1, c2 are real numbers.

2.

A pair of linear equations in two variables can be solved using various methods.

3.

The graph of a pair of linear equations in two variables is represented by two lines.
i.

If the lines intersect at a point then the point gives the unique solution of the two equations.
In this case, the pair of equations is consistent.

ii. If the lines coincide, then there are infinitely many solutions - each point on the line
being a solution. In this case, the pair of equations is dependent.
iii. If the lines are parallel then the pair of equations has no solution. In this case, the pair
of equations is inconsistent.
4.

We have discussed the following methods for finding the solution(s) of a pair of linear
equations.
i.

Model Method.

ii. Graphical Method

iii. Algebraic methods - Substitution method and Elimination method.
5.

There exists a relation between the coefficients and nature of system of equations.
i.

6.

1
1
If a b then the pair of linear equations is consistent.
2
2

ii. If

a1
b
c
= 1 1 then the pair of linear equations is inconsistent.
a2 b2
c2

iii. If

a1
b
c
= 1 = 1 then the pair of linear equations is dependent and consistent.
a2
b2
c2

There are several situations which can be mathematically represented by two equations
that are not linear to start with. But we can alter them so that they will be reduced to a pair
of linear equations.

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5.1

Quadratic Equations

I NTRODUCTION

16 m .

16+ 2 x m .

Sports committee of Kaspa Municipal High School wants to construct a Kho-Kho court
of dimension 29 m. 16 m. This is to be
x
a rectangular enclosure of area 558 m2.
They want to leave space of equal width
all around the court for the spectators.
x
What would be the width of the space
for spectators? Would it be enough?
Suppose the width of the space be
x meter. So from the figure length of the
plot would be (29 + 2x) meter.

29 m .
29+2 x m .

And, breath of the rectangular plot would be

= (16 + 2x) m.

Therefore, area of the rectangular plot will be

= length breadth
= (29 + 2x) (16 + 2x)

Since the area of the plot is

= 558 m2

(29 + 2x) (16 + 2x)

= 558

4x + 90x + 464

= 558

4x2 + 90x - 94

=0

2x2 + 45x - 47

=0

2x2 + 45 x - 47 = 0

(dividing by 2)

..... (1)

In previous class we solve the linear equations of the form ax + b = c to find the value of
x. Similarly, the value of x from the above equation will give the possible width of the space for
spectators.
Can you think of more such examples where we have to find the quantities like in above
example and get such equations.
Let us consider another example:
Rani has a square metal sheet. She removed squares of side 9 cm. from each corner of this
sheet. Of the remaining sheet, she turned up the sides to form an open box as shown. The
capacity of the box is 144 cc. Can we find out the dimensions of the metal sheet?

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Suppose the side of the square piece of metal sheet

be x cm.
Then, the dimensions of the box are

9 cm .

9 cm .

9 cm .

9 cm .

x cm .

9 cm. (x-18) cm. (x-18) cm.

Since volume of the box is 144 cc
9 (x-18) (x-18) = 144
(x-18)2 = 16
x2 - 36x + 308 = 0

x cm .

So, the side x of the metal sheet will satisfy the

equation.
x2 - 36x + 308 = 0

..... (2)

9 cm .

Are they quadratic polynominals?

x - 18

-1

Let us observe the L.H.S of equation (1) and (2)

2

We studied such quadratic polynomials of the form ax + bx + c,

a 0 in the previous chapter.
Since, the LHS of the above equations are quadratic polynomials they are called quadratic
equations.
In this chapter we will study quadratic equations and methods to find their roots.

5.2 Q UADRATIC E QUATIONS

A quadratic equation in the variable x is an equation of the form ax2 + bx + c = 0, where
a, b, c are real numbers and a 0. For example, 2x2 + x 300 = 0 is quadratic equation,
Similarly, 2x2 3x + 1 = 0, 4x 3x2 + 2 = 0 and 1 x2 + 300 = 0 are also quadratic equations.
In fact, any equation of the form p(x) = 0, where p(x) is polynomial of degree 2, is a
quadratic equation. But when we write the terms of p(x) in descending order of their degrees,
then we get the standard form of the equation. That is, ax2 + bx + c = 0, a 0 is called the
standard form of a quadratic equation and y = ax2 + bx + c is called a quadratic function.

T RY T HIS
Check whether the following equations are quadratic or not ?
(i) x2 6x 4 = 0

(ii) x3 6x2 + 2x 1 = 0

(iii) 7x = 2x2

(iv) x 2 +

(v) (2x + 1) (3x + 1) = b(x 1) (x 2)

1
=2
x2
(vi) 3y2 = 192

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There are various uses of Quadratic functions. Some of them are:1.

When the rocket is fired upward, then the height of the rocket is defined
by a quadratic function.

2.

Shapes of the satellite dish, reflecting mirror in a telescope, lens of the

eye glasses and orbits of the celestial objects are defined by the quadratic
equations.

Satellite Dish

Reflecting Mirror
Artificial
Satellite

Earth

Lens of Eye Glasses

Earth
Sun

3. The path of a projectile is defined by quadratic function.

4. When the breaks are applied to a vehicle, the stopping

distance is calculated by using quadratic equation.

Example-1. Represent the following situations mathematically:

i.

Raju and Rajendar together have 45 marbles. Both of them lost 5 marbles each, and
the product of the number of marbles now they have is 124. We would like to find out
how many marbles they had previously.

ii. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 cm. We know that the difference in lengths of
the other two sides is 5 cm. We would like to find out the length of the two sides?
Solution :

i.

Let the number of marbles Raju had be x.

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Then the number of marbles Rajendar had = 45 x (Why?).

The number of marbles left with Raju, when he lost 5 marbles = x 5
The number of marbles left with Rajendar, when he lost 5 marbles = (45 x) 5
= 40 x
Therefore, their product = (x 5) (40 x)
= 40x x2 200 + 5x
= x2 + 45x 200
So, x2 + 45x 200 = 124 (Given that product = 124)
i.e., x2 + 45x 324 = 0
i.e., x2 45x + 324 = 0

(Multiply -ve sign)

Therefore, the number of marbles Raju had x, satisfies the quadratic equation
x2 45x + 324 = 0
which is the required representation of the problem mathematically.
Let the length of smaller side be x cm.
Then length of larger side = (x + 5) cm.
Given length of hypotenuse = 25 cm.
ii.

In a right angle triangle we know that (hypotenuse)2 = (side)2 + (side)2

So, x2 + (x + 5)2

= (25)2

2x + 10x - 600

=0

x2 + 5x - 300

=0

x+ 5 cm .

x2 + x2 + 10x + 25 = 625

25

cm

Value of x from the above equation will give the possible value of length of sides of the
given right angled triangle.
Example-2. Check whether the following are quadratic equations:
i.

(x 2)2 + 1 = 2x 3

iii. x (2x + 3) = x2 + 1
Solution :

i.

ii. x(x + 1) + 8 = (x + 2) (x 2)
iv. (x + 2)3 = x3 4

LHS = (x 2)2 + 1 = x2 4x + 4 + 1 = x2 4x + 5
Therefore, (x 2)2 + 1 = 2x 3 can be written as
x2 4x + 5 = 2x 3

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i.e., x2 6x + 8 = 0
It is in the form of ax2 + bx + c = 0.
Therefore, the given equation is a quadratic equation.
ii. Here
and

LHS = x(x + 1) + 8 = x2 + x + 8
RHS = (x + 2)(x 2) = x2 4

Therefore, x2 + x + 8 = x2 4
x2 + x + 8 - x2 + 4 = 0
i.e., x + 12 = 0
It is not in the form of ax2 + bx + c = 0.
Therefore, the given equation is not a quadratic equation.
iii. Here, LHS = x (2x + 3) = 2x2 + 3x
So, x (2x + 3) = x2 + 1 can be rewritten as
2x2 + 3x = x2 + 1
Therefore, we get x2 + 3x 1 = 0
It is in the form of ax2 + bx + c = 0.
So, the given equation is a quadratic equation.
iv. Here, LHS = (x + 2)3

= (x + 2)2 (x + 2)
= (x2 + 4x + 4) (x + 2)
= x3 + 2x2 + 4x2 + 8x + 4x + 8
= x3 + 6x2 + 12x + 8

Therefore, (x + 2)3 = x3 4 can be rewritten as

x3 + 6x2 + 12x + 8 = x3 4
i.e., 6x2 + 12x + 12 = 0

or, x2 + 2x + 2 = 0

It is in the form of ax2 + bx + c = 0.

So, the given equation is a quadratic equation.
Remark : In (ii) above, the given equation appears to be a quadratic equation, but it is not a
quadratic equation.
In (iv) above, the given equation appears to be a cubic equation (an equation of degree
3) and not a quadratic equation. But it turns out to be a quadratic equation. As you can see, often
we need to simplify the given equation before deciding whether it is quadratic or not.

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E XERCISE - 5.1
1.

Check whether the following are quadratic equations :

ii.

x2 2x = (2) (3 x)

iii. (x 2)(x + 1) = (x 1)(x + 3)

iv.

(x 3)(2x +1) = x(x + 5)

v. (2x 1)(x 3) = (x + 5)(x 1)

vi.

x2 + 3x + 1 = (x 2)2

vii. (x + 2)3 = 2x (x2 1)

viii.

x3 4x2 x + 1 = (x 2)3

i.

2.

(x + 1)2 = 2(x 3)

Represent the following situations in the form of quadratic equations :

i.

The area of a rectangular plot is 528 m2. The length of the plot (in metres) is one more
than twice its breadth. We need to find the length and breadth of the plot.

ii. The product of two consecutive positive integers is 306. We need to find the integers.
iii. Rohans mother is 26 years older than him. The product of their ages after 3 years will
be 360 years. We need to find Rohans present age.
iv. A train travels a distance of 480 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8 km/h
less, then it would have taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance. We need to
find the speed of the train.

5.3 S OLUTION

OF A

Q UADRATIC E QUATION

BY

F ACTORISATION

We have learned to represent some of the daily life situations mathematically in the form of
quadratic equation with an unknown variable x.
Now we need to find the value of x.
Consider the quadratic equation 2x2 3x + 1 = 0. If we replace x by 1. Then, we get
(2 12) (3 1) + 1 = 0 = RHS of the equation. Since 1 satisfies the equation , we say that 1
is a root of the quadratic equation 2x2 3x + 1 = 0.
x = 1 is a solution of the quadratic equation.
This also means that 1 is a zero of the quadratic polynomial 2x2 3x + 1.
In general, a real number is called a root of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0,
if a2 + b + c = 0. We also say that x = is a solution of the quadratic equation, or
satisfies the quadratic equation.
Note that the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c and the roots of the
quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are the same.
We have observed, in Chapter 3, that a quadratic polynomial can have at most two zeroes.
So, any quadratic equation can have atmost two roots. (Why?)

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We have learnt in Class-IX, how to factorise quadratic polynomials by splitting their middle
terms. We shall use this knowledge for finding the roots of a quadratic equation. Let us see.
Example-3. Find the roots of the equation 2x2 5x + 3 = 0, by factorisation.
Solution : Let us first split the middle term. Recall that if ax2 + bx + c is a quadratic
equation polynomial then to split the middle term we have to find two numbers p and q such that
p + q = b and p q = a c. So to split the middle term of 2x2 5x + 3, we have to find two
numbers p and q such that p + q = 5 and p q = 2 3 = 6.
For this we have to list out all possible pairs of factors of 6. They are (1, 6), (1, 6);
(2, 3); (2, 3). From the list it is clear that the pair (2, 3) will satisfy our condition
p + q = 5 and p q = 6.
The middle term 5x can be written as 2x 3x.
So, 2x2 5x + 3 = 2x2 2x 3x + 3 = 2x (x 1) 3(x 1) = (2x 3)(x 1)
Now, 2x2 5x + 3 = 0 can be rewritten as (2x 3)(x 1) = 0.
So, the values of x for which 2x2 5x + 3 = 0 are the same for which (2x 3)(x 1) = 0,
i.e., either 2x 3 = 0 or x 1 = 0.
Now, 2x 3 = 0 gives x =
So, x =

3
and x 1 = 0 gives x = 1.
2

3
and x = 1 are the solutions of the equation.
2

In other words, 1 and

3
are the roots of the equation 2x2 5x + 3 = 0.
2

T RY T HIS
Verify that 1 and

3
are the roots of the equation 2x2 5x + 3 = 0.
2

Note that we have found the roots of 2x2 5x + 3 = 0 by factorising 2x2 5x + 3

into two linear factors and equating each factor to zero.
Example 4 : Find the roots of the quadratic equation x-

Solution : We have x-

1
1
= 6x2 - x - 2 = 0
3x
6

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6x2 x 2 = 6x2 + 3x 4x 2
= 3x (2x + 1) 2 (2x + 1)
= (3x 2)(2x + 1)
The roots of 6x2 x 2 = 0 are the values of x for which (3x 2)(2x + 1) = 0
Therefore, 3x 2 = 0 or 2x + 1 = 0,
i.e.,

x=

2
1
or x =
3
2

Therefore, the roots of 6x2 x 2 = 0 are

We verify the roots, by checking that

2
1
and .
3
2

2
1
and satisfy 6x2 x 2 = 0.
3
2

Example-5. Find the width of the space for spectators discussed in section 5.1.
Solution : In Section 5.1, we found that if the width of the space for spectators is x m., then
x satisfies the equation 2x2 + 45x - 47 = 0. Applying the factorisation method we write this
equation as:2x2 - 2x + 47x - 47 = 0
2x (x - 1) + 47 (x - 1) = 0
i.e.,

(x - 1) (2x + 47) = 0

So, the roots of the given equation are x = 1 or x =

47
. Since x is the width of
2

space of the spectators it cannot be negative.

Thus, the width is 1 m.

EXERCISE - 5.2
1.

Find the roots of the following quadratic equations by factorisation:

i. x2 3x 10 = 0
2
iv. 2 x x +

1
=0
8

vii. 3x2 5x + 2 = 0

ii. 2x2 + x 6 = 0

iii.

v. 100x2 20x + 1 = 0

vi. x(x + 4) = 12

viii. x

3
=2
x

2 x2 + 7 x + 5 2 = 0

ix. 3(x 4)2 5(x 4) = 12

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2.

Find two numbers whose sum is 27 and product is 182.

3.

Find two consecutive positive integers, sum of whose squares is 613.

4.

The altitude of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm, find the
other two sides.

5.

A cottage industry produces a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed
on a particular day that the cost of production of each article (in rupees) was 3 more than
twice the number of articles produced on that day. If the total cost of production on that
day was Rs 90, find the number of articles produced and the cost of each article.

6.

Find the dimensions of a rectangle whose perimeter is 28 meters and whose area is 40
square meters.

7.

The base of a triangle is 4cm longer than its altitude. If the area of the triangle is 48 sq.cm
then find its base and altitude.

8.

Two trains leave a railway station at the same time. The first train travels towards west and
the second train towards north. The first train travels 5 km/hr faster than the second train.
If after two hours they are 50 km. apart find the average speed of each train.

9.

In a class of 60 students, each boy contributed rupees equal to the number of girls and
each girl contributed rupees equal to the number of boys. If the total money then collected
was ,1600. How many boys are there in the class?

10.

A motor boat heads upstream a distance of 24km on a river whose current is running at 3
km per hour. The trip up and back takes 6 hours. Assuming that the motor boat maintained
a constant speed, what was its speed?

5.4 S OLUTION

OF A

Q UADRATIC E QUATION

BY

C OMPLETING

THE

S QUARE

In the previous section, we have learnt method of factorisation for obtaining the roots of a
quadratic equation. Is method of factorization applicable to all types of quadratic equation? Let
us try to solve x2 + 4x - 4 = 0 by factorisation method
To solve the given equation x2 + 4x - 4 = 0 by factorization method.
We have to find p and q such that

p + q = 4 and
p q = -4

But it is not possible. So by factorization method we cannot solve the given equation.
Therefore, we shall study another method.

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Consider the following situation

The product of Sunitas age (in years) two years ago and her age four years from now is
one more than twice her present age. What is her present age?
To answer this, let her present age (in years) be x years. Age before two year = x - 2 &
age after four years = x + 4 then the product of both the ages is (x 2)(x + 4).
Therefore,

(x 2)(x + 4) = 2x + 1
x2 + 2x 8 = 2x + 1

i.e.,

x2 9 = 0

i.e.,

So, Sunitas present age satisfies the quadratic equation x2 9 = 0.

We can write this as x2 = 9. Taking square roots, we get x = 3 or x = 3. Since the age is
a positive number, x = 3.
So, Sunitas present age is 3 years.
Now consider another quadratic equation (x + 2)2 9 = 0. To solve it, we can write it as
(x + 2)2 = 9. Taking square roots, we get x + 2 = 3 or x + 2 = 3.
Therefore,

x = 1 or x = 5

So, the roots of the equation (x + 2)2 9 = 0 are 1 and 5.

In both the examples above, the term containing x is completely a square, and we found
the roots easily by taking the square roots. But, what happens if we are asked to solve the
equation x2 + 4x 4 = 0. And it cannot be solved by factorisation also.
So, we now introduce the method of completing the square. The idea behind this
method is to adjust the left side of the quadratic equation so that it becomes a perfect
square.
The process is as follows:
x2 + 4x 4 = 0

x2 + 4x = 4
x2 + 2. x . 2 = 4

Now, the LHS is in the form of a2 + 2ab. If we add b2 it becomes as a2 + 2ab + b2 which
is perfect square. So, by adding b2 = 22 = 4 to both sides we get,
x2 + 2.x.2 + 22 = 4 + 4

(x + 2)2 = 8 x + 2 = 8

x = 2 2 2

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Now consider the equation 3x2 5x + 2 = 0. Note that the coefficient of x2 is not 1. So
we divide the entire equation by 3 so that the coefficient of x2 is 1

5
2
x2 x + = 0
3
3

2
5
x2 x =
3
3

x 2 2.x.

5 5
2 5
x 2.x. + =
+
6 6
3 6

5 2
=
6
3
2

5
add
both
side

5
2 25

+
x =
6
3 36

5
(12 2) + ( 25 1)

x =
6
36
2

24 + 25
5

x =
6
36
2

5
1

x =
6
36

So, x =

5
1
=
6
6
5 1
5 1
+
or x =
6 6
6 6

Therefore, x = 1 or x =
i.e.,

(take both side square root)

4
6

x = 1 or x =

2
3

Therefore, the roots of the given equation are 1 and

2
.
3

From the above examples we can deduce the following algorithm for completing the square.
Algorithm : Let the quadratic equation by ax2 + bx + c = 0
Step-1 : Divide each side by a

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Step-2 : Rearrange the equation so that constant term c/a is on the right side. (RHS)
2

1 b
Step-3 : Add to both sides to make LHS, a perfect square.
2 a

Step-4 : Write the LHS as a square and simplify the RHS.

Step-5 : Solve it.
Example-6. Find the roots of the equation 5x2 6x 2 = 0 by the method of completing the
square.
Solution : Given : 5x2 6x 2 = 0
Now we follow the Algoritm
6
2
2
Step-1 : x x = 0 (Dividing both sides by 5)
5
5
6
2
2
Step-2 : x x =
5
5
2

6
2 3
3
Step-3 : x x + = +
5
5 5
5

Adding

3
to both sides
5

3
2 9

Step-4 : x = +
5
5 25

3
19

Step-5 : x =
5
25

3
19
=
5
25

x=

3
19
3
19
+
or x =
5
5
5
5

x=

3 + 19
3 19
or x =
5
5

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Example-7. Find the roots of 4x2 + 3x + 5 = 0 by the method of completing the square.
Solution : Given 4x2 + 3x + 5 = 0
x2 +

3
5
x+ = 0
4
4

x2 +

5
3
x=
4
4
2

3
5 3
3
x + x+ =
+
4
4 8
8

3
5 9

+
x+ =
8
4 64

3
71

<0
x+ =
8
64

But x + cannot be negative for any real value of x (Why?). So, there is no real value
8

of x satisfying the given equation. Therefore, the given equation has no real roots.

DO T HIS
Solve the equations by completing the square
(i) x2 10x + 9 = 0

(ii)

x2 5x + 5= 0

(iii) x2 + 7x 6 = 0
We have solved several examples with the use of the method of completing the square.
Now, let us apply this method in standard form of quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0 (a0).
Step 1 : Dividing the equation through out by a we get
x2 +

Step 2 : x 2 +

b
c
x+ = 0
a
a

b
c
x=
a
a

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b
c 1 b
1 b
= +
Step 3 : x + x +

a
a 2 a
2 a

1 b
adding
both
sides

2 a

b b
c b
x + 2 x
+ = +
a 2a
2a 2a

b
b 2 4ac

Step 4 : x + =
2a
4a 2

Step 5 : If b2 4ac > 0, then by taking the square roots, we get

x+

Therefore,

b
b 2 4ac
=
2a
2a

b b 2 4ac
x=
2a

So, the roots of ax 2 + bx + c = 0 are

b + b 2 4ac
2a

and

b b 2 4ac
,
2a

if b2 4ac > 0.
If b2 4ac < 0, the equation will have no real roots. (Why?)
Thus, if b2 4ac > 0, then the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are
b b 2 4ac
.
given by
2a

This formula for finding the roots of a quadratic equation is known as the quadratic formula.
Let us consider some examples by using quadratic formula.
Example-8. Solve Q. 2(i) of Exercise 5.1 by using the quadratic formula.
Solution : Let the breadth of the plot be x metres.
Then the length is (2x + 1) metres.
Since area of rectangular plot is 528 m2
We can write x(2x + 1) = 528,

i.e., 2x2 + x 528 = 0.

This is in the form of ax2 + bx + c = 0, where a = 2, b = 1, c = 528.

So, the quadratic formula gives us the solution as

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x=

1 1 + 4(2)(528)
1 4225 1 65
=
=
4
4
4

i.e.,

x=

66
64
or x =
4
4

i.e.,

x = 16 or x =

115

33
2

Since x cannot be negative. So, the breadth of the plot is 16 metres and hence, the length
of the plot is (2x + 1) = 33m.
You should verify that these values satisfy the conditions of the problem.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
We have three methods to solve a quadratic equation. Among these three, which
method would you like to use? Why?
Example-9. Find two consecutive odd positive integers, sum of whose squares is 290.
Solution : Let first odd positive integers be x. Then, the second integer will be x + 2. According
to the question,
x2 + (x + 2)2 = 290
i.e.,

x2 + x2 + 4x + 4 = 290

i.e.,

2x2 + 4x 286 = 0

i.e.,

x2 + 2x 143 = 0

which is a quadratic equation in x.

b b 2 4ac
Using the quadratic formula x =
2
we get, x =
i.e.,

2 4 + 572 2 576 2 24
=
=
2
2
2

x = 11 or x = 13

But x is given to be an odd positive integer. Therefore, x 13, x = 11.

Thus, the two consecutive odd integers are 11 and (x + 2) = 11 + 2 = 13.
Check : 112 + 132 = 121 + 169 = 290.

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Example-10. A rectangular park is to be designed whose breadth is 3 m less than its length. Its
area is to be 4 square metres more than the area of a park that has already been made in the
shape of an isosceles triangle with its base as the breadth of the rectangular park and of altitude
12 m (see Fig. 5.3). Find its length and breadth.
Solution : Let the breadth of the rectangular park be x m.
So, its length = (x + 3) m.
Therefore, the area of the rectangular park = x(x + 3) m2 = (x2 + 3x) m2.
Now, base of the isosceles triangle = x m.
Therefore, its area =

1
x 12 = 6 x m2.
2
12

According to our requirements,

x2 + 3x = 6x + 4
x2 3x 4 = 0

i.e.,

x+3

Using the quadratic formula, we get

3 25 3 5
=
= = 4 or 1
2
2

x=

But x 1 (Why?). Therefore, x = 4.

So, the breadth of the park = 4m and its length will be x + 3 = 4 + 3 = 7m.
Verification : Area of rectangular park = 28 m2,
area of triangular park = 24 m2 = (28 4) m2
Example-11. Find the roots of the following quadratic equations, if they exist, using
the quadratic formula:
(i) x2 + 4x + 5 = 0

(ii) 2x2 2 2x + 1 = 0

Solution :
(i) x2 + 4x + 5 = 0. Here, a = 1, b = 4, c = 5. So, b2 4ac = 16 20 = 4 < 0.
Since the square of a real number cannot be negative, therefore b 2 4ac will not
have any real value.
So, there are no real roots for the given equation.
(ii) 2x2 2 2 x + 1 = 0. Here, a = 2, b = 2 2 , c = 1.

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So, b2 4ac = 8 8 = 0
Therefore, x =

1
2 2 0
2
.
=
0 i.e., x =
2
4
2
1
1
,
.
2
2

So, the roots are

Example-12. Find the roots of the following equations:

(i) x +

1
= 3, x 0
x

(ii)

1
1

= 3, x 0, 2
x x2

Solution :
1
(i) x + = 3 . Multiplying whole by x, we get
x

x2 + 1 = 3x
x2 3x + 1 = 0, which is a quadratic equation.

i.e.,
Here,

a = 1, b = 3, c = 1

So,

b2 4ac = 9 4 = 5 > 0

Therefore,

x=

So, the roots are

3+ 5
3 5
.
and
2
2

(ii)

3 5
(why ?)
2

1
1

= 3, x 0, 2.
x x2

As x 0, 2, multiplying the equation by x (x 2), we get

(x 2) x = 3x (x 2)
= 3x2 6x
So, the given equation reduces to 3x2 6x + 2 = 0, which is a quadratic equation.
Here, a = 3, b = 6, c = 2. So, b2 4ac = 36 24 = 12 > 0
Therefore,

x=

6 12
6 2 3
3 3
.
=
=
6
6
3

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So, the roots are

3+ 3
3 3
.
and
3
3

Example-13. A motor boat whose speed is 18 km/h in still water. It takes 1 hour more to go
24 km upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
Solution : Let the speed of the stream be x km/h.
Therefore, the speed of the boat upstream = (18 x) km/h and the speed of the boat
downstream = (18 + x) km/h.
The time taken to go upstream =

distance
24
=
hours.
speed
18 x

Similarly, the time taken to go downstream =

24
hours.
18 + x

According to the question,

24
24

=1
18 x
18 + x

i.e.,

24(18 + x) 24(18 x) = (18 x) (18 + x)

x2 + 48x 324 = 0

i.e.,

Using the quadratic formula, we get

48 482 + 1296
48 3600
x=
=
2
2
=

48 60
= 6 or 54
2

Since x is the speed of the stream, it cannot be negative. So, we ignore the root x = 54.
Therefore, x = 6 gives the speed of the stream as 6 km/h.

E XERCISE - 5.3
1.

Find the roots of the following quadratic equations, if they exist, by the method of completing
the square:
i.

2x2 + x 4 = 0

iii. 5x2 7x 6 = 0

ii.

4 x 2 + 4 3x + 3 = 0

iv. x2 + 5 = 6x

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2.

Find the roots of the quadratic equations given in Q.1 above by applying the quadratic
formula.

3.

Find the roots of the following equations:

(i) x

4.

1
= 3, x 0
x

(ii)

1
1
11
, x 4, 7

=
x + 4 x 7 30

The sum of the reciprocals of Rehmans ages, (in years) 3 years ago and 5 years from now
is

1
. Find his present age.
3

5.

In a class test, the sum of Moulikas marks in Mathematics and English is 30. If she got 2
marks more in Mathematics and 3 marks less in English, the product of her marks would
have been 210. Find her marks in the two subjects.

6.

The diagonal of a rectangular field is 60 metres more than the shorter side. If the longer
side is 30 metres more than the shorter side, find the sides of the field.

7.

The difference of squares of two numbers is 180. The square of the smaller number is 8
times the larger number. Find the two numbers.

8.

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.

9.

Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9

10.

An express train takes 1 hour less than a passenger train to travel 132 km between Mysore
and Bangalore (without taking into consideration the time they stop at intermediate stations).
If the average speed of the express train is 11km/h more than that of the passenger train,
find the average speed of the two trains.

11.

Sum of the areas of two squares is 468 m2. If the difference of their perimeters is 24 m, find
the sides of the two squares.

12.

A ball is thrown vertically upward from the top of a building 96 feet tall with an initial
velocity 80 m/second. The distance s of the ball from the ground after t seconds is S =
96 + 80t 16t2. After how may seconds does the ball strike the ground.

13.

3
hours. The tap of larger diameter takes 10
8
hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap
can separately fill the tank.

1
n (n3) diagonals. How many sides will a polygon having
2
65 diagonals? Is there a polygon with 50 diagonals?

If a polygon of n sides has

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OF

R OOTS

In the previous section, we have seen that the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are
given by
x=

b b 2 4ac
2a

Now let us try to understand the nature of roots.

Remember that zeros are those points where value of polynomial becomes zero or we can say
that the curve of quadratic polynomial cuts the X-axis.
Similarly, roots of a quadratic equation are those points where the curve cuts the X-axis.
Case-1 : If b2 - 4ac > 0;

b + b 2 4ac b b 2 4ac
,
We get two distinct real roots
2a
2a
In such case if we draw graph for the given quadratic equation we get the following figures.

Figure shows that the curve of the quadratic equation cuts the x-axis at two distinct points
Case-2 : If b2 - 4ac = 0
x=

So, x =

b + 0
2a
b b
,
2 a 2a

Figure shows that the curve of the quadratic equation touching X-axis at one point.
Case-3 : b2 - 4ac < 0
There are no real roots. Roots are imaginary.

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In this case graph neither intersects nor touches the X-axis at all. So, there are no real
roots.
Since b2 4ac determines whether the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has real roots
or not, b2 4ac is called the discriminant of the quadratic equation.
So, a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has
i.

two distinct real roots, if b2 4ac > 0,

ii. two equal real roots, if b2 4ac = 0,

iii. no real roots, if b2 4ac < 0.
Let us consider some examples.
Example-14. Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation 2x2 4x + 3 = 0, and hence find
the nature of its roots.
Solution : The given equation is in the form of ax2 + bx + c = 0, where a = 2, b = 4 and
c = 3. Therefore, the discriminant
b2 4ac = ( 4)2 (4 2 3) = 16 24 = 8 < 0
So, the given equation has no real roots.
Example-15. A pole has to be erected at a point on the boundary of a circular park of diameter
13 metres in such a way that the differences of its distances from two diametrically opposite fixed
gates A and B on the boundary is 7 metres. Is it possible to do so? If yes, at what distances from
the two gates should the pole be erected?
Solution : Let us first draw the diagram.

Let P be the required location of the pole. Let the distance of the
pole from the gate B be x m, i.e., BP = x m. Now the difference of the
distances of the pole from the two gates = AP BP (or, BP AP)= 7 m.
Therefore, AP = (x + 7) m.
Now, AB = 13m, and since AB is a diameter,
APB = 900

(Why?)

Therefore,

AP2 + PB2 = AB2

(By Pythagoras theorem)

i.e.,

(x + 7)2 + x2 = 132

i.e.,

x2 + 14x + 49 + x2 = 169

i.e.,

2x2 + 14x 120 = 0

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So, the distance x of the pole from gate B satisfies the equation
x2 + 7x 60 = 0
So, it would be possible to place the pole if this equation has real roots. To see if this is so or not,
let us consider its discriminant. The discriminant is
b2 4ac = 72 4 1 ( 60) = 289 > 0.
So, the given quadratic equation has two real roots, and it is possible to erect the pole on
the boundary of the park.
Solving the quadratic equation x2 + 7x 60 = 0, by the quadratic formula, we get
x=

7 289 7 17
=
2
2

Therefore, x = 5 or 12.
Since x is the distance between the pole and the gate B, it must be positive.
Therefore, x = 12 will have to be ignored. So, x = 5.
Thus, the pole has to be erected on the boundary of the park at a distance of 5m from the
gate B and 12m from the gate A.

T RY T HIS
1. Explain the benefits of evaluating the discriminant of a quadritic equation before attempting
to solve it. What does its value signifies?
2. Write three quadratic equations one having two distinct real solutions, one having no real
solution and one having exactly one real solution.
Example-16. Find the discriminant of the equation 3 x 2 2 x +

1
= 0 and hence find the nature
3

of its roots. Find them, if they are real.

Solution : Here a = 3, b = 2 and c =

1
3

Therefore, discriminant b 2 4ac = (2) 2 4 3

1
= 4 4 = 0.
3

Hence, the given quadratic equation has two equal real roots.
The roots are

2 2
1 1
b b
,
, i.e., , , i.e., , .
2a 2a
6 6
3 3

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E XERCISE - 5.4
1.

Find the nature of the roots of the following quadratic equations. If real roots exist, find
them:
(i) 2x2 3x + 5 = 0

(ii)

3x 2 4 3x + 4 = 0

(iii) 2x2 6x + 3 = 0
2.

Find the values of k for each of the following quadratic equations, so that they have two
equal roots.
(i) 2x2 + kx + 3 = 0

(ii)

kx (x 2) + 6 = 0

3.

Is it possible to design a rectangular mango grove whose length is twice its breadth, and the
area is 800 m2? If so, find its length and breadth.

4.

The sum of the ages of two friends is 20 years. Four years ago, the product of their ages in
years was 48. Is the situation possible? If so, determine their present ages.

5.

Is it possible to design a rectangular park of perimeter 80 m. and area 400 m2? If so, find
its length and breadth.

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination]
1.

Some points are plotted on a plane. Each point joined with all remaining points by line
segments. Find the number of points if the number of line segments are 10.

2.

A two digit number is such that the product of the digits is 8. When 18 is added to the
number they interchange their places. Determine the number.

3.

A piece of wire 8 m. in length, cut into two pieces, and each piece is bent into a
square. Where should the cut in the wire be made if the sum of the areas of these
squares is to be 2 m2?
2
2
2
2

x y
x 8- x
=
2
Hint : x + y = 8, + = 2 +
.
4 4
4 4

4.

Vinay and Praveen working together can paint the exterior of a house in 6 days. Vinay by
himself can complete the job in 5 days less than Praveen. How long will it take vinay to
complete the job by himself.

5.

Show that the sum of roots of a quadratic equation is

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Show that the product of the roots of a quadratic equation is .
a
The denominator of a fraction is one more than twice the numerator. If the sum of the

fraction and its reciprocal is 2

16
, find the fraction.
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W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

In this chapter, we have studied the following points:
1.

Standard form of quadratic equation in variable x is ax2 + bx + c = 0, where a, b, c are

real numbers and a 0.

2.

A real number is said to be a root of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, if

a2 + + b + c = 0. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c and the roots of
the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are the same.

3.

If we can factorise ax2 + bx + c, a 0, into a product of two linear factors, then the roots
of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 can be found by equating each factor to zero.

4.

A quadratic equation can also be solved by the method of completing the square.

5.

Quadratic formula: The roots of a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are given by

b b 2 4ac
, provided b2 4ac > 0.
2a

6.

A quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has

(i) two distinct real roots, if b2 4ac > 0,
(ii) two equal roots (i.e., coincident roots), if b2 4ac = 0, and
(iii) no real roots, if b2 4ac < 0.

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You must have observed that in nature, many things follow a certain pattern such as the
petals of a sunflower, the holes of a honeycomb, the grains on a maize cob, the spirals on a
pineapple and on a pine cone etc.
Can you see a pattern in each of the given example? We can see the natural patterns
have a repetition which is not progressive. The identical petals of the sunflower are equidistantly
grown. In a honeycomb identical hexagonal shaped holes are arranged symmetrically around
each hexagon. Similarly, you can find out other natural patterns in spirals of pineapple....
You can look for some other patterns which occur in our day-to-day life. Some examples
are:
(i)

List of the last digits (digits in unit place) taken from the values of 4, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 .....
is
4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, ......

(ii)

Mary is doing problems on patterns as part of preparing for a bank exam. One of them
is find the next two terms in the following pattern.
1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 20, 22 .......

(iii)

Usha applied for a job and got selected. She has been offered a job with a starting
monthly salary of ,8000, with an annual increment of ,500. Her salary (in rupees) for
to 1st, 2nd, 3rd ... years will be 8000, 8500, 9000 ..... respectively.

(iv)

The lengths of the rungs of a ladder decrease uniformly by 2 cm from bottom to top. The
bottom rung is 45 cm in length. The lengths (in cm) of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, .... 8th rung from
the bottom to the top are 45, 43, 41, 39, 37, 35, 33, 31 respectively.
Can you see any relationship between the terms in the pattern of numbers written above?

Pattern given in example (i) has a relation of two numbers one after the other i.e. 4 and
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Now try to find out pattern in exampled (ii). In examples (iii) and (iv), the relationship
between the numbers in each list is constantly progressive. In the given list 8000, 8500, 9000, ....
each succeeding term is obtained by adding 500 to the preceding term.
Where as in 45, 43, 41, ..... each succeeding term is obtained by adding -2 to each
preceding term. Now we can see some more examples of progressive patterns.
5
(a)
In a savings seheme, the amount becomes times of itself after 3 years.
4
The maturity amount (in Rupees) of an investment of ,8000 after 3, 6, 9 and 12 years
will be respectively. 10000, 12500, 15625, 19531.25.
(b)

The number of unit squares in squares with sides 1, 2, 3, .... units are respectively.
12, 22, 32, ....

(c)

Hema put Rs. 1000 into her daughters money box when she was one year old and
increased the amount by Rs. 500 every year. The amount of money (in Rs.) in the box on
her 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th ........ birthday would be.
1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, ..... respectively.

(d)

The fraction of first, second, third ..... shaded regions of the squares in the following
figure will be respectively.
1 1 1
1
, ,
,
, ....
4 16 64 256

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A pair of rabbits are too young to produce in their first month. In the second, and every
subsequent month, they produce a new pair. Each new pair of rabbits produce a new
pair in their second month and in every subsequent month (see the figure below). Assuming
no rabbit dies, the number of pairs of rabbits at the start of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, ....., 6th
month, respectively are :
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8




!
#
&

In the examples above, we observe some patterns. In some of them, we find that the
succeeding terms are obtained by adding a fixed number or in other by multiplying with a fixed
number or in another, we find that they are squares of consecutive numbers and so on.
In this chapter, we shall discuss some of these patterns in which succeeding terms are
obtained by adding a fixed number to the preceding terms or multiplying preceding terms by a
fixed number. We shall also see how to find their nth term and the sum of n consecutive terms,
and use this knowledge in solving some daily life problems.
History : Evidence is found that Babylonians some 400 years ago, knew of Arithmetic and
geometric progressions. According to Boethins (570 AD), these progressions were known to
early Greek writers. Among the Indian mathematicians, Aryabhata (470 AD) was the first to
give formula for the sum of squares and cubes of natural number in his famous work
Aryabhatiyam written around 499 A.D. He also gave the formula for finding the sum of n
terms of an Arithmetic Progression starting with pth term. Indian mathematician Brahmagupta
(598 AD), Mahavira (850 AD) and Bhaskara (1114-1185 AD) also considered the sums of
squares and cubes.

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6.2 A RITHMETIC P ROGRESSIONS

Consider the following lists of numbers :
(i) 1, 2, 3, 4, . . .
(iii) 3, 2, 1, 0, . . .

(ii)

100, 70, 40, 10, . . .

(iv)

3, 3, 3, 3, . . .

(v) 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, . . .

Each of the numbers in the list is called a term.
Given a term, can you write the next term in each of the lists above? If so, how will you
write it? Perhaps by following a pattern or rule, let us observe and write the rule.
In (i), each term is 1 more than the term preceding it.
In (ii), each term is 30 less than the term preceding it.
In (iii), each term is obtained by adding 1 to the term preceding it.
In (iv), all the terms in the list are 3 , i.e., each term is obtained by adding (or subtracting) 0 to the
term preceding it.
In (v), each term is obtained by adding 0.5 to (i.e., subtracting 0.5 from) the term preceding it.
In all the lists above, we can observe that successive terms are obtained by adding or
substracting a fixed number to the preceding terms. Such list of numbers is said to form an
Arithmetic Progression ( AP ).

T RY T HIS
(i)

Which of these are Arithmetic Progressions and why?

(a) 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15, ......

(b)

2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, ......

(c) -1, -3, -5, -7, ......

(ii) Write 3 more Arithmetic Progressions.
6.2.1 W HAT

IS AN

A RITHMETIC P ROGRESSION ?

We observe that an arithmetic progression is a list of numbers in which each term

is obtained by adding a fixed number to the preceding term except the first term.
This fixed number is called the common difference of the AP. Remember that it can be
positive, negative or zero.
Let us denote the first term of an AP by a1, second term by a2, . . ., nth term by an and the
common difference by d. Then the AP becomes a1, a2, a3, . . ., an.
So, a2 a1 = a3 a2 = . . . = an an 1 = d.

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Let us see some more examples of AP :

(a)

Heights ( in cm ) of some students of a school standing in a queue in the morning assembly

are 147 , 148, 149, . . ., 157.

(b)

Minimum temperatures ( in degree celsius ) recorded for a week, in the month of January
in a city, arranged in ascending order are
3.1, 3.0, 2.9, 2.8, 2.7, 2.6, 2.5

(c)

The balance money ( in ,) after paying 5% of the total loan of ,1000 every month is
950, 900, 850, 800, . . ., 50.

(d)

Cash prizes ( in , ) given by a school to the toppers of Classes I to XII are 200, 250,
300, 350, . . ., 750 respectively.

(e)

Total savings (in ,) after every month for 10 months when Rs 50 are saved each month
are 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
1.
2.
3.
4.

Think how each of the list given above form an AP Discuss with your friends.
Find the common difference of each of the above lists? Think when is it positive?
Make a positive Arithmetic progression in which the common difference is a small
positive quantity.
Make an AP in which the common difference is big(large) positive quantity.

5.

Make an AP in which the common difference is negative.

General form of AP : Can you see that all APs can be written as.
a, a + d, a + 2d, a + 3d, . . .
This is called general form of an A.P where a is the first term and d is the common
difference
For example in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ....
The first terms is 1 and the common difference is also 1.
In 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ..... What is the first term and common difference?

A CTIVITY
(i)

Make the following figures with match sticks

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(iii)

Write down the number of match sticks required for each figure.

(iv)

Can you find a common difference in members of the list?

(v)

Does the list of these numbers form an AP?

6.2.2 P ARAMETERS

OF A

A RITHMETIC P ROGRESSIONS

Note that in examples (a) to (e) above, in section 6.2.1 there are only a finite number of
terms. Such an AP is called a finite AP. Also note that each of these Arithmetic Progressions
(APs) has a last term. The APs in examples (i) to (v) in the section 6.2, are not finite APs and so
they are called infinite Arithmetic Progressions. Such APs are never ending and do not have
a last term.

DO

THIS

Write three examples for finite AP and three for infinite AP.
Now, to know about an AP, what is the minimum information that you need? Is it enough
to know the first term? Or, is it enough to know only the common difference?
We can see that we will need to know both the first term a and the common difference
d. These two parameters are sufficient for us to complete the Arithmetic Progression.
For instance, if the first term a is 6 and the common difference d is 3, then the AP is
6, 9,12, 15, . . .
and if a is 6 and d is 3, then the AP is
6, 3, 0, 3, . . .
Similarly, when
a = 7, d = 2,

the AP is 7, 9, 11, 13, . . .

a = 1.0, d = 0.1,

the AP is 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, . . .

a = 0,
a = 2,

1
,
2
d = 0,

d=1

1
1
, 3, 4 , 6, . . .
2
2
the AP is 2, 2, 2, 2, . . .

the AP is 0, 1

So, if you know what a and d are, you can list the AP.
Let us try other way. If you are given a list of numbers, how can you say whether it is an
A.P. or not?
For example, for any list of numbers :
6, 9, 12, 15, . . . ,

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We check the difference of the succeeding terms. In the given list we have a2 a1 = 9 6 = 3,
a3 a2 = 12 9 = 3,
a4 a3 = 15 12 = 3
We see that a2 - a1 = a3 - a2 = a4 - a3 ... = 3
Here the difference of any two consecutive terms in each case is 3. So, the given list is an
AP whose first term a is 6 and common difference d is 3.
For the list of numbers : 6, 3, 0, 3, . . .,
a2 a1 = 3 6 = 3,
a3 a2 = 0 3 = 3
a4 a3 = 3 0 = 3
a2 - a1 = a3 - a2 = a4 - a3 = -3

Similarly, this is also an AP whose first term is 6 and the common difference is 3.
So, we see that if the difference between succeeding terms is constant then it is an Arithmetic
Progression.
In general, for an AP a1, a2, . . ., an, we can say
d = ak + 1 ak where k N; k > 1
where ak + 1 and ak are the (k + 1)th and the kth terms respectively.
Consider the list of numbers 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, . . . . By looking at it, you can tell that the
difference between any two consecutive terms is not the same. So, this is not an AP.
Note : To find d in the AP : 6, 3, 0, 3, . . ., we have subtracted 6 from 3 and not 3 from 6.
We have to subtract the kth term from the (k + 1) th term even if the (k + 1)th term is smaller and
to find d in a given A.P. we need not find all of a2 a1, a1 a2 .... . It is enough to find only one
of them

D O T HIS
1.

Take any Arithmetic Progression.

2. Add a fixed number to each and every term of AP. Write the resulting numbers as a
list.
3.

Similarly subtract a fixed number from each and every term of AP. Write the resulting
numbers as a list.

4.

Multiply and divide each term of AP by a fixed number and write the resulting numbers
as a list.

5.

Check whether the resulting lists are AP in each case.

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6.

What is your conclusion?

Let us consider some examples

1 1 3 5
,
,
,
........, write the first term a and the common
4 4 4 4
difference d. And find the 7th term

Example-1. For the AP :

Solution : Here, a =

1
1 1 1
=
; d=
4
4 4 2

Remember that we can find d using any two consecutive terms, once we know that the
numbers are in AP.
The seventh term would be

-5 1 1 1 -11
- - - =
4
2 2 2
4

Example-2. Which of the following forms an AP? If they form AP then write next two terms?
(i)
(iv)

4, 10, 16, 22, . . . (ii) 1, 1, 3, 5, . . . (iii) 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, . . .

1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, . . .

(v) x, 2x, 3x, 4x ......

Solution : (i) We have a2 a1 = 10 4 = 6

a3 a2 = 16 10 = 6
a4 a3 = 22 16 = 6
i.e.,

ak + 1 ak is same every time.

So, the given list of numbers forms an AP with the common difference d = 6.
The next two terms are: 22 + 6 = 28 and 28 + 6 = 34.

(ii) a2 a1 = 1 1 = 2
a3 a2 = 3 ( 1 ) = 3 + 1 = 2
a4 a3 = 5 ( 3 ) = 5 + 3 = 2
i.e., ak + 1 ak is same every time.
So, the given list of numbers forms an AP with the common difference d = 2.
The next two terms are:
5 + ( 2 ) = 7 and 7 + ( 2 ) = 9

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(iii) a2 a1 = 2 ( 2) = 2 + 2 = 4
a3 a2 = 2 2 = 4
As a2 a1 a3 a2, the given list of numbers do not form an AP.
(iv) a2 a1 = 1 1 = 0
a3 a2 = 1 1 = 0
a4 a3 = 2 1 = 1
Here, a2 a1 = a3 a2 a4 a3.
So, the given list of numbers do not form an AP.
(v) We have

a2 a1 = 2x x = x
a3 a2 = 3x 2x = x
a4 a3 = 4x 3x = x

i.e., ak+1 ak is same every time.

So, the given list form an AP.
The next two terms are 4x + x = 5x and 5x + x = 6x.

E XERCISE - 6.1
1.

In which of the following situations, does the list of numbers involved make an arithmetic
progression, and why?
(i)

The taxi fare after each km when the fare is < 20 for the first km and rises by
< 8 for each additional km.

(ii)

The amount of air present in a cylinder when a vacuum pump removes

1
of the
4

air remaining in the cylinder at a time.

(iii)

The cost of digging a well, after every metre of digging, when it costs < 150 for
the first metre and rises by < 50 for each subsequent metre.

The amount of money in the account every year, when <10000 is deposited at
compound interest at 8 % per annum.
Write first four terms of the AP, when the first term a and the common difference d are
given as follows:

(iv)
2.

(i)

a = 10, d = 10

(ii) a = 2, d = 0

(iii)

a = 4, d = 3

(iv) a = 1, d =

(v)

a = 1.25, d = 0.25

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3.

For the following APs, write the first term and the common difference:
(i)
(iii)

4.

3, 1, 1, 3, . . .

(ii) 5, 1, 3, 7, . . .

1 5 9 13
, , , ,....
3 3 3 3

(iv) 0.6, 1.7, 2.8, 3.9, . . .

Which of the following are APs ? If they form an AP, find the common difference d and
write three more terms.
2, 4, 8, 16, . . .

5 7
(ii) 2, ,3, ,....
2 2

(iii)

1.2, 3.2, 5.2, 7.2, . . .

(iv) 10, 6, 2, 2, . . .

(v)

3, 3 + 2,3 + 2 2,3 + 3 2,....

(vi) 0.2, 0.22, 0.222, 0.2222, . . .

(vii)

0, 4, 8, 12, . . .

1 1 1 1
(viii) , , , ,....
2 2 2 2

(ix)

1, 3, 9, 27, . . .

(xi)

a, a2, a3, a4, . . .

(i)

(xiii)

(x) a, 2a, 3a, 4a, . . .

(xii)

2, 8, 18, 32,.....

3, 6, 9, 12,.....

6.3 n th T ERM

OF AN

A RITHMETIC P ROGRESSION

Let us consider the offer to Usha who applied for a job and got selected. She has been
offered a starting monthly salary of < 8000, with an annual increment of < 500. What would be
her monthly salary of the fifth year?
To answer this, let us first see what her monthly salary for the second year would be.
It would be < (8000 + 500) = < 8500.
In the same way, we can find the monthly salary for the 3rd, 4th and 5th year by adding
< 500 to the salary of the previous year.
So, the salary for the 3rd year = <(8500 + 500)
= < (8000 + 500 + 500)
= < (8000 + 2 500)
= < [8000 + (3 1) 500]

(for the 3rd year)

= < 9000
Salary for the 4th year

= < (9000 + 500)

= < (8000 + 500 + 500 + 500)

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= < (8000 + 3 500)

= < [8000 + (4 1) 500]

(for the 4th year)

= < 9500
Salary for the 5th year

= < (9500 + 500)

= < (8000+500+500+500 + 500)
= < (8000 + 4 500)
= < [8000 + (5 1) 500]

(for the 5th year)

= < 10000
Observe that we are getting a list of numbers
8000, 8500, 9000, 9500, 10000, . . .
These numbers are in Arithmetic Progression.
Looking at the pattern above, can we find her monthly salary in the 6th year? The 15th year?
And, assuming that she is still working in the same job, what would be her monthly salary in the
25th year? Here we can calculate the salary of the present year by adding < 500 to the salary of
previous year. Can we make this process shorter? Let us see. You may have already got some
idea from the way we have obtained the salaries above.
Salary for the 15th year

= Salary for the 14th year + < 500

+
500
+
500
+
...
+
500
= < 8000 + 500

 + <500
13 times

= < [8000 + 14 500]

= < [8000 + (15 1) 500] = < 15000
i.e.,

First salary + (15 1) Annual increment.

In the same way, her monthly salary for the 25th year would be
< [8000 + (25 1) 500] = < 20000
= First salary + (25 1) Annual increment
This example has given us an idea about how to write the 15th term, or the 25th term. By using
the same idea, now let us find the nth term of an AP.
Let a1, a2, a3, . . . be an AP whose first term a1 is a and the common difference is d.
Then,
the second term a2 = a + d = a + (2 1) d

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the third term a3 = a2 + d = (a + d) + d = a + 2d = a + (3 1) d

the fourth term a4 = a3 + d = (a + 2d) + d = a + 3d = a + (4 1) d
........
........
Looking at the pattern, we can say that the nth term an = a + (n 1) d.
So, the nth term an of the AP with first term a and common difference d is given by
an = a + (n 1) d.
an is also called the general term of the AP.
If there are m terms in the AP, then am represents the last term which is sometimes also
denoted by l.
Finding terms of an AP : Using the above formula we can find different terms of an
arithemetic progression.
Let us consider some examples.
Example-3. Find the 10th term of the AP : 5, 1, 3, 7 . . .
Solution : Here, a = 5, d = 1 5 = 4 and n = 10.
We have an = a + (n 1) d
So, a10 = 5 + (10 1) (4) = 5 36 = 31
Therefore, the 10th term of the given AP is 31.
Example-4. Which term of the AP : 21, 18, 15, . . . is 81?
Is there any term 0? Give reason for your answer.
Solution : Here, a = 21, d = 18 21 = 3 and if an = 81, we have to find n.
As

an = a + ( n 1) d,

we have

81 = 21 + (n 1)( 3)
81 = 24 3n
105 = 3n

So,

n = 35
Therefore, the 35th term of the given AP is 81.
Next, we want to know if there is any n for which an = 0. If such an n is there, then
21 + (n 1) (3) = 0,
i.e.,
i.e.,

3(n 1) = 21
n=8

So, the eighth term is 0.

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Example-5. Determine the AP whose 3rd term is 5 and the 7th term is 9.
Solution : We have

and

a3 = a + (3 1) d = a + 2d = 5

(1)

a7 = a + (7 1) d = a + 6d = 9

(2)

Solving the pair of linear equations (1) and (2), we get

a = 3, d = 1
Hence, the required AP is 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, . . .
Example-6. Check whether 301 is a term of the list of numbers 5, 11, 17, 23, . . .
Solution : We have :
a2 a1 = 11 5 = 6, a3 a2 = 17 11 = 6, a4 a3 = 23 17 = 6
As (ak + 1 ak) is the same for k = 1, 2, 3, etc., the given list of numbers is an AP.
Now, for this AP we have a = 5 and d = 6.
We choose to begin with the assumption that 301 is a term, say, the nth term of the this AP.
We will see if an n exists for which an = 301.
We know
an = a + (n 1) d
So, for 301 to be a term we must have
301 = 5 + (n 1) 6
or
So,

301 = 6n 1
n=

302 151
=
6
3

But n should be a positive integer (Why?).

So, 301 is not a term of the given list of numbers.
Example-7. How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3?
Solution : The list of two-digit numbers divisible by 3 is :
12, 15, 18, . . . , 99
Is this an AP? Yes it is. Here, a = 12, d = 3, an = 99.
As

an = a + (n 1) d,

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we have

99 = 12 + (n 1) 3

i.e.,

87 = (n 1) 3
87
= 29
3
n = 29 + 1 = 30

i.e.,

n1=

i.e.,

So, there are 30 two-digit numbers divisible by 3.

Example-8. Find the 11th term from the last of the the AP series given below :
AP : 10, 7, 4, . . ., 62.
Solution : Here, a = 10, d = 7 10 = 3, l = 62,
where

l = a + (n 1) d
To find the 11th term from the last term, we will find the total number of terms in the AP.

So,

62 = 10 + (n 1)(3)

i.e.,

72 = (n 1)(3)

i.e.,

n 1 = 24

or

n = 25
So, there are 25 terms in the given AP.

The 11th term from the last will be the 15th term of the series. (Note that it will not be the
14th term. Why?)
So,

a15 = 10 + (15 1)(3) = 10 42 = 32

i.e., the 11th term from the end is 32.

Note : The 11th term from the last is also equal to 11th term of the AP with first term 62 and the
common difference 3.
Example-9. A sum of < 1000 is invested at 8% simple interest per year. Calculate the interest
at the end of each year. Do these interests form an AP? If so, find the interest at the end of 30
years.
Solution : We know that the formula to calculate simple interest is given by
Simple Interest =

PR T
100

So, the interest at the end of the 1st year = <

The interest at the end of the 2nd year = <

1000 8 1
= < 80
100

1000 8 2
= < 160
100

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139

1000 8 3
= < 240
100

Similarly, we can obtain the interest at the end of the 4th year, 5th year, and so on. So, the
interest (in Rs) at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, . . . years, respectively are
80, 160, 240, . . .
It is an AP as the difference between the consecutive terms in the list is 80,
i.e.,

d = 80. Also, a = 80.

So, to find the interest at the end of 30 years, we shall find a30.
Now,

a30 = a + (30 1) d = 80 + 29 80 = 2400

So, the interest at the end of 30 years will be < 2400.

Example-10. In a flower bed, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 in the second, 19 in
the third, and so on. There are 5 rose plants in the last row. How many rows are there in the
flower bed?
Solution : The number of rose plants in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, . . ., rows are :
23, 21, 19, . . ., 5
It forms an AP (Why?).
Let the number of rows in the flower bed be n.
Then a = 23, d = 21 23 = 2, an = 5
As,

an = a + (n 1) d

We have,

5 = 23 + (n 1)( 2)

i.e.,

18 = (n 1)( 2)

i.e.,

n = 10

So, there are 10 rows in the flower bed.

E XERCISE - 6.2
1.

Fill in the blanks in the following table, given that a is the first term, d the common
difference and an the nth term of the AP:
S. No.

an

(i)

...

(ii)

18

...

10

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2.

(iii)

...

18

(iv)

18.9

2.5

...

3.6

(v)

3.5

105

...

Find the
(i) 30th term of the A.P. 10, 7, 4 ......
(ii) 11th term of the A.P. : 3,

3.

1
, 2,.....
2

Find the respective terms for the following APs.

(i) a1 = 2; a3 = 26 find a2
(iii) a1 = 5; a4 = 9

1
find a2, a3
2

(ii)

a2 = 13; a4 = 3 find a1, a3

(iv)

a1 = 4; a6 = 6 find a2, a3, a4, a5

(v) a2 = 38; a6 = 22 find a1, a3, a4, a5

4.
5.

Which term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, 18, . . . ,is 78?

Find the number of terms in each of the following APs :
(i)

7, 13, 19, . . . , 205

(ii)

1
18, 15 , 13, ..., 47
2

6.

Check whether, 150 is a term of the AP : 11, 8, 5, 2 . . .

7.

Find the 31st term of an AP whose 11th term is 38 and the 16th term is 73.

8.

If the 3rd and the 9th terms of an AP are 4 and 8 respectively, which term of this AP is
zero?

9.

The 17th term of an AP exceeds its 10th term by 7. Find the common difference.

10.

Two APs have the same common difference. The difference between their 100th terms
is 100, what is the difference between their 1000th terms?

11.

How many three-digit numbers are divisible by 7?

12.

How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?

13.

For what value of n, are the nth terms of two APs: 63, 65, 67, . .. and 3, 10, 17, . . .
equal?

14.

Determine the AP whose third term is 16 and the 7th term exceeds the 5th term by 12.

15.

Find the 20th term from the end of the AP : 3, 8, 13, . . ., 253.

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16.

The sum of the 4th and 8th terms of an AP is 24 and the sum of the 6th and 10th terms is
44. Find the first three terms of the AP.

17.

Subba Rao started work in 1995 at an annual salary of < 5000 and received an increment
of < 200 each year. In which year did his income reach < 7000?

6.4 S UM

OF

F IRST n T ERMS

IN

A RITHMETIC P ROGRESSION

Let us consider the situation again given in Section 6.1 in

which Hema put < 1000 money box when her daughter was one
year old, < 1500 on her second birthday, < 2000 on her third
birthday and will continue in the same way. How much money will
be collected in the money box by the time her daughter is 21 years
old?
Here, the amount of money (in Rupees) put in the money
box on her first, second, third, fourth . . . birthday were respectively
1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, . . . till her 21st birthday. To find the
total amount in the money box on her 21st birthday, we will have to write each of the 21 numbers
in the list above and then add them up. Dont you think it would be a tedious and time consuming
process? Can we make the process shorter?
This would be possible if we can find a method for getting this sum. Let us see.
6.4.1 H OW G AUSS

FIND THE SUM OF TERMS

We consider the problem given to Gauss, to solve when he was

just 10 years old. He was asked to find the sum of the positive integers
from 1 to 100. He immediately replied that the sum is 5050. Can you
guess how can he do? He wrote :
S = 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + 99 + 100
And then, reversed the numbers to write
S = 100 + 99 + . . . + 3 + 2 + 1

Carl Fredrich Gauss

(1777-1855) is a great
German Mathematician

When he added these two he got 25 as both the sums have to be equal. So he work,
2S = (100 + 1) + (99 + 2) + . . . + (3 + 98) + (2 + 99) + (1 + 100)
= 101 + 101 + . . . + 101 + 101 (100 times) (check this out and discuss)
So,

S=

100 101
= 5050,
2

i.e., the sum = 5050.

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6.4.2 S UM

OF

TERMS OF AN

AP.

We will now use the same technique that was used by transs to find the sum of the first n
terms of an AP :
a, a + d, a + 2d, . . .
The nth term of this AP is a + (n 1) d.
Let Sn denote the sum of the first n terms of the A.P. Whose nth term is
an = a + (n 1) d
Sn = a + (a + a ) + (a + 2d ) + ... + a + (n 1)d
Sn = (a + (n 1)d ) + (a + (n 2)d + ... + a

Adding 2Sn = (2a + (n 1)d ) + (2a + (n 1)d ) + .... + (2a + (n 1)d ) (n times)
= n(2a + (n 1)d )
n
n
n
n
Sn = [2a + (n 1)d ] = [ a + a + ( n 1) d ] = [first term + nth term] = (a + an )
2
2
2
2

If the first and last terms of an A.P. are given and the common difference is not given then
Sn =

n
(a + an ) is very useful to find Sn.
2

Money for Hemas daughter

Now we return to the question that was posed to us in the beginning. The amount of
money (in Rs) in the money box of Hemas daughter on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th birthday, . . ., were
1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, . . ., respectively.
This is an AP. We have to find the total money collected on her 21st birthday, i.e., the sum
of the first 21 terms of this AP.
Here, a = 1000, d = 500 and n = 21. Using the formula :
n
Sn = [2a + (n 1)d ],
2

we have

S=
=

21
[2 1000 + (21 1) 500]
2

21
[2000 + 10000]
2

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21
[12000] = 126000
2

So, the amount of money collected on her 21st birthday is < 12600.
We use Sn in place of S to denote the sum of first n terms of the AP so that we know how
many terms we have added. We write S20 to denote the sum of the first 20 terms of an AP. The
formula for the sum of the first n terms involves four quantities Sn, a, d and n. If we know any
three of them, we can find the fourth.
Remark : The nth term of an AP is the difference of the sum to first n terms and the sum to first
(n 1) terms of it, i.e., an = Sn Sn 1.

D O T HIS
Find the sum of indicated number of terms in each of the following A.P.s
(i) 16, 11, 6 .....; 23 terms
(iii) 1,

(ii)

0.5, 1.0, 1.5, .....; 10 terms

1 3
, ....., 10 terms
4 2

Let us consider some examples.

Example-11. If the sum of the first 14 terms of an AP is 1050 and its first term is 10, find the
20th term.
Solution : Here, Sn = 1050; n = 14, a = 10
n
Sn = [2a + ( n 1) d ]
2
14
[2a + 13d ] = 140 + 91d
1050 =
2
910 = 91d

d = 10

a20 = 10 + (20 -1) 10 = 200

Example-12. How many terms of the AP : 24, 21, 18, . . . must be taken so that their sum is 78?
Solution : Here, a = 24, d = 21 24 = 3, Sn = 78. We need to find n.
n
We know that Sn = [2a + ( n 1) d ]
2
n
n
78 = [48 + (n 1(3)] = [51 3n]
So,
2
2
or

3n2 51n + 156 = 0

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n2 17n + 52 = 0

or
or

(n 4)(n 13) = 0

or

n = 4 or 13

Both values of n are admissible. So, the number of terms is either 4 or 13.
Remarks :
1.

In this case, the sum of the first 4 terms = the sum of the first 13 terms = 78.

2.

Two answers are possible because the sum of the terms from 5th to 13th will be zero.
This is because a is positive and d is negative, so that some terms are positive and some
are negative, and will cancel out each other.

Example-13. Find the sum of :

(i)

the first 1000 positive integers (ii) the first n positive integers

Solution :
(i)

Let S = 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + 1000
Using the formula Sn =
S1000 =

n
(a + l ) for the sum of the first n terms of an AP, we have
2

1000
(1 + 1000) = 500 1001 = 500500
2

So, the sum of the first 1000 positive integers is 500500.

(ii)

Let Sn = 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + n
Here a = 1 and the last term l is n.
Therefore, Sn =

n(1 + n)
n( n + 1)
(or) Sn =
2
2

So, the sum of first n positive integers is given by

Sn =

n( n + 1)
2

Example-14. Find the sum of first 24 terms of the list of numbers whose nth term is given by
an = 3 + 2n
Solution : As
so,

an = 3 + 2n,
a1 = 3 + 2 = 5

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a2 = 3 + 2 2 = 7
a3 = 3 + 2 3 = 9


List of numbers becomes 5, 7, 9, 11, . . .
Here, 7 5 = 9 7 = 11 9 = 2 and so on.
So, it forms an AP with common difference d = 2.
To find S24, we have n = 24, a = 5, d = 2.
Therefore,

S24 =

24
[2 5 + (24 1) 2] = 12(10 + 46) = 672
2

So, sum of first 24 terms of the list of numbers is 672.

Example-15. A manufacturer of TV sets produced 600 sets in the third year and 700 sets in the
seventh year. Assuming that the production increases uniformly by a fixed number every year,
find :
(i)

the production in the 1st year

(iii)

the total production in first 7 years

(ii)

the production in the 10th year

Solution : (i) Since the production increases uniformly by a fixed number every year, the number
of TV sets manufactured in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, . . ., years will form an AP.
Let us denote the number of TV sets manufactured in the nth year by an.
Then,

a3 = 600 and a7 = 700

or,

a + 2d = 600

and

a + 6d = 700

Solving these equations, we get d = 25 and a = 550.

Therefore, production of TV sets in the first year is 550.
(ii)

Now

a10 = a + 9d = 550 + 9 25 = 775

So, production of TV sets in the 10th year is 775.

(iii)

Also,

S7 =
=

7
[2 550 + (7 1) 25]
2
7
[1100 + 150] = 4375
2

Thus, the total production of TV sets in first 7 years is 4375.

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E XERCISE - 6.3
1.

2.

3.

Find the sum of the following APs:

(i)

2, 7, 12, . . ., to 10 terms.

(ii)

37, 33, 29, . . ., to 12 terms.

(iii)

0.6, 1.7, 2.8, . . ., to 100 terms.

(iv)

1 1 1
, , , .....,to 11terms.
15 12 10

(ii)

34 + 32 + 30 + . . . + 10

Find the sums given below :

(i)

1
7 + 10 + 14 + .... + 84
2

(iii)

5 + (8) + (11) + . . . + (230)

In an AP:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)

given a = 5, d = 3, an = 50, find n and Sn.

given a = 7, a13 = 35, find d and S13.
given a12 = 37, d = 3, find a and S12.
given a3 = 15, S10 = 125, find d and a10.
given a = 2, d = 8, Sn = 90, find n and an.
given an = 4, d = 2, Sn = 14, find n and a.
given l = 28, S = 144, and there are total 9 terms. Find a.

4.

The first and the last terms of an AP are 17 and 350 respectively. If the common difference
is 9, how many terms are there and what is their sum?

5.

Find the sum of first 51 terms of an AP whose second and third terms are 14 and 18
respectively.

6.

If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first
n terms.

7.

Show that a1, a2, . . ., an, . . . form an AP where an is defined as below :

(i)

an = 3 + 4n

(ii)

an = 9 5n

Also find the sum of the first 15 terms in each case.

8.

If the sum of the first n terms of an AP is 4n n2, what is the first term (remember the first
term is S1)? What is the sum of first two terms? What is the second term? Similarly, find
the 3rd, the 10th and the nth terms.

9.

Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers divisible by 6.

10.

A sum of < 700 is to be used to give seven cash prizes to students of a school for their
overall academic performance. If each prize is < 20 less than its preceding prize, find the
value of each of the prizes.

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11.

In a school, students thought of planting trees in and around the school to reduce air
pollution. It was decided that the number of trees, that each section of each class will
plant, will be the same as the class, in which they are studying, e.g., a section of Class I
will plant 1 tree, a section of Class II will plant 2 trees and so on till Class XII. There are
three sections of each class. How many trees will be planted by the students?

12.

A spiral is made up of successive semicircles, with

centres alternately at A and B, starting with centre
at A, of radii 0.5 cm, 1.0 cm, 1.5 cm, 2.0 cm, . . .
as shown in Fig. 5.4. What is the total length of
such a spiral made up of thirteen consecutive
semicircles? (Take =

22
)
7

l3
l1

A B
l2
l4

[Hint : Length of successive semicircles is l1, l2, l3, l4, . . . with centres at A, B, A, B, . . .,
respectively.]
13.

200 logs are stacked in the following manner: 20 logs in the bottom row, 19 in the next
row, 18 in the row next to it and so on. In how may rows are the 200 logs placed and
how many logs are in the top row?

14.

In a bucket and ball race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 5 m from the
first ball, and the other balls are placed 3 m apart in a straight line. There are ten balls in
the line.

5m

3m

3m

A competitor starts from the bucket, picks up the nearest ball, runs back with it, drops it
in the bucket, runs back to pick up the next ball, runs to the bucket to drop it in, and she
continues in the same way until all the balls are in the bucket. What is the total distance
the competitor has to run?
[Hint : To pick up the first ball and the second ball, the total distance (in metres) run by
a competitor is 2 5 + 2 (5 + 3)]

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6.5 G EOMETRIC P ROGRESSIONS

Consider the lists
(i)

30, 90, 270, 810 .....

(iii)

30, 24, 19.2, 15.36, 12.288

(ii)

1 1 1
1
, , ,
.....
4 16 64 256

Given a term, can we write the next term in each of the lists above ?
in (i) each term is obtained by multiplying the preceeding term by 3.
in (ii) each term is obtained by multiplying the preceeding term by

1
.
4

in (iii) each term is obtained by multiplying the preceeding term by 0.8.

In all the lists above, we see that successive terms are obtained by multiplying the preceeding
term by a fixed number. Such a list of numbers is said to form Geometric Progression (GP).
This fixed number is called the common ration r of GP. So in the above example (i), (ii), (iii) the
common ratios are 3,

1
, 0.8 respectively.
4

Let us denote the first term of a GP by a and common ratio r. To get the second term
according to the rule of Geometric Progression, we have to multiply the first term by the common
ratio r.
The second term = ar
Third term = ar . r = ar2
a, ar, ar2 ..... is called the general form of a GP.
in the above GP the ratio between any term (except first term) and its preceding term is r
i.e.,

ar ar 2
=
= .......... = r
a
ar

If we denote the first term of GP by a1, second term by a2 ..... nth term by an
then a2 = a3 = ...... = an = r
a1 a2
an 1
A list of numbers a1, a2, a3 .... an ... is called a geometric progression (GP), if each
term is non zero and
an
=r
an 1
Where n is a natural number and n > 2.

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D O T HIS
Find which of the following are not G.P.
1.

6, 12, 24, 48, .....

2.

1, 4, 9, 16, ......

3.

1, 1, 1, 1, .....

4.

4, 20, 100, 500, .....

Some more example of GP are :

(i)

A person writes a letter to four of his friends. He asks each one of them to copy the letter
and give it to four different persons with same instructions so that they can move the
chain ahead similarly. Assuming that the chain is not broken the number of letters at first,
second, third ... stages are
1, 4, 16, 256 .............. respectively.

(ii)

The total amount at the end of first , second, third .... year if <500/- is deposited in the
bank with annual rate 10% interest compounded annually is
550, 605, 665.5 ......

(iii)

A square is drawn by joining the mid points of the sides

of a given square. A third square is drawn inside the
second square in the same way and this process
continues indefinitely. If a side of the first square is
16cm then the area of first, second, third ..... square
will be respectively.
256, 128, 64, 32, .....

(iv)

Initially a pendulum swings through an arc of 18 cms. On each

sucessive swing the length of the arc is 0.9 of the previous length.
So the length of the arc at first, second, third....... swing will be
resepectively.
18, 16.2, 14.58, 13.122......

T HINK - D ISCUSS
1.

Explain why each of the lists above is a G.P.

2.

To know about a G.P. what is minimum information that we need ?

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Now let us learn how to construct a GP. when the first term a and common ratio r are
given. And also learn how to check whether the given list of numbers is a G.P.
Example-16. Write the GP. if the first term a = 3, and the common ratio r = 2.
Solution : Since a is the first term it can easily be written
We know that in GP. every succeeding term is obtained by multiplying the preceding
term with common ratio r. So to get the second term we have to multiply the first term a = 3
by the common ratio r = 2.
Second term = ar = 3 2 = 6
Similarly the third term = second term common ratio
= 6 2 = 12
If we proceed in this way we get the following G.P.
3, 6, 12, 24,..... .
Example-17. Write GP. if a = 256, r =

1
2

Solution : General form of GP = a, ar, ar2, ar3, .....

2

1
1
1
= 256, 256 , 256 , 256
2
2
2
= 256, 128, 64, 32 ......

Example-18. Find the common ratio of the GP 25, 5, 1,

1
.
5

Solution : We know that if the first, second, third .... terms of a GP are a1, a2, a3 .... respectively
the common ratio r =

a2 a3
=
= .....
a1 a2

Here a1 = 25, a2 = 5, a3 = 1.
So common ratio r =

1 1
5
=
= .
25 5 5

Example-19. Which of the following list of numbers form GP. ?

(i)

3, 6, 12, .....

(iii)

1 1 1
,
, ,......
64 32 8

(ii)

64, 32, 16,

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Solution : (i)We know that a list of numbers a1, a2, a3, .....an ..... is called a GP if each term is
an
a2 a3
non zero and a = a = ..... a = r
1
2
n 1

Here all the terms are non zero. Further

a2
6
= = 2 and
a1
3
a3 12
=
=2
a2
6
a2 a3
=
= 2
a1 a2

i.e.,

So, the given list of number form a G.P. which contain ratio 2.
(ii)

All the terms are non zero.

a2 32 1
=
=
a1
64
2
a3
16
1
=
=
a1 32
2

and

a2 a3 1
=
=
a1 a2
2

So, the given list of numbers form a GP with common ratio

(iii) All the terms are non zero.
1
a2
= 32 = 2
1
a1
64
1
a3
= 8 =4
1
a2
32
a3
a2
Here a a
1
2

So, the given list of numbers does not form GP.

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E XERCISE - 6.4
1.

2.

3.

In which of the following situations, does the list of numbers involved in form a GP.?
(i)

Salary of Sharmila, when her salary is < 5,00,000 for the first year and expected
to receive yearly increase of 10% .

(ii)

Number of bricks needed to make each step, if the stair case has total 30 steps.
Bottom step needs 100 bricks and each successive step needs 2 brick less than
the previous step.

(iii)

Perimeter of the each triangle,

when the mid points of sides of an
equilateral triangle whose side is
24 cm are joined to form another
triangle, whose mid points in turn
are joined to form still another
triangle and the process continues
indefinitely.

24

24

24

Write three terms of the GP when the first term a and the common ratio r are given?
(i)

a = 4;

r=3

(iii)

a = 81; r =

1
3

(ii)

a= 5; r=

(iv)

a=

1
5

1
; r=2
64

Which of the following are GP? If they are GP. Write three more terms?
(i)

4, 8, 16 .....

(ii)

1 1 1
,
, .....
3 6 12

(iii)

5, 55, 555, ....

(iv)

2, 6, 18 .....

(v)

1 1 1
, , .....
2 4 6

(vi)

3, 32, 33, .....

(vii) x, 1,

1
,.....
x

(viii)

1
8
, 2,
.....
2
2

(ix) 0.4, 0.04, 0.004, .....

4.

Find x so that x, x + 2, x + b are conseecitive terms of a geometric progression.

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GP

Let us examine a problem the number of bacteria in a certain culture triples every hour. If
there were 30 bacteria present in the culture originally. Then, what would be number of bacteria
in fourth hour?
To answer this let us first see what the number of bacteria in second hour would be.
Since for every hour it triples
No.of bacteria in Second hour = 3 no.of bacteria in first hour
= 3 30 = 30 31
= 30 3(2-1)
= 90
No.of bacteria in third hour

= 3 no.of bacteria in second hour

= 3 90

= 30 (33)

= 30 32

= 30 3(3-1)

= 270
No.of bacteria in fourth hour = 3 no.of bacteria in third hour
= 3 270

= 30 (333)

= 30 33

= 30 3(4-1)

= 810
Observe that we are getting a list of numbers
30, 90, 270, 810, ....
These numbers are in GP (why ?)
Now looking at the pattern formed above, can you find number of bacteria in 20th hour?
You may have already got some idea from the way we have obtained the number of
bacteria as above. By using the same pattern, we can compute that Number of bacteria in 20th
hour.

= 30 (3 3 ... 3)




19 terms

= 30 319

= 30 3(20-1)

This example would have given you some idea about how to write the 25th term. 35th
term and more generally the nth term of the GP.
Let a1, a2, a3 ..... be in GP whose first term a1 is a and the common ratio is r

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then the second term a2 = ar = ar(2-1)

the third term a3 = a2r = (ar) r = ar2 = ar(3-1)
the fourth term a4 = a3r = ar2 r = ar3 = ar(4-1)
................................................
................................................
Looking at the pattern we can say that nth term an = arn-1
So nth term an of a GP with first term a and common ratio r is given by an = arn-1.
Let us consider some examples
Example-20. Find the 20th and nth term of the GP.
5 5 5
, , .......
2 4 8

5
5
1
Solution : Here a = and r = 4 =
5 2
2
2
a20 = ar 201 =

Then

an = ar

and

n 1

19

51

22

51
=
22

5
210

5
2n

n 1

Example-21. Which term of the GP : 2, 2 2 , 4 ..... is 128 ?

Solution : Here a = 2 r =

2 2
= 2
2

Let 128 be the nth term of the GP.

Then

an = arn1 = 128
2.( 2) n1 = 128
( 2) n1 = 64
n1
(2) 2

= 26

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n 1
=6
2

n = 13.

Hence 128 is the 13th term of the GP.

Example-22. In a GP the 3rd term is 24 and 65th term is 192. Find the 10th term.
a3 = ar2 = 24

Solution : Here

a6 = ar = 195
Dividing (2) by (1) we get

...(1)
...(2)

ar 5 195
=
24
ar 2

r3 = 8 = 23

r =2

Substituting r = 2 in (1) we get a = 6.

a10 = ar9 = 6(2)9 = 3072.

E XERCISE -6.5
1.

For each geometric progression find the common ratio r, and then find an
(i)

3,

3 3 3
, , .........
2 4 8

(ii)

2, 6, 18, 54

(iii)

1, 3, 9, 18 ....

(iv)

4 8
5, 2, , .........
5 25

2.

Find the 10th and nth term of GP. : 5, 25, 125, .....

3.

Find the indicated term of each geometric Progression

(i)

4.

1
a1 = 9; r = ; find a7
3

(ii)

1
a1 = 12; r = ; find a6
3

(ii)

3, 3, 3 3 ...... is 729 ?

Which term of the GP.

(i)

2, 8, 32, ..... is 512 ?

(iii)

1 1 1
1
, , ..... is
?
3 9 27
2187

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5.

Find the 12th term of a GP. whose 8th term is 192 and the common ratio is 2.

6.

The 4th term of a geometric progression is

2
16
and the seventh term is
. Find the
3
81

geometric series.
7.

If the geometric progressions 162, 54, 18 ..... and

2 2 2
,
, .... have their nth term
81 27 9

equal. Find the value of n.

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination]
1.

Which term of the AP : 121, 117, 113, . . ., is the

first negative term?
[Hint : Find n for an < 0]
25 cm

2.

The sum of the third and the seventh terms of an

AP is 6 and their product is 8. Find the sum of
first sixteen terms of the AP.

3.

A ladder has rungs 25 cm apart. The rungs

decrease uniformly in length from 45 cm at the
bottom to 25 cm at the top. If the top and the

1
m
2

1
bottom rungs are 2 m apart, what is the length
2
of the wood required for the rungs?

[Hint : Number of rungs =

4.

250
+1]
25

25 cm

The houses of a row are numbered consecutively

45 cm
from 1 to 49. Show that there is a value of x such
that the sum of the numbers of the houses preceding
the house numbered x is equal to the sum of the numbers of the houses following it. And
find this value of x.
[Hint : Sx 1 = S49 Sx]

5.

A small terrace at a football ground comprises of 15 steps each of which is 50 m long and
built of solid concrete.

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1
1
m and a tread of m. (see Fig. 5.8). Calculate the total volume
4
2
of concrete required to build the terrace.

Each step has a rise of

[Hint : Volume of concrete required to build the first step =

50m

1
m
2

1 1
3
50 m ]
4 2

1
m
4

6.

150 workers ware engaged to finish a piece of work in a certain number of days. Four
workers dropped from the work in the second day. Four workers dropped in third day
and so on. It took 8 more days to finish the work. Find the number of days in which the
was and completed.
[let the no.of days to finish the work is x then
150 x =

x+8
[2 150 + ( x + 8 1)( 4)]
2

[Ans. x = 17 x + 8 = 17 + 8 = 25]
7.

1
A machine costs < 5,00,000. If the value depreciates 15% in the first year, 13 % in the
2
second year, 12% in the third year and so on. What will be its value at the end of 10
years, when all the percentages will be applied to the original cost?

[Total depreciation = 15 + 13
Sn =

1
+12+....10 terms.
2

10
[30 13.5] = 82.5%
2

after 10 year original cost =100 82.5 = 17.5 i.e., 17.5% of 5,00,000

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W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

In this chapter, you have studied the following points :
1.

An arithmetic progression (AP) is a list of numbers in which each term is obtained by

adding a fixed number d to the preceding term, except the first term. The fixed number d
is called the common difference.
The terms of AP are a, a + d, a + 2d, a + 3d, . . .

2.

A given list of numbers a1, a2, a3, . . . is an AP, if the differences a2 a1, a3 a2, a4 a3,
. . ., give the same value, i.e., if ak + 1 ak is the same for different values of k.

3.

In an AP with first term a and common difference d, the nth term (or the general term) is
given by an = a + (n 1) d.

4.

The sum of the first n terms of an AP is given by :

n
S = [2a + (n 1)d ]
2

5.

If l is the last term of the finite AP, say the nth term, then the sum of all terms of the AP is
given by :
S=

6.

n
(a + l ) .
2

A Geometric Progression (GP) is a list of numbers in which each term is obtained by

multiplying preceeding term with a fixed number r except first term. This fixed number
is called common ratio r.
The general form of GP is a, ar, ar2, ar3 ....

7.

If the first term and common ratio of a GP are a, r respectively then nth term
an = arn-1.

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7.1 I NTRODUCTION
You know that in chess, the Knight moves in L shape or two and a half steps (see figure).
It can jump over other pieces too. A Bishop moves
diagonally, as many steps as are free in front of it.
Find out how other pieces move. Also locate Knight,
Bishop and other pieces on the board and see how they
move.
Consider that the Knight is at the origin (0, 0). It can move
in 4 directions as shown by dotted lines in the figure. Find
the coordinates of its position after the various moves
shown in the figure.

D
F

D O T HIS
i.

From the figure write coordinates of the points A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.

ii.

Find the distance covered by the Knight in each of its 8 moves i.e. find the distance of A,
B, C, D, E, F, G and H from the origin.

iii. What is the distance between two points H and C? and also find the distance between
two points A and B

7.2 D ISTANCE B ETWEEN T WO P OINTS

The two points (2, 0) and (6, 0) lie on the X-axis as shown in figure.
It is easy to see that the distance between two points A and B as 4 units.
We can say the distance between points lying on X-aixs is the difference between the
x-coordinates.

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Y
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

What is the distance between

(2, 0) and (6, 0)?
The difference in the value of
x-coordinates is
(6) (2) = 4 (Negative)
We never say the distance in
negative values.

So, we calculate that absolute

value of the distance.
Therefore, the distance
= | ( 6) (2)| = |4| = 4 units.

distance between A and B is |x2 x1|

B (0, 7)

Similarly, if two points lie on

Y-axis, then the distance between the
A (0, 2)

points A and B would be the difference

(0, y1) (0, y2) would be |y2 y1|.

For example, Let the points
be A(0, 2) and B(0, 7)
Then, the distance between A and

A(x1, 0), B(x2, 0) on the X-axis, the

The distance between two points

B (6, 0)
X

-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9

So, in general for the points

between their y coordinates of the points.

A (2, 0)

Y
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9

B is |7 2| = 5 units.

DO

THIS

1. Where do these following points lie (4, 0), (2, 0), (6, 0), (8, 0).
2. What is the distance between points (4, 0) and (6, 0)?

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THIS

1. Where do these following points lie (0, 3), (0, 8), (0, 6), (0, 4)
2. What is the distance between (0, 3), (0, 8) and justify that the distance between two
points on Y-axis is |y2 y1|.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
How will you find the distance between two points in which x or y coordinates are same
but not zero?

7.3

D ISTANCE B ETWEEN T WO P OINTS

C OORDINATE A XES .

ON A

L INE P ARALLEL

TO THE

Consider the points A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y1). Since the y-coordinates are equal, points lie
on a line, parallel to X-axis.
AP and BQ are drawn perpendicular to X-axis.
Observe the figure. The distance
between two points A and B is equal to
the distance between P and Q.

Y
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Therefore,
Distance AB = Distance
PQ = |x 2 x 1 | (i.e., The
difference between x coordinates)
Similarly, line joining two points
A(x1, y1) and B(x1, y2) parallel to
Y-axis, then the distance between these
two points is |y2 y1| (i.e. the difference
between y coordinates)

A ( x 1, y 1)

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-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9

2 P

6 Q 8

( x 2 - x 1)

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Example-1. What is the distance between A (4,0) and B (8, 0).

Solution : The difference in the x coordinates is |x2 - x1| = |8 4| = 4 units.
Example-2. A and B are two points given by (8, 3), (4, 3). Find the distance between
A and B.
Solution : Here x1 and x2 are lying in two different quadrants and y-coordinate are equal.
Distance AB = |x2 x1| = |4 8| = |12| = 12 units
i. (3, 8), (6, 8)

ii. (4,3), (8,3)

(iv) (5, 8), (5, 12)

iii. (3, 4), (3, 8)

Let A and B denote the points

(4, 0) and (0, 3) and O be the
origin.
The AOB is a right angle triangle.
From the figure

B (0, 3)

OA = 4 units (x-coordinate)
OB = 3 units (y-coordinate)
Then distance AB = ?
Hence, by using pythagoran
theorem
AB2 = AO2 + OB2
AB2 = 42 + 32
AB = 16 + 9 =

Y
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

A (4, 0)

-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9

25 = 5 units is the distance between A and B.

D O T HIS
Find the distance between the following points (i) A = (2, 0) and B(0, 4) (ii) P(0, 5) and
Q(12, 0)

T RY T HIS
Find the distance between points O (origin) and A (7, 4).

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T HINK - D ISCUSS
1. Ramu says the distance of a point P(x1, y1) from the origin O(0, 0) is

x 2 + y 2 . Do

you agree with Ramu or not? Why?

2. Ramu also writes the distance formulas as AB = ( x1 x2 ) 2 + ( y1 y2 ) 2 (why?)

7.4 D ISTANCE B ETWEEN A NY T WO P OINTS

ON A LINE IN THE X - Y PLANE

Y
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Let A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y2) be

any two points (on a line) in a plane as
shown in figure.
Draw AP and BQ perpendiculars
to X-axis
Draw a perpendicular ARfrom the
point A on BQ to meet at the point R.

Then OP = x1, OQ = x2
So PQ = OQ OP = x2 x1
Observe the shape of APQR. It
is a rectangle.
So PQ = AR = x2 x1.

X
1

from ARB (right angle triangle)

(By Pythagoras theorem)

AB2 = (x2 x1)2 + (y2 y1)2

i.e., AB = ( x2 x1 ) 2 + ( y2 y1 ) 2
Hence, the distance between the points A and B is

this is called the distance formula.

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6 Q 8

( x 2 - x 1)

( x2 x1 ) 2 + ( y2 y1 ) 2 .

R
( x 2 - x 1)

-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9

So BR = QB QR = y2 y1

d=

(y 2 - y 1 )
A (x 1, y 1)

Also QB = y2, QR = y1,

AB2 = AR2 + RB2

B ( x 2, y 2)

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Example-3.

Lets find the distance between two points A(4, 2) and B(8, 6)

Solution : Compare these points with (x1, y1), (x2, y2)

x1 = 4, x2 = 8, y1 = 3, y2 = 6
Using distance formula
distance AB = d = ( x2 x1 ) 2 + ( y2 y1 ) 2
=

(8 4)2 + (6 3)2 = 42 + 32

= 16 + 9 =

25 = 5 units.

D O T HIS
Find the distance between the following pairs of points
(i) (7, 8) and (2, 3)

(ii)

(8, 6) and (2, 0)

T RY T HIS
Find the distance between A(1, 3) and B(4, 4) and rounded to are decimal

T HINK - D ISCUSS
Sridhar calculated the distance between T(5, 2) and R(4, 1) to the nearest tenth is
9.5 units.
Now you find the distance between P (4, 1) and Q (-5, -2). Do you get the same
answer that sridhar got? Why?
Let us see some examples
Example-4. Show that the points A (4, 2), B (7, 5) and C (9, 7) are three points lie on a same
line.
Solution : Now, we find the distances AB, BC, AC
By using distance formula = d = ( x2 x1 ) 2 + ( y2 y1 ) 2

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165

(7 4)2 + (5 2)2 = 32 + 32 = 9 + 9 = 18

= 9 2 = 3 2 units.

BC = (9 7)2 + (7 5)2 = 22 + 22 = 4 + 4 = 8 = 2 2 units

(9 4)2 + (7 2)2 = 52 + 52 = 25 + 25 = 50

AC =
=

25 2 = 5 2 units.

Now AB + BC = 3 2 + 2 2 = 5 2 = AC. Therefore, that the three points (4, 2), (7, 5) and
(9, 7) lie on a straight line. (Points that lie on the same line are called collinear points).
Example-5. Are the points (3, 2), (2, 3) and (2, 3) form a triangle?
Solution : Let us apply the distance formula to find the distances PQ, QR and PR, where
P(3, 2), Q(2, 3) and R(2, 3) are the given points. We have
PQ =

( 2 3)2 + ( 3 2 )2

QR =

(2 ( 2 )) + (3 ( 3))

PR =

( 2 3)2 + (3 2 )2

=
2

( 5)2 + ( 5)2
=

( 4 )2 + (6 )2

( 1)2 + 12

= 25 + 25 = 50 = 7.07 units (approx)

= 52 = 7.21 units (approx)

= 2 = 1.41 units (approx)

Since the sum of any two of these distances is greater than the third distance, therefore, the
points P, Q and R form a triangle and all the sides of triangle is unequal.
Example-6. Show that the points (1, 7), (4, 2), (1, 1) and (4, 4) are the vertices of a
square.
Solution : Let A(1, 7), B(4, 2), C(1, 1)and D(4, 4) be the given points.
One way of showing that ABCD is a square is to use the property that all its sides should
be equal and both its digonals should also be equal. Now
So sides are

AB = d =
BC =

(1 4)2 + (7 2)2 = 9 + 25 = 34 units

(4 + 1)2 + (2 + 1)2 = 25 + 9 = 34 units

CD = (1 + 4)2 + (1 4)2 = 9 + 25 = 34 units

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( 4 1) + ( 4 7 )
2

DA =

25 + 9 = 34 units

(1 + 1)2 + (7 + 1)2 = 4 + 64 = 68 units

and digonal are AC =

BD = (4 + 4)2 + (2 4) 2 = 64 + 4 = 68 units
Since AB = BC = CD = DA and AC = BD. So all the four sides of the quadrilateral
ABCD are equal and its diagonals AC and BD are also equal. Therefore, ABCD is square.
Example-7. Figure shows the arrangement of desks in a class room.
Madhuri, Meena, Pallavi are seated at A(3, 1),
B(6, 4) and C(8, 6) respectively.

10
9
8

Do you think they are seated in a line ?

Give reasons for your answer.

Solution : Using the distance formula, we have

AB=

(6 3) + ( 4 1)
2

= 9 + 9 = 18 = 3 2

units
BC=

(18 6 ) + (6 4 )
2

= 4+4 = 8 = 2 2

10

units
AC=

(8 3) + (6 1)
2

= 25 + 25 = 50 = 5 2 units

Since, AB + BC = 3 2 + 2 2 + 5 2 = AC, we can say that the points A, B and C are

collinear. Therefore, they are seated in a line.
Example-8. Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x , y) is equidistant from the
points (7, 1) and (3, 5).
Solution : Let P(x, y) be equidistant from the points A(7, 1) and B(3, 5).
Given that AP = BP.

So, AP2 = BP2

i.e., (x 7)2 + (y 1)2 = (x 3)2 + (y 5)2

i.e., (x2 14x + 49) + (y2 2y + 1) = (x2 6x + 9) + (y2 10y + 25)
(x2 + y2 - 14x - 2y + 50) - (x2 + y2 - 6x - 10y + 34) = 0

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-8x + 8y = -16
i.e., x y = 2 which is the required relation.
Example-9. Find a point on the y-axis which is equidistant from both the points A(6, 5) and
B( 4, 3).
Solution : We know that a point on the Y-axis is of the form (0, y). So, let the point
P(0, y) be equidistant from A and B. Then
PA =

(6 0 )

PB =

( 4 0 )

+ (5 y )

+ (3 4 )

PA2 = PB2
So, (6 0)2 + (5 y)2 = ( 4 0)2 + (3 y)2
i.e., 36 + 25 + y2 10y = 16 + 9 + y2 6y
i.e., 4y = 36
i.e., y = 9
So, the required point is (0, 9).
Let us check our solution :

AP =

(6 0)2 + (5 9)2 = 36 + 16 = 52

BP =

(4 0)2 + (3 9)2 = 16 + 36 = 52

So (0, 9) is equidistant from (6, 5) and (4, 3).

E XERCISE 7.1
1. Find the distance between the following pairs of points
(i)

(2, 3) and (4, 1)

(ii)

(5, 7) and (1, 3)

(iii)

(2, 3) and (3, 2)

(iv)

(a, b) and (a, b)

2. Find the distance between the points (0, 0) and (36, 15).
3. Verify that the points (1, 5), (2, 3) and (2, 1) are collinear or not.

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4. Check whether (5, 2), (6, 4) and (7, 2) are the vertices of an isosceles triangle.
5. In a class room, 4 friends are seated at the points
A, B, C and D as shown in Figure. Jarina and Phani

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9
8

walk into the class and after observing for a few

minutes Jarina asks phani Dont you think ABCD

is a square? Phani disagrees.

Using distance formula, find which of them is correct.

Why ?

6. Show that the following points form a equilateral

1
1

10

triangle A(a, 0), B(a, 0), C(0, a 3 )

7. Prove that the points (7, 3), (5, 10), (15, 8) and (3, 5) taken in order are the corners
of a parallelogram. And find its area.
(Hint : Area of rhombus =

1
product of its diagonals)
2

8. Show that the points (4, 7), (1, 2), (8, 5) and (5, 4) taken in order are the vertices of
a rhombus.
9. Name the type of quadrilateral formed, if any, by the following points, and give reasons for
your answer.
(i)

(1, 2), (1, 0), (1, 2), (3, 0)

(iii)

(4, 5), (7, 6), (4, 3), (1, 2)

(ii)

(3, 5), (3, 1), (0, 3), (1, 4)

10. Find the point on the x-axis which is equidistant from (2, 5) and (2, 9).
11. If the distance between two points (x, 7) and (1, 15) is 10, find the value of x.
12. Find the values of y for which the distance between the points P(2, 3) and Q(10, y) is 10
units.
13. Find the radius of the circle whose centre is (3, 2) and passes through (5, 6).
14. Can you draw a triangle with vertices (1, 5), (5, 8) and (13, 14) ? Give reason.
15. Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x, y) is equidistant from the points
(2, 8) and (3, 5)

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7.5 S ECTION F ORMULA

Y

Suppose a telephone company

wants to position a relay tower at P
between A and B in such a way that the
distance of the tower from B is twice its
distance from A. If P lies on AB, it will
divide AB in the ratio 1 : 2 (See figure). If
we take A as the origin O, and 1 km as
A
one unit on both the axis, the coordinates
O
of B will be (36, 15). In order to know
the position of the tower, we must know
the coordinates of P. How do we find these coordinates?

B (3 6 , 1 5 )

(x, y) P

3 6 -x

15 km

y
x

3 6 -x
D
36 km

Let the coordinates of P be (x, y). Draw perpendiculars from P and B to the x-axis, meeting it in
D and E, respectively. Draw PC perpendicular to BE. Then, by the AA similarity criterion,
studied earlier, POD and BPC are similar.
OD OP 1
PD OP 1
=
=
=
=
Therefore,
and
PC PB 2
BC PB 2
y
1
x
1
= .
So,
=
15 y 2
36 x 2
2x = (36 x)

2y = 15 y

3x = 36

3y = 15

x = 12

y=5

These equations give x = 12

and y = 5.

You can check that P(12, 5)

meets the condition that OP : PB =
1 : 2.

(x, y)
P
m1

Consider any two points

A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y2) and assume
that P (x, y) divides AB internally in
the ratio m1 : m2,
AP m1
=
PB m2
(See figure).

i.e.,

m2

B ( x 2 ,y 2 )
C

(x 1,y 1)

..... (1)

Draw AR, PS and BT

perpendicular to the x-axis. Draw

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AQ and PC parallel to the X-axis. Then, by the AA similarity criterion,

PAQ ~ BPC
Therefore,

AP AQ PQ
=
=
PB PC BC

.....(2)

Now, AQ = RS = OS OR = x x1
PC = ST = OT OS = x2 x
PQ = PS QS = PS AR = y y1
BC = BT CT = BT PS = y2 y
Substituting these values in (1), we get
m1
x x1
y y1
=
=
m2
x2 x y2 y

Taking

AP m1

from(1)
=

PB m2

m x + m2 x1
m1
x x1
, we get x = 1 2
=
m1 + m2
m2
x2 x

Similarly, taking

m1 y2 + m2 y1
m1 y y1
=
, we get y =
m1 + m2
m2 y2 y

So, the coordinates of the point P(x, y) which divides the line segment joining the points
A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y2), internally in the ratio m1 : m2 are

m1 x2 + m2 x1 m1 y2 + m2 y1
,

m1 + m2
m1 + m2

.....(3)

This is known as the section formula.

This can also be derived by drawing perpendiculars from A, P and B on the Y-axis and
proceeding as above.
If the ratio in which P divides AB is k : 1, then the coordinates of the point P are
kx2 + x1 ky2 + y1
,

.
k +1
k +1

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Special Case : The mid-point of a line segment divides the line segment in the ratio 1 : 1.
Therefore, the coordinates of the mid-point P of the join of the points A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y2) are
1.x1 + 1.x2 1. y1 + 1. y2 x1 + x2 y1 + y2
,
,

=
.
1+1 2
2
1+1

Let us solve few examples based on the section formula.

Example-10. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segement joining the
points (4, 3) and (8, 5) in the ratio 3 : 1 internally.
Solution : Let P(x, y) be the required point. Using the section formuls

m x + m2 x1 m1 y 2 + m2 y1
P( x, y ) = 1 2
,
, we get
m1 + m2
m1 + m2
x=

3(8) + 1(4) 24 + 4 28
=
=
= 7,
3 +1
4
4

y=

3(5) + 1(3) 15 3 12
=
=
=3
3 +1
4
4

P(x, y) = (7, 3) is the required point.

Example-11. Find the mid point of the line segment joining the points (3, 0) and (-1, 4)
Solution : The mid point M(x, y) of the line segment joining the points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2).
x1 + x2 y1 + y2
,
M(x, y) =

2
2

The mid point of the line segment joining the points (3, 0) and (1, 4) is
3 + (1) 0 + 4 2 4
,
M(x, y) =
= , = (1, 2) .
2 2 2
2

D O T HIS
1 Find the point which divides the line segment joining the points (3, 5) and (8, 10) internally
in the ratio 2 : 3
2. Find the midpoint of the line segement joining the points (2, 7) and (12, 7).

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T RY T HIS
Let A(4, 2), B(6, 5) and C(1, 4) be the vertices of ABC

1. The median from A meets BC at D. Find the coordinates of the

point D.
2. Find the coordinates of the point P on AD such that AP : PD =
2 : 1.

E
P

3. Find the coordinates of points Q and R on medians BE and CF.

4. Find the points which divide the line segment BE in the ratio 2 : 1 and also that divide the
line segment CF in the ratio 2 : 1.
5. What do you observe ?
Justify the point that divides each median in the ratio 2 : 1 is the centriod of a triangle.

7.6 C ENTROID

OF A

T RIANGLE

The centroid of a triangle is the point of

intersection of its medians.

A( x 1 ,y 1 )
2

Let A(x1, y1), B(x2, y2) and C(x3, y3) be the

vertices of the triangle ABC.

G 1
B
(x 2 ,y 2 )

Let AD be the median bisecting its base.

Then,

C
( x 3 ,y 3 )

x + x y + y3
D= 2 3, 2
2
2

Now the point G on AD which divides it internally in the ratio 2 : 1, is the centroid.
If (x, y) are the coordinates of G, then

x2 + x3
2 2 + 1( x1 )

,
G(x, y) =
2
+
1

y + y3
2 2
+ 1( y1 )

2 +1

x1 + x2 + x3 y1 + y2 + y3
,
=

3
3

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Hence, the coordinates of the centroid are given by

x1 + x2 + x3 y1 + y2 + y3
,

.
3
3

Example-12. Find the centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (3, 5), (7, 4), (10, 2)
respectively.
Solution : The coordinates of the centroid are
x + x + x y + y2 + y3
= 1 2 3, 1

3
3

3 + (7) + 10 (5) + 4 + (2)

,

= (2, 1)
3
3

the centroid is (2, 1).

D O T HIS
Find the centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (4, 6), (2, 2) and (2, 5) respectively.

T RY T HIS
The points (2, 3), (x, y), (3, 2) are vertices of a triangle. If the centroid of this triangle
is again find (x, y).
Example-13. In what ratio does the point ( 4, 6) divide the line segment joining the points
A( 6, 10) and B(3, 8)?
Solution : Let ( 4, 6) divide AB internally in the ratio m1 : m2. Using the section formula, we get

3m1 6m2 8m1 + 10m2

,

m1 + m2
m1 + m2

( 4, 6 ) =

.....(1)

We know that if (x, y) = (a, b) then x = a and y = b.

So,

4 =

3m1 6m2
m1 + m2

and

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Now,

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4 =

3m1 6m2
gives us
m1 + m2

4m1 4m2 = 3m1 6m2

i.e.,

7m1 = 2m2

m1
2
=
m2
7
i.e.,

m1 : m2 = 2 : 7

We should verify that the ratio satisfies the y-coordinate also.

Now,

8m1 + 10m2
=
m1 + m2

m1
+ 10
m2
(Dividing throughout by m2)
m1
+1
m2

2
+ 10
7

2
+1
7

16
+ 10
7
16 + 70 54
=
=
=
=6
9
9
9
7

Therefore, the point (4, 6) divides the line segment joining the points A(6, 10) and
B (3, 8) in the ratio 2 : 7.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
The line joining points A(6, 9) and B(6, 4) are given
(a) In which ratio does origin divide AB ? And what it is called for AB ?
(b) In which ratio does the point P(2, 3) divide AB ?
(c) In which ratio does the point Q(2, 3) divide AB ?
(d) In how many equal parts is AB divided by P and Q?
(e) What do we call P and Q for AB ?

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Example-14. Find the coordinates of the points of trisection (The points which divide a line
segment into 3 equal parts are said to be the sectional points) of the line segment
joining the points A(2,2) and B(7, 4).
Solution : Let P and Q be the points of trisection of AB i.e., AP=PQ=QB (see figure below).
Therefore, P divides AB internally in the ratio 1 : 2.

A
(2, 2)

B
(7, 4)

Therefore, the coordinates of P are (by applying the section formula)

m x + m2 x1 m1 y 2 + m2 y1
P( x, y ) = 1 2
,

m1 + m2
m1 + m2
1( 7) + 2(2) 1(4) + 2( 2)
,

1+ 2
1+ 2

7 + 4 4 4 3 0
,
i.e.,
= , = ( 1, 0 )
3 3 3
3

Now, Q also divides AB internally in the ratio 2:1.

So,the coordinates of Q are
2(7) + 1(2) 2(4) + 1(2)
,
=

2 +1
2 +1

14 + 2 8 2 12 6
,
, = ( 4, 2 )
i.e.,
=
3 3 3
3

Therefore, the coordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment are P(-1, 0) and
Q(-4, 2)

D O T HIS
1. Find the trisectional points of line joining (2, 6) and (4, 8).
2. Find the trisectional points of line joining (3, 5) and (6, 8).

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Example-15. Find the ratio in which the y-axis divides the line segment joining the points
(5, 6) and (1, 4). Also find the point of intersection.
Solution : Let the ratio be K : 1. Then by the section formula, the coordinates of the point which
divides AB in the ratio K : 1 are
K(1) + 1(5) K(4) + 1(6)
,

K +1
K +1

K + 5 4K 6
,
i.e.,

K +1
K +1

This point lies on the y-axis, and we know that on the y-axis the abscissa is 0.
Therefore,

K + 5
=0
K +1

-K + 5 = 0 K = 5.
So, the ratio is K : 1 = 5 : 1
Putting the value of K = 5, we get the point of intersection as
20 6
26 13
5 + 5 4(5) 6
,
=
= 0,
= 0,
= 0,

5 +1
6
6
3
5 +1

Example-16. Show that the points A(7, 3), B(6, 1), C(8, 2) and D(9, 4) taken in that order are
vertices of a parallelogram.
Solution : Let the points A(7, 3), B(6, 1), C(8, 2) and D(9, 4) are vertices of a parallelogram.
We know that the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
So the midpoints of the diagonals AC and DB should be equal.
x1 + x2 y1 + y2
,
Now, we find the mid points of AC and DB by using
formula.
2
2
7 + 8 3 + 2 15 5
,
midpoint of AC =
= ,
2 2 2
2
9 + 6 4 + 1 15 5
,
midpoint of DB =
= ,
2 2 2
2

D (9, 4)

A (7,3)

C (8, 2)

B (6, 1 )

Hence, midpoint of AC = midpoint of DB.

Therefore, the points A, B, C, D are vertices of a parallelogram.

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Example-17. If the points A(6, 1), B(8, 2), C(9, 4) and D(p, 3) are the vertices of a
parallelogram, taken inorder, find the value of P.
Solution : We know that diagonals of parallelogram bisect each other.
So, the coordinates of the midpoint of AC = Coordinates of the midpoint of BD.
6 + 9 1+ 4 8 + p 5
,
,

=
2
2 2
2

i.e.,

15
,
2

5 8 + p
,
=
2 2

15 8 + p
=
2
2

15 = 8 + p p = 7.

E XERCISE - 7.2
1. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the join of (1, 7) and (4, 3) in the ratio
2 : 3.
2. Find the coordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment joining (4, 1) and
(2, 3).
3. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (3, 10) and (6, 8)is divided by
(1, 6).
4. If (1, 2), (4, y), (x, 6) and (3, 5) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, find
x and y.
5. Find the coordinates of a point A, where AB is the diameter of a circle whose centre is
(2, 3) and B is (1, 4).
6. If A and B are (2, 2) and (2, 4) respectively. Find the coordinates of P such that
AP =

3
AB and P lies on the segment AB.
7

7. Find the coordinates of points which divide the line segment joining A(4, 0) and B(0, 6)
into four equal parts.

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8. Find the coordinates of the points which divides the line segment joining A(2, 2) and
B(2, 8) into four equal parts.
9. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining the points
(a + b, a b) and (a b, a + b) in the ratio 3 : 2 internally.
10. Find the coordinates of centroid of the following:
i.

(-1, 3), (6, -3) and (-3, 6)

iii.

(1, -1), (0, 6) and (-3, 0)

7.8 A REA

OF THE

ii.

(6, 2), (0, 0) and (4, -7)

T RIANGLE

4 u n its

Consider the points A(0, 4) and B(6, 0) which form a

triangle with origin O on a plane as shown in figure.
What is the area of the AOB?
AOB is right angle triangle and the base is 6 units (i.e., x
coordinate) and height is 4 units (i.e., y coordinate).
Area of AOB =
=

A (0, 4)

6 u n its B (6, 0)

1
base height
2
1
6 4 =12 square units.
2

T RY T HIS
Take a point A on X-axis and B on Y-axis and find area of the triangle AOB. Discuss
with your friends what did they do?

T HINK - D ISCUSS
Y

Let A(x1, y1), B(x2, y2), C(x3, y3).

A ( x 1 ,y 1 )

Then find the area of the following triangles in a plane.

And discuss with your friends in groups about the area
of that triangle.

X'

C (x 3 ,y3 )

X
B ( x 2 ,y 2 )

(i)
Y'

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X'

B
X

X'

C
(iv )

(iii)

(ii)
Y'

Y'

Y'

Area of the triangle

Let ABC be any triangle whose
vertices are A(x1, y1), B(x2, y2) and
C(x3, y3) .

Y
A (x 1,y1 )

Draw AP, BQ and CR

perpendiculars from A, B and C
respectively to the x-axis.

T
U

C (x 3 ,y 3 )
B (x 2 ,y 2 )

Clearly ABQP, APRC and BQRC

are all trapezia as shown in figure.
Now from figure, it is clear that
Area of ABC = area of trapezium
ABQP + area of trapezium APRC area
of trapezium BQRC
Area of trapezium =

Area of ABC =

1
(sum of the parallel sides) (distance between them)
2

1
1
1
(BQ + AP)QP + (AP + CR)PR (BQ + CR)QR
2
2
2

Here from the figure

BQ = y2, AP = y1, QP = OP OQ = x1 x2
CR = y3, PR = OR OP = x3 x1
QR = OR OQ = x3 x2
Therefore, Area of ABC
[from (1)]
1
1
1
= ( y2 + y1 ) ( x1 x2 ) + ( y1 + y3 ) ( x3 x1 ) ( y3 + y3 ) ( x3 x2 )
2
2
2
=

1
| x1 ( y2 y3 ) + x2 ( y3 y1 ) + x3 ( y1 y2 ) |
2

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Thus, the area of ABC is the numerical value of the expression

1
x1 ( y2 y3 ) + x2 ( y3 y1 ) + x3 ( y1 y2 )
2

Let us try some examples.

Example-18. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are (1, 1), (4, 6) and (3, 5).
Solution : The area of the triangle formed by the vertices A(1, 1), B(4, 6) and C(3, 5), by
using the formula above
=

1
x1 ( y2 y3 ) + x2 ( y3 y1 ) + x3 ( y1 y2 )
2

is given by
=

1
1(6 + 5) + ( 4) ( 5 + 1) + ( 3)( 1 6)
2

1
11 + 16 + 21 = 24
2

So the area of the triangle is 24 square units.

Example-19. Find the area of a triangle formed by the points A(5, 2), B(4, 7) and C(7, 4).
Solution : The area of the triangle formed by the vertices A(5, 2), B(4, 7) and C(7, 4) is given
by
1
5(7 + 4) + 4( 4 2) + 7(2 7)
2
=

4
1
55 24 35 =
= 2
2
2

Since area is a measure, which cannot be negative, we will take the numberical value of 2 or absolute value i.e., |2| = 2.
Therefore, the area of the triangle = 2 square units.

D O T HIS
1.

Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are

2.

(5, 2) (3, 5) and (5, 1)

3.

(6, 6), (3, 7) and (3, 3)

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Example-20. If A(5, 7), B(4,5), C(1, 6) and D(4,5) are the vertices of a quadrilateral.
Then, find the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.
Solution : By joining B to D, you willl get two triangles ABD, and BCD.
The area of ABD

1
[5(5 5) + (4)(5 7) + 4(7 + 5)]
2

1
106
(50 + 8 + 48) =
= 53 square units
2
2

Also, The area of BCD

1
= [4(6 5) 1(5 + 5) + 4( 5 + 6) ]
2
=

1
[44 10 + 4] = 19 Square units
2

Area of ABD + area of BCD

So, the area of quadrilateral ABCD = 53+19 = 72 square units.

T RY T HIS
Find the area of the square formed by (0, 1), (2, 1) (0, 3) and (2, 1) taken inorder are
as vertices.

T HINK -

DISCUSS

Find the area of the triangle formed by the following points

(i) (2, 0), (1, 2), (1, 6)
(ii) (3, 1), (5, 0), (1, 2)
(iii) (1.5, 3), (6, 2), (3, 4)
What do you observe?
Plot these points three different graphs. What do you observe?
Can we have a triangle is 0 square units ?
What does it mean?

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7.8.1. C OLLINEARITY
Suppose the points A(x1, y1), B(x2, y2) and C(x3, y3) are lying on a line. Then, they can
not form a triangle. i.e. area of ABC is zero.
When the area of a triangle is zero then the three points said to be collinear points.
Example-21. The points (3, 2) (2, 8) and (0, 4) are three points in a plane. Show that these
points are collinear.
Solution : By using area of the triangle formula
=
=

1
3(8 4) + ( 2)(4 ( 2)) + 0(( 2) 8)
2
1
12 - 12 = 0
2

The area of the triangle is 0. Hence the three points are collinear or the lie on the same line.

D O T HIS
Verify wheather the following points are
(i) (1, 1), (4, 1), (2, 3)
(ii) (1, 1), (2, 3), (2, 0)
(iii) (1, 6), (3, 4), (4, 3)
7.8.2. A REA

OF A

T RIANGLE - H ERON S F ORMULA

We know the formula for area of the triangle is

1
base height .
2

Any given triangle is may be a right angle triangle,

equillateral triangle and isosceles triangle. Can we
calculate the area of the triangle ?
If we know the base and height directly we apply
the above formula to find the area of a triangle.
The height (h) is not known, how can we find its
area?

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For this Heron, a Ancient Greek mathematician, derived a formula for a triangle whose
lengths of sides are a, b and c.
a+b+c
A = S(S a)(S b)(S c) , where S =
2
For example, we find the area of the triangle whose lengths of sides are 12m, 9m, 15m by
using Herons formula we get

A = S(S a)(S b)(S c) , where

S=

S=

a+b+c
2

12 + 9 + 15 36
=
= 18m
2
2

Then S a = 18 12 = 6m
S b = 18 9 = 9m
S c = 18 15 = 3m

A = 18(6)(9)(3) = 2916 = 54 square meter.

D O T HIS
(i) Find the area of the triangle whose lengths of sides are 15m, 17m, 21m (use
1
Herons Formula) and verify your answer by using the formula A = bh .
2
(ii) Find the area of the triangle formed by the points (0, 0), (4, 0), (4, 3) by using
Herons formula.
Example-22. Find the value of b for which the points are collineary.
Solution : Let given points A(1, 2), B(1, b), C(3, 4)
Then x1 = 1, y1 = 2;
We know, area of ABC =

x2 = 1, y2 = b;

x3 = 3, y3 = 4

1
x1 ( y2 y3 ) + x2 ( y3 y1 ) + x3 ( y1 y2 )
2

1
1(b + 4) + ( 1)( 4, 2) + ( 3)(2 b) = 0 ( The given points are collinear)
2
|b + 4 + 6 6 + 36| = 0

|4b + 4| = 0
4b + 4 = 0
b = 1

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E XERCISE - 7.3
1. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are
(i) (2, 3) (1, 0), (2, 4)
(ii)
(iii) (0, 0), (3, 0) and (0, 2)

(5, 1), (3, 5), (5, 2)

2. Find the value of K for which the points are collinear.

(i) (7, 2) (5, 1) (3, K)
(ii)
(8, 1), (K, 4), (2, 5)
(iii) (K, K) (2, 3) and (4, 1).
3. Find the area of the triangle formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of the triangle
whose vertices are (0, 1), (2, 1) and (0, 3). Find the ratio of this area to the area of the
given triangle.
4. Find the area of the quadrilateral whose vertices, taken inorder, are (4, 2), (3, 5),
(3, 2) and (2, 3).
5. Find the area of the triangle formed by the points (8, 5), (2, 7) and (5, 1) by using
Herones formula.

7.9 S TRAIGHT L INES

Bharadwaj and Meena are discussing to find solutions for a linear equation in two variable.
Bharadwaj : Can you find solutions for 2x + 3y = 12
Meena : Yes, I have done this, see

Y
9
8
7
D (-3,6)
6
5
4
3
2
1

2x+3y = 12
3y = 12 - 2x
y=

12 2 x
3

Meena : Can you write these solutions

in order pairs
Bharadwaj : Yes, (0, 4), (3, 2), (6, 0),
(3, 6)
Meena, can you plot these points
on the coordinate plane.
Meena : I have done case like this case
Bharadwaj : What do you observe?

A (0,4)
B (3,2)
C (6,0)

-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9

X
9

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What does this line represent?

Meena : It is a straight line.
Bharadwaj : Can you identify some more points on this line?
Can you help Meena to find some more points on this line?
..................., ..................., ..................., ...................
And In this line, what is AB called ?
AB is a line segment.

D O T HIS
Plot these points on the coordinates axis and join Them:
1. A(1, 2), B(3, 4), C(7, 1)
2. P(3, 5) Q(5, 1), R(2, 1), S(1, 2)
Which gives a straight line? Which is not? why?

T HINK - D ISCUSS
Is y = x + 7 represent a straight line? draw the line on the coordinate plane.
At which point does this line intersect Y-axis?
How much angle does it make with X-axis? Discuss with your friends
7.9.1 S LOPE

OF THE STRAIGHT LINE

You might have seen a slider in a park. Two sliders have been given here. On which slider
you can slide faster?

Obviousely your answer will be second Why?

Observe these lines.

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m
l

Which line makes more angle with OX ?

Since the line m makes a greater angle with OX than line l.
line m has a greater slope than line l. We may also term the Steepness of a line as
its slope.
How we find the slope of a line?

A CTIVITY
Consider the line given in the figure indentify the points on the line and fill the table below.
x coordinate

y coordinate

We can observe that y coordinates

change when x coordinates change.

Y
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

When y coordinate increases from

y1 = 2 to y2 = 3,
So the change in y is = ........................
Then corresponding change in x is = ...
change in y

= ..................
change in x

When y coordinate increases from

y1 = 2, y3 = 4
So, the change in y is = ..................
The corresponding change in x is ............
So,

-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9

change in y
= ...............
change in x

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Then can you try other points on the line choose any two points and fill in the table.
y value

Change in y

change in y
change in x

Change in x

What can you conclude from above activity?

Therefore, there is a relation between the ratio of change in y to change in x on a line has
relation with angle made by it with X-axis.
You will learn the concept of tan from trigonametry
i.e.,

tan =

7.9.2 S LOPE

Opposite side of angle

Change in y
=
adjecent side of angle
Change in x

OF A LINE JOINING

T WO P OINTS

Let A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y2) be two points on a line l as shown in figure
change in y
The slope of a line = change in x

1 ,y
1)

B(

2 ,y
2)

y2 y1
Slope of AB = m = x x
2
1

So AB line segment makes the same angle

with AC also.
tan =
tan =

A(

Slope will be denoted by m and the line

l makes the angle with X-axis.

y2 - y1

x2 - x1 C

y y
BC
Opposite side of angle
= 2 1
=
x2 x1
AC
adjecent wide of angle
y2 y1
=m
x2 x1

Hence m = tan =

y2 y1
x2 x1

It is the formula to find slope of line segment AB which is having end points are (x1, y1),
(x2, y2).
If is angle made by the line with X-axis, then m = tan .

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Example-22. The end points of a line are (2, 3), (4, 5). Find the slope of the line.
Solution : Points of a line are (2, 3), (4, 5) then slope of the line
m=

y2 y1 5 3 2
=
= =1
x2 x1 4 2 2

Slope of the given line is 1.

D O T HIS

Find the slope of AB with the given end points.

1.

A(4, 6) B(7, 2)

3.

A(2, 5), B(1, 7)

2.

A(8, 4), B(4, 8)

T RY T HIS

Find the slope of AB with the points lying on
1.
A(2, 1), B(2, 6)
2.
A(4, 2), B(4, 2)
3.
A(2, 8), B(2, 2)

4.
Justify that the line AB line segment formed by given points is parallel to Y-axis.
What can you say about their slope? Why?

T HINK - D ISCUSS

Find the slope AB with the points lying on A(3, 2), (8, 2)

When the line AB parallel to X-axis ? Why ?

Think and discuss with your friends in groups.

Example-23. Determine x so that 2 is the slope of the line through P(2, 5) and Q(x, 3).
Solution : Slope of the line passing through P(2, 5) and Q(x, 3) is 2.
Here, x1 = 5, y1 = 5,
Slope of a PQ =

x2 = x,

y2 = 3

y2 y1 3 5
2
2
=
=

=2
x2 x1 x 2 x 2
x2

2 = 2x 4

2x = 2

x=1

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E XERCISE - 7.4
1. Find the slope of the line joining the two given points
(i)

(4, 8) and (5, 2)

(ii)

(0, 0) and ( 3,3)

(iii)

(2a, 3b) and (a, b)

(iv) (a, 0) and (0, b)

(v)

A(1.4, 3.7), B(2.4, 1.3)

(vi) A(3, 2), B(6, 2)

1
1

(vii) A 3 , 3 , B 7, 2
2
2

(viii) A(0, 4), B(4, 0)

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination]
1. Centre of the circle Q is on the Y-axis. And the circle passes through the points (0, 7) and
(0, 1). Circle intersects the positive X-axis at (P, 0). What is the value of P.
2. A triangle ABC is formed by the points A(2, 3), B(2, 3), C(4, 3). What is the point
of intersection of side BC and angular bisector of A.
3. The side of BC of an equilateral triangle ABC is parallel to X-axis. Find the slopes of
line along sides BC, CA and AB.
4. A right triangle has sides a and b where a > b. If the right angle is bisected then find the
distance between orthocentres of the smaller triangles using coordinate geometry.
5. Find the centroid of the triangle formed by the line 2x + 3y 6 = 0. With the coordinate
axes.

W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

1. The distance between two points P(x1, y1) and Q(x2, y2) is
2. The distance of a point P(x, y) from the origin is

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3. The distance between two points (x1, y1) and (x1, y2) on a line parallel to Y-axis is |y2 - y1|.
4. The distance between two point (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) on a line parallel to X-axis is |x2 - x1|.
5. The coordinates of the point P(x, y) which divides the line segment joining the points

m1 x2 + m2 x1 m1 y2 + m2 y1
,
.
A (x1, y1) and B(x2, y2) internally in the ratio m1 : m2 are
m1 + m2
m1 + m2
6. The mid-point of the line segment joining the points P(x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is
x1 + x2 y1 + y2
,

.
2
2

7. The point that divides each median in the ratio 2 : 1 is the centroid of a triangle.
8. The centroid of a triangle is the point of intersection of its medians. Hence the coordinates
x1 + x2 + x3 y1 + y2 + y3
,
of the centroid are
.
3
3

9. The area of the triangle formed by the points (x1, y1) (x2, y2) and (x3, y3) is the numerical
value of the expression

1
|x (y - y ) + x2 (y3 - y1) + x3 (y1 - y2)|
2 1 2 3

10. Area of a triangle formula Herons Formula

A = S (S-a ) (S-b ) (S-c )

S=

a+b+c
2

(a, b, c are three sides of ABC)

y2 y1
11. Slope of the line containing the points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is m = x x
2
1

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8.1 I NTRODUCTION
D

There is a tall tree in the

backyard of Snigdhas house.
A
She wants to find out the height
of that tree but she is not sure
about how to find it. Meanwhile,
her uncle arrives at home.
Snigdha requests her uncle to
B
E
C
help her with the height. He
thinks for a while and then ask her to bring a mirror. He places it on the ground at a certain
distance from the base of the tree. He then asked Snigdha to stand on the otherside of the mirror
at such a position from where she is able to see the top of the tree in that mirror.
When we draw the figure from (AB) girl to the mirror (C) and mirror to the tree (DE) as
above, we observe triangles ABC and DEC. Now, what can you say about these two triangles?
Are they congruent? No, because although they have the same shape but their sizes are different.
Do you know what we call the geometrical figures which have the same shape, but are not
necessarily of the same size? They are called similar figures.
Can you guess how the heights of trees, mountains or distances of far-away, objects such
as the Sun have been found out? Do you think these can be measured directly with the help of a
measuring tape? The fact is that all these heights and distances have been found out using the idea
of indirect measurements which is based on the principle of similarity of figures.

8.2 S IMILAR F IGURES

(i)

(ii)

Observe the object (car) in the previous figure.

If its breadth is kept the same and the length is doubled, it appears as in fig.(ii).

(iii)

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If the length in fig.(i) is kept the same and its breadth is doubled, it appears as in fig.(iii).
Now, what can you say about fig.(ii) and (iii)? Do they resemble fig.(i)? We find that the
figure is distorted. Can you say that they are similar? No, they have same shape, yet they are not
similar.
Think what a photographer does when she prints photographs of different sizes from the
same film (negative) ? You might have heard about stamp size, passport size and post card size
photographs. She generally takes a photograph on a small size film, say 35 mm., and then
enlarges it into a bigger size, say 45 mm (or 55 mm). We observe that every line segment of the
smaller photograph is enlarged in the ratio of 35 : 45 (or 35 : 55). Further, in the two photographs
of different sizes, we can see that the angles are equal. So, the photographs are similar.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Similarly in geometry, two polygons of the same number of sides are similar if their
corresponding angles are equal and their corresponding sides are in the same ratio or proportion.
A polygon in which all sides and angles are equal is called a regular polygon.
The ratio of the corresponding sides is referred to as scale factor (or representative factor).
In real life, blue prints for the construction of a building are prepared using a suitable scale factor.

T HINK , D ISCUSS

AND

W RITE

Can you give some more examples from your daily life where scale factor is used.
All regular polygons having the same number of sides are always similar. For example, all
squares are similar, all equalateral triangles are similar and so on.
Circles with same radius are congruent and those with different radii are not congruent.
But, as all circles have same shape, they are all similar.
We can say that all congruent
figures are similar but all similar figures
need not be congruent.
S im ilar
S q u ares

S im ilar eq uilateral
tria n gles

S im ilar
C ircles

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To understand the similarity of figures more clearly, let us perform the following activity.

A CTIVITY
O

Place a table directly under a lighted bulb, fitted in the ceiling in

your classroom. Cut a polygon, say ABCD, from a plane cardboard
and place it parallel to the ground between the bulb and the table. Then,
a shadow of quadrilateral ABCD is cast on the table. Mark the outline
of the shadow as quadrilateral A B C D .

A
D

A B

C
C

Now this quadrilateral A B C D is enlargement or magnification

KKKH
of quadrilateral ABCD. Further, A lies on ray OA where O is the bulb, B on OB , C on
KKKH
KKKH
OC and D on OD . Quadrilaterals ABCD and A B C D are of the same shape but of

different sizes.
A corresponds to vertex A and we denote it symbotically as A A. Similarly B B,

C C and D D.
By actually measuring angles and sides, you can verify
(i) A = A , B = B , C = C , D = D
(ii)

and

AB
BC
CD
DA .
=
=
=
A B
BC CD DA

This emphasises that two polygons with the same number of sides are similar if
(i) All the corresponding angles are equal and
(ii) All the corresponding sides are in the same ratio (or in proportion)
Is a square similar to a rectangle? In both the figures, corresponding angles are equal but
their corresponding sides are not in the same ratio. Hence, they are not similar. For similarity of
polygons only one of the above two conditions is not sufficient, both have to be satisfied.

T HINK - D ISSUSS
Can you say that a square and a rhombus are similar? Discuss with your friends.
Write why the conditions are not sufficient.

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D O T HIS
1.

Fill in the blanks with similar / not similar.

(i) All squares are ........................
(ii) All equilateral triangles are ........................
(iii) All isosceles triangles are ........................
(iv) Two polygons with same number of sides are ........................ if their corresponding
angles are equal and corresponding sides are equal.
(v) Reduced and Enlarged photographs of an object are ........................
(vi) Rhombus and squares are ........................ to each other.

2. Write the True / False for the following statements.

(i) Any two similar figures are congruent.
(ii) Any two congruent figures are similar.
(iii) Two polygons are similar if their corresponding angles are equal.
3. Give two different examples of pair of
(i) Similar fgures

8.3 S IMILARITY

OF

(ii) Non similar figures

T RIANGLES

In the example we had drawn two triangles, those two triangles showed the property of
similarity. We know that, two triangles are similar if their
(i) Corresponding Angles are equal and
(ii) Corresponding sides are in the same ratio (in proportion)
In ABC and DEC in the introduction,

D
A

A = D , B = E , ACB = DCE

Also

DE
EC
DC
=
=
= K (scale factor)
AB
BC
AC

then ABC is similar to DEC

Symbolically we write ABC ~ DEC
(Symbol ~ is read as Is similar to)
As we have stated K is a scale factor, So
if K > 1 we get enlarged figures,
K = 1 We get congruent figures and
K < 1 gives reduced (or diminished) figures

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Further, in triangles ABC and DEC, corresponding angles are
equal. So they are called equiangular triangles. The ratio of any two
corresponding sides in two equiangular triangles is always the same.
For proving this, Basic Proportionality theorem is used. This is also
known as Thales Theorem.

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Basic proportionality
theorem?

To understand Basic proportionality theorem or Thales theorem,

let us do the following activity.

A CTIVITY
A

Take any ruled paper and draw a triangle on that with base
on one of the lines. Several lines will cut the triangle ABC. Select
any one line among them and name the points where it meets the
sides AB and AC as P and Q.

AP
AQ
B
C
and
. What do you observe?
PB
QC
The ratios will be equal. Why ? Is it always true? Try for different lines intersecting the
triangle. We know that all the lines on a ruled paper are parallel and we observe that every
time the ratios are equal.

Find the ratio of

So in ABC, if PQ || BC then

AP
AQ
=
.
PB
QC

This is known as the result of basic proportionality theorem.

8.3.1 B ASIC P ROPORTIONALITY T HEOREM (T HALES T HEOREM )
Theorem-8.1 : If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides
in distinct points, then the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.
Given : In ABC, DE || BC which intersects sides AB and AC at D and E respectively.
RTP:

AD AE
=
DB EC

Construction : Join B, E and C, D and then draw

A

DM AC and EN AB.
Proof : Area of ADE =

1
AD EN
2

Area of BDE =

1
BD EN
2

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1
AD EN
ar(ADE) 2
AD
=
=
So
ar(BDE) 1 BD EN BD
2

Again Area of ADE =

Area of CDE =

...(1)

1
AE DM
2

1
EC DM
2

1
AE DM
ar(ADE) 2
AE
=
=
ar(CDE) 1 EC DM EC
2

...(2)

Observe that BDE and CDE are on the same base DE and between same parallels BC
and DE.
So ar(BDE) = ar(CDE)

...(3)

From (1) (2) and (3), we have

AD AE
=
DB EC

Hence proved.
Is the converse of the above theorem also true? To examine this, let us perform the
following activity.

A CTIVITY
Draw an angle XAY on your note book and on ray AX, mark points B1, B2, B3, B4 and
B such that
AB1 = B1B2 = B2B3 = B3B4 = B4B = 1cm (say)
Similarly on ray AY, mark points C1, C2, C3, C4 and C such that
AC1 = C1C2 = C2C3 = C3C4 = C4C = 2 cm (say)
Join B1, C1 and B, C.
AB1 AC1 1
Observe that B B = C C = 4 and B1C1 || BC
1
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Similarly, joining B2C2, B3C3 and B4C4, you see that

Y

AB2 AC2 2
and B2C2 || BC
=
=
B2 B C 2 C 3
AB3 AC3 3
and B3C3 || BC
=
=
B3 B C3C 2

C2
C1
A

C4
C3

B1 B2

B3 B4

AB4 AC4 4
and B4C4 || BC
=
=
B4 B C 4 C 1

From this we obtain the following theorem called converse of the Thales theorem
Theorem-8.2 : If a line divides two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, then the line is parallel to
the third side.
Given : In ABC, a line DE is drawn such that

AD AE
=
DB EC

RTP : DE || BC

Proof : Assume that DE is not parallel to BC then draw the line

DE1 parallel to BC
So

AD AE
=
DB EC

E
D

(why ?)

AE AE
=
(why ?)
EC EC

Adding 1 to both sides of the above, you can see that E and E must coincide (why ?)

T RY T HIS
1. E and F are points on the sides PQ and PR respectively of PQR. For each of the
following, state whether. EF ||QR or not?
(i) PE = 3.9 cm EQ = 3 cm PF = 3.6 cm and FR = 2.4 cm
(ii) PE = 4 cm, QE = 4.5 cm, PF = 8 cm and RF = 9 cm.
(iii) PQ = 1.28 cm PR = 2.56 cm PE = 1.8 cm and PF = 3.6 cm

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2. In the following figures DE || BC.

.
cm

m.

1 .5

Find AD
D

3c

cm

7 .2

m.

cm

5 .4

cm

(ii)

1 .8

Find EC

1c

(i)

B
C

Construction : Division of a line segment (using Thales theorem)

Madhuri drew a line segment. She wants to divide it
in the ratio of 3 : 2. She measured it by using a scale and
divided it in the required ratio. Meanwhile her elder sister
came. She saw this and suggested Madhuri to divide the
line segment in the given ratio without measuring it Madhuri
was puzzled and asked her sister for help to do it. Then her
sister explained. You may also do it by the following activity.

9
8
7
6
B

5
4
P

A CTIVITY

Take a sheet of paper from a lined note book.

Number the lines by 1, 2, 3, ... starting with the bottom
line numbered 0.
Take a thick cardboard paper (or file card or chart
strip) and place it against the given line segment AB
and transfer its length to the card. Let A1 and B1 denote
the points on the file card corresponding to A and B.
1

1
0

A
1
A

B
B

Now place A on the zeroeth line of the lined

paper and rotate the card about A1 unitl point B1
falls on the 5th line (3 + 2).
Mark the point where the third line touches the file card, by P1.
Again place this card along the given line segment and transfer this point P1 and denote
it with P.
So P is required point which divides the given line segment in the ratio 3:2.
Now let us learn how this construction can be done.
Given a line segment AB. We want to divide it in
A
B
the ratio m : n where m and n are both positive integers.
Let us take m = 3 and n = 2.
Steps :
1. Draw a ray AX through A making an acute angle
with AB.

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2. With A as centre and with any length draw an arc
on ray AX and label the point A1.
A

B
A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

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A
A

A1
3. Using the
same compass
setting and with
A1 as centre draw another arc and locate A2.

4. Like this locate 5 points (=m + n) A1, A2, A3, A4, A5

such that AA1 = A1A2 = A2A3 = A3A4 = A4A5

A
A1

5. Join A5B. Now through point A3(m = 3) draw a line parallel

to A5B (by making an angle equal to A A5 B) intersecting
AB at C and obeserve that AC : CB = 3 : 2.

A2

A3

A4

A5

Now let us solve some examples on Thales theorem and its converse.
Example-1. In ABC, DE || BC and

AD 3
= .
DB 5
A

AC = 5.6. Find AE.

Solution : In ABC, DE || BC

AD AE
=
(by B.P.T)
DB EC

but

AD 3
AE 3
=
=
So
DB 5
EC 5

Given AC = 5.6 and AE : EC = 3 : 5.

AE
3
=
AC AE 5
AE
5.6 AE

3
(cross multiplication)
5

5AE = (3 5.6) 3AE

8AE = 16.8
AE =

16.8
= 2.1cm.
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Example-2. In the given figure LM || AB

AL = x 3, AC = 2x, BM = x 2
M

and BC = 2x + 3 find the value of x

Solution : In ABC, LM || AB
AL BM

=
(by B.P.T)
LC MC

x 3
x2
=
2 x ( x 3) (2 x + 3) ( x 2)
x3
x+3

x2
(cross multiplication)
x+5

(x 3) (x + 5) = (x 2) (x + 3)
x2 + 2x 15 = x2 + x 6
2x x = 6 + 15

x=9

D O T HIS
C

1.

What value(s) of x will make DE || AB, in the given figure ?

AD = 8x + 9, CD = x + 3

BE = 3x + 4, CE = x.
2.

In ABC, DE || BC. AD = x, DB = x 2,

E
B

AE = x + 2 and EC = x 1.
Find the value of x.

Example-3. The diagonals of a quadrilateral ABCD intersect each other at point O such that
AO CO
=
. Prove that ABCD is a trapezium.
BO DO
Solution : Given : In quadrilateral ABCD ,

AO
CO
=
.
BO
DO

RTP : ABCD is a trapezium.

Construction : Through O draw a line parallel to AB which meets DA at X.
Proof : In DAB, XO || AB

DX
DO
=
XA
OB

(by construction)
(by basic proportionality theorem)

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AX
BO
=
XD
OD

..... (1)

AO
CO
=
BO
DO

(given)

AO
BO
=
CO
OD

..... (2)

O
B

From (1) and (2)

AX
AO
=
XD
CO

In ADC, XO is a line such that

XO || DC

AX AO
=
XD OC

(by converse of the basic the proportionality theorem)

AB || DC
In quadrilateral ABCD, AB || DC
ABCD is a trapezium

(by definition)

Hence proved.
Example-4. In trapezium ABCD, AB || DC. E and F are points on non-parallel sides AD and
BC respectively such that EF || AB. Show that

AE BF
.
=
ED FC

Solution : Let us join AC to intersect EF at G.

AB || DC and EF || AB (given)
EF || DC (Lines parallel to the same line are parallel to each other)

In ADC, EG || DC
So

AE AG
=
(by BPT)
ED GC

From (1) & (2) AE = BF .

ED FC

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Similarly, In CAB, GF || AB
CG CF
AG BF
=
=
(by BPT) i.e.,
GA FB
GC FC

...(2)

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E XERCISE - 8.1
1. In PQR, ST is a line such that

PS
PT
and
=
SQ TR

also PST = PRQ .

Prove that PQR is an isosceles triangle.
Q

M
A

2. In the given figure, LM || CB and LN || CD

Prove that
N

AM AN
=
AB
AD

3. In the given figure, DE || AC and DF || AE

D

BF BE
Prove that
.
=
FE EC

m
3c

cm

x cm

cm

y cm

4. In the given figure, AB || CD || EF.

4 .5

7 .5
B

given AB = 7.5 cm DC = ycm

EF = 4.5 cm, BC = x cm.

Calculate the values of x and y.

5. Prove that a line drawn through the mid-point of one side of a triangle parallel to another
side bisects the third side (Using basic proportionality theorem).
P

6. Prove that a line joining the midpoints of any two

sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side. (Using
converse of basic proportionality theorem)

7. In the given figure, DE || OQ and DF || OR. Show

that EF || QR.

O
Q

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P

8. In the adjacent figure, A, B and C are points on OP, OQ

and OR respectively such that AB || PQ and AC||PR.

Show that BC || QR.

O
B

9. ABCD is a trapezium in which AB||DC and its diagonals intersect each other at point O.
Show that AO = CO .
BO DO
10. Draw a line segment of length 7.2 cm and divide it in the ratio 5 : 3. Measure the two parts.

T HINK - D ISCUSS

W RITE

AND

Discuss with your friends that in what way similarity of triangles is different from
similarity of other polygons?

8.4 C RITERIA

FOR

S IMILARITY

OF

T RIANGLES

We know that two triangles are similar if corresponding angles are equal and corresponding
sides are proportional. For checking the similarity of two triangles, we should check for the
equality of corresponding angles and equality of ratios of their corresponding sides. Let us make
an attempt to arrive at certain criteria for similarity of two triangles. Let us perform the following
activity.

A CTIVITY
Use a protractor and ruler to draw two non congruent triangles so that each triangle has
a 40 and 60 angle. Check the figures made by you by measuring the third angles of two
triangles.
It should be each 80 (why?)
Measure the lengths of the sides of the triangles and compute the ratios of the lengths of the
corresponding sides.
P

Are the triangles similar?

A

40

60

40

60

This activity leads us to the following criterion for similarity of two triangles.

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8.4.1 AAA CRITERION FOR SIMILARITY OF TRIANGLES

Theorem-8.3 : In two triangles, if the angles are equal, then the sides opposite to the equal
angles are in the same ratio (or proportional) and hence the two triangles are similar.
Given : In triangles ABC and DEF,
A = D , B = E and C = F
RTP :

AB BC
AC
=
=
DE EF
DF

Construction : Locate points P and Q on DE and DF respectively,

such that AB = DP and AC = DQ. Join PQ.
C

Proof : ABC DPQ (why ?)

This gives B = P = E and PQ || EF (How ?)
DP DQ

=
(why ?)
PE
QF
AB
AC
=
(why ?)
i.e.,
DE
DF
AB
BC
AB
BC
AC
.
=
=
=
Similarly
and So
DE
EF
DE
EF
DF
Hence proved.

Note : If two angles of a triangle are respectively equal to the two angles of another triangle, then
by the angle sum property of a triangle, third angles will also be equal.
So AA similarity criterion is stated as if two angles of one triangle are respectively equal to
the two angles of anther triangle, then the two triangles are similar.
What about the converse of the above statement ?
If the sides of a triangle are respectively proportional to the sides of another triangle, is it
true that their corresponding angles are equal ?
Let us exercise it through an activity.

A CTIVITY
Draw two triangles ABC and DEF such that AB = 3 cm, BC = 6 cm, CA = 8 cm,
DE = 4.5 cm, EF = 9 cm and FD = 12 cm.
D
A

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AB
BC
CA 2
=
=
= .
DE
EF
FD 3

Now measure the angles of both the triangles. What do you observe? What can you say
about the corresponding angles? They are equal, so the triangles are similar. You can verify
it for different triangles.
From the above activity, we can give the following criterion for similarity of two triangles.
8.4.2. SSS Criterion for Similarity of Triangles
Theorem-8.4 : If in two triangles, the sides of one triangle are proportional to the sides of the
other triangle, then their corresponding angles are equal and hence the triangles are similar.
Given : ABC and DEF are such that
AB
BC
CA
(< 1)
=
=
DE
EF
FD
A

RTP : A = D , B = E , C = F
Construction : Locate points P and Q on DE and DF respectively
such that AB = DP and AC = DQ. Join PQ.
Proof :

DP
DQ
and PQ || EF (why ?)
=
PE
QF

So P = E and Q = F (why ?)

So

DP
DQ
PQ
=
=
DE
DF
EF
DP
DQ
BC
=
=
(why ?)
DE
DF
EF

So BC = PQ (Why ?)
ABC DPQ (why ?)

So A = D , B = E and C = F (How ?)
We studied that for similarity of two polygons any one condition is not sufficient. But for
the similarity of triangles, there is no need for fulfillment of both the conditions as one automatically
implies the other. Now let us look for SAS similarity criterion. For this, let us perform the
following activity.

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A CTIVITY
Draw two triangles ABC and DEF such that AB = 2 cm, A =500 AC = 4cm,
DE = 3 cm, D = 500 and DF = 6cm.
D
A

Observe that

AB
AC
2
=
=
and A = D = 500.
DE
DF
3

Now measure B , C , E , F also measure BC and EF.

Observe that B = E and C = F also

BC
2
= .
EF
3

So, the two triangles are similar. Repeat the same for triangles with different measurements,
which gives the following criterion for similarity of triangles.
8.4.3 SAS C RITERION

FOR

S IMILARITY

OF

T RIANGLES

Theorem-8.5 : If one angle of a triangle is equal to one angle of the other triangle and the sides
including these angles are proportional, then the two triangles are similar.
D
Given : In ABC and DEF
AB AC
(< 1) and
=
DE DF

A = D

RTP : ABC ~ DEF

Construction : Locate points P and Q on DE and DF respectively such that AB = DP and

AC = DQ. Join PQ.
Proof : PQ || EF and ABC DPQ (How ?)
So A = D , B = P , C = Q
ABC ~ DEF (why ?)

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T RY T HIS
1. Are the triangles similar? If so, name the criterion of similarity. Write the similarity
relation is symbolic form.
L
F

(i)

(ii)

Q
K

(iii)

2
X

(iv)

2
Y

3 13

A
P

(v)

(vi)
O

60 80

2 cm .

6c

CQ

(viii)
.

4 cm .

6 cm .

3c

5 cm .

2 cm .

(vii)

60

70

70

80

40

2 .5 c m .

40

Q
10
c

5c
m.
R

m.

2. Explain why the triangles are similar and then find the value of x.
(i)

P S

4.5

x
10
B 70 1
3 Q 3
R

R L

Dx

(iii)
24

A
2

B
T

4
M

(v)
Q

(iv)

14

22
B

(ii)

5
Q

x
N
x

(vi)
R

15

12

7.5
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E
A

1 .6 c m

(vii)

5 cm .

1.5 cm C

15cm

(viii)
x

4 cm .
C

6 cm .

Construction : To construct a triangle similar to a given triangle as per given scale factor.
a) Construct a triangle similar to a given triangle ABC with its sides equal to
sides of ABC (scale factor

3
of corresponding
4

3
)
4
A

Steps : 1. Draw a ray BX, making an acute angle with BC on the side
opposite to vertex A.
2. Locate 4 points B1, B2, B3 and B4 on BX so that BB1 = B1B2 =
B2B3 = B3B4.

B
B1

3. Join B4C and draw a line through B3

B2
B3

parallel to B4C intersecting BC at C .

B4
X

4. Draw a line through C parallel to CA to intersect AB at A .

So A BC is the required triangle.
Let us take some examples to illustrate the use of these criteria.

Example-5. A person 1.65m tall casts 1.8m shadow. At the same instance, a lamp-posts casts
a shadow of 5.4 m. Find the height of the lamppost.
P
A
h m.
1.65 m .
B

1.8 m .

5.4 m .

Solution: In ABC and PQR

B = Q = 900.

C = R (AC || PR, all suns rays are parallel at any instance)

ABC ~ PQR ( by AA similarity)
AB BC
=
(cpst, corresponding parts of Similar triangles)
PQ QR

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1.65 1.8
=
PQ 5.4
PQ =

1.65 5.4
= 4.95m
1.8

The height of the lamp post is 4.95m.

Example-6. A man sees the top of a tower in a mirror which is at a distance of 87.6m from the
tower. The mirror is on the ground facing upwards. The man is 0.4m away from the
mirror and his height is 1.5m. How tall is the tower?
Solution : In ABC & EDC

ABC = EDC = 90
BCA = DCE (angle of incidence and
angle of reflection are same)

ABC ~ EDC (by AA similarity)

AB BC
1.5
0.4
=

=
ED CD
h
87.6
h=

A
?
h
1.5 m .
B

0.4 m .

87.6 m

C
M irror

D
Tow er

1.5 87.6
= 328.5m
0.4

Hence, the height of the towers is 328.5m.

Example7. Gopal is worrying that his neighbour can see into his living room from the top floor
of his house. He has decided to build a fence that is high enough to block the view from
their top floor window. What should be the height of the fence? The measurements are
given in the figure.
Solution : In ABD & ACE
B = C = 90

A = A (common angle)
ABD ~ ACE
(by AA similarity)

AB
BD
2
BD
=

=
AC
CE
8
1.2
BD =

2 1.2 2.4
=
= 0.3m
8
8

D
C
1.5 m .
R

B
1.5 m .
Q
8 m.

A
1.5 m .
2m . P

Total height of the fence required is 1.5 m. + 0.3 m. = 1.8m to block the neightbours view.

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E XERCISE - 8.2

1. In the given figure, ADE = B

(i) Show that ABC ~ ADE

(ii) If AD = 3.8 cm, AE = 3.6cm
BE = 2.1 cm

BC = 4.2 cm

find DE.
2. The perimeters of two similar triangles are 30 cm and 20 cm respectively. If one side of
the first triangle is 12 cm, determine the corresponding side of the second triangle.
3. A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the base of a lamp post at a speed of 1.2 m/
sec. If the lamp post is 3.6m above the ground, find the length of her shadow after 4
seconds.
4. CM and RN are respectively the
medians of ABC and PQR.
Prove that

(i) AMC ~ PNR

(ii)

CM AB
=
RN PQ

B P

(iii) CMB ~ RNQ

5. Diagonals AC and BD of a trapezium ABCD with AB || DC intersect each other at the
point O. Using the criterion of similarity for two triangles, show that

OA OB
=
.
OC OD

6. AB, CD, PQ are perpendicular to BD.

C

AB = x, CD = y amd PQ = Z
1 1 1
prove that + = .
x y z

P
z

7. A flag pole 4m tall casts a 6 m., shadow. At the same time, a nearby building casts a
shadow of 24m. How tall is the building ?
8. CD and GH are respectively the bisectors of ACB and EGF such that D and H lie
on sides AB and FE of ABC and FEG respectively. If ABC ~ FEG then show
thatG
CD AC
=
(ii)
DCB ~ HGE
(iii) DCA ~ HGF
(i)
GH FG

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9. AX and DY are altitudes of two similar triangles ABC and DEF. Prove that AX : DY
= AB : DE.
10. Construct a triangle shadow similar to the given ABC, with its sides equal to

5
of the
3

corresponding sides of the triangle ABC.

11. Construct a triangle of sides 4cm, 5 cm and 6 cm. Then, construct a triangle similar to it,
whose sides are

2
of the corresponding sides of the first triangle.
3

12. Construct an Isosceles triangle whose base is 8cm and altitude is 4 cm. Then, draw another
1
triangle whose sides are 1 times the corresponding sides of the isosceles triangle.
2

8.5 A REAS

OF

S IMILAR T RIANGLES

For two similar triangles, ratio of their

corresponding sides is the same. Do you
think there is any relationship between the
ratio of their areas and the ratio of their
corresponding sides ? Let us do the
following activity to understand this.

ACTIVITY
Make a list of pairs of similar
polygons in this figure.
Find
(i) The ratio of similarity and
(ii) The ratio of areas.
You will observe that ratio of areas is the square of the ratoio of their corresponding sides.
Let us prove it like a theorem.

Given : ABC ~ PQR

Theorem-8.6 : The ratio of the areas of

two similar triangles is equal to the ratio
of the squares of their corresponding
sides.
B

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ar(ABC) AB
BC CA
=
=
RTP :
.

=
ar(PQR) PQ
QR RP

Construction : Draw AM BC and PN QR.

1
BC AM
ar(ABC) 2
BC AM
=
=
Proof : ar(PQR)
1
QR PN
QR PN
2

...(1)

In ABM & PQN

B = Q ( ABC ~ PQR)

M = N = 900

ABM ~ PQN (by AA similarity)

AM AB
=
PN
PQ

...(2)

Also ABC ~ PQR (given)

AB BC
AC
=
=
PQ QR
PR

...(3)

ar(ABC)
AB AB
=

ar(PQR)
PQ PQ

from (1), (2) and (3)

AB
=
.
PQ

Now by using (3), we get

2

ar(ABC) AB
BC AC
=
=

=
ar(PQR) PQ
QR PR

Hence proved.
Now let us see some examples.

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Example-8. Prove that if the areas of two similar triangles are equal, then they are congruent.
Solution : ABC ~ PQR
2

ar( ABC) AB
BC AC
=
=
So

=
ar(PQR) PQ
QR PR

But

ar(ABC)
=1
ar(PQR)
2

( areas are equal)

2

AB
BC AC
PQ = QR = PR = 1

So AB2 = PQ2
BC2 = QR2
AC2 = PR2
From which we get AB = PQ
BC = QR
AC = PR
ABC PQR (by SSS congruency)
Example-9. ABC ~ DEF and their areas are respectively 64cm2 and 121 cm2.
If EF = 15.4 cm., then find BC.
ar( ABC) BC
=
Solution :

ar(DEF) EF

64 BC
=

121 15.4

8
BC
8 15.4
=
BC =
= 11.2cm .
11 15.4
11

Example-10. Diagonals of a trapezium ABCD with AB || DC, intersect each other at the point
O. If AB = 2CD, find the ratio of areas of triangles AOB and COD.
Solution : In trapezium ABCD, AB || DC also AB = 2CD.

In AOB and COD

AOB = COD (vertically opposite angles)

OAB = OCD (alternate interior angles)

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AOB ~ COD (by AA similarity)

ar(AOB) AB2
=
ar(COD) DC2
(2DC) 2 4
=
=
(DC) 2 1

ar(AOB) : ar(COD) = 4 : 1.

E XERCISE - 8.3
1. Equilateral triangles are drawn on the three sides of a right angled triangle. Show that the
area of the triangle on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the areas of triangles on the
other two sides.
2. Prove that the area of the equilateral triangle described on the side of a square is half the
area of the equilateral triangles described on its diagonal.
3. D, E, F are mid points of sides BC, CA, AB of ABC. Find the ratio of areas of DEF
and ABC.
4. In ABC, XY || AC and XY divides the triangle into two parts of equal area. Find the
AX
.
ratio of
XB
5. Prove that the ratio of areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of
their corresponding medians.
6. ABC ~ DEF. BC = 3cm EF = 4cm and area of ABC = 54 cm2. Determine the area
of DEF.
7. ABC is a triangle and PQ is a straight line meeting AB in P and AC in Q. If AP = 1 cm. and
BP = 3cm., AQ = 1.5 cm., CQ = 4.5 cm.
1
Prove that (area of APQ) =
(area of ABC).
16
8. The areas of two similar triangles are 81cm2 and 49 cm2 respectively. If the attitude of the
bigger triangle is 4.5 cm. Find the corresponding attitude fo the smaller triangle.

8.6 P YTHAGORAS T HEOREM

You are familar with the Pythagoras theorem, you had verified this theorem through some
activities. Now we shall prove this theorem using the concept of similarity of triangles. For this,
we make use of the following result.

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Theorem-8.7 : If a perpendicular is drawn from the vertex of the right angle of a right triangle to
the hypotenuse, then the triangles on both sides of the perpendicular are similar to the whole
triangle and to each other.
Proof: ABC is a right triangle, right angled at B. Let BD be the perpendicular to hypotenuse AC.
In ADB and ABC

A = A

And ADB = ABC (why ?)

So ADB ~ ABC (How ?)

...(1)

Similarly, BDC ~ ABC (How ?)

...(2)

So from (1) and (2), triangles on both sides of the perpendicular BD are similar to the
whole triangle ABC.
Also since ADB ~ ABC
BDC ~ ABC
So ADB ~ BDC
This leads to the following theorem.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
For a right angled triangle with integer sides atleast one of its measurements must be
an even number. Why? Discuss this with your friends and teachers.
8.6.1 P YTHAGORAS T HEOREM (B AUDHAYAN T HEOREM )
Theorem-8.8 : In a right triangle, the square of hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of
the other two sides.
B
Given: ABC is a right triangle right angled at B.
RTP : AC2 = AB2 + BC2
Construction : Draw BD AC.
Proof : ADB ~ ABC

AD AB
=
AB AC

AD . AC = AB2
Also, BDC ~ ABC

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CD BC
=
BC AC

CD . AC = BC2

...(2)

On adding (1) & (2)

AD . AC + CD . AC = AB2 + BC2
AC (AD + CD) = AB2 + BC2
AC . AC = AB2 + BC2
AC 2 = AB2 + BC 2

The above theorem was earlier given by an ancient Indian mathematician Baudhayan
(about 800 BC) in the following form.
The diagonal of a rectangle produces by itself the same area as produced by its both sides
(i.e. length and breadth). So sometimes, this theorem is also referred to as the Baudhayan
theorem.
What about the converse of the above theorem ?
We prove it like a theorem, as done earlier also.
Theorem-8.9 : In a triangle if square of one side is equal to the sum of squares of the other two
sides, then the angle opposite to the first side is a right angle and the triangle is a right angled
triangle.
P
A
Given : In ABC,
AC2 = AB2 + BC2
RTP : B = 900.
Construction : Construct a right
angled triangle PQR right
angled at Q such that PQ = AB
and QR = BC.

Proof : In PQR, PR2 = PQ2 + QR2 (Pythagores theorem as Q = 900)

PR2 = AB2 + BC2 (by construction)
but AC2 = AB2 + BC2 (given)

...(1)
...(2)

AC = PR from (1) & (2)

Now In ABC and PQR
AB = PQ (by construction)
BC = QE (by construction)
AC = PR (proved)

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ABC PQR (by SSS congruency)

B = Q (by cpct)

but Q = 90 (by construction)

B = 90.

Hence proved.
Now let us take some examples.
Example-11. A ladder 25m long reaches a window of building 20m above the ground. Determine
the distance of the foot of the ladder from the building.
A
Solution : In ABC, C = 90
AB2 = AC 2 + BC 2 (by Pythogorous theorem)
2

25 m .

20 m .

25 = 20 + BC

BC2 = 625 400 = 225

C

BC = 225 = 15m

Hence, the foot of the ladder is at a distance of 15m from the building.
Example-12. BL and CM are medians of a triangle ABC right angled at A.
Prove that 4(BL2 + CM2) = 5BC2.
Solution : BL and CM are medians of ABC in which A = 90.
In ABC

BC2 = AB2 + AC2 (Pythagores theorem)

In ABL,

...(1)

BL2 = AL2 + AB2

M

AC
2
So BL =
+ AB ( L is the midpoint of AC)
2
2

AC2
+ AB2
BL =
4
2

4BL2 = AC2 + 4AB2

...(2)

In CMA, CM2 = AC2 + AM2

2

AB
CM = AC +
( M is the mid point of AB)
2
2

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AB2
CM = AC +
4
2

4CM2 = 4AC2 + AB2

...(3)

On adding (2) and (3), we get

4(BL2 + CM2) = 5(AC2 + AB2)
4(BL2 + CM2) = 5BC2 from (1).
Example-13. O is any point inside a rectangle ABCD.
Prove that OB2 + OD2 = OA2 + OC2
Solution : Through O draw PQ || BC so that P lies on AB and Q lies on DC.
Now PQ || BC

PQ AB & PQ DC ( B = C = 90)
So, BPQ = 90 & CQP = 90

BPQC and APQD are both rectangles.

Now from OPB. OB2 = BP2 + OP2

...(1)

Similarly from OQD, we have OD2 = OQ2 + DQ2

...(2)

From OQC, we have OC2 = OQ2 + CQ2

...(3)

And from OAP, OA2 = AP2+ OP2

Adding (1) & (2)
OB2 + OD2 = BP2 + OP2 + OQ2 + DQ2
= CQ2 + OP2 + OQ2 + AP2

( BP = CQ and DQ = AP)

= CQ2 + OQ2 + OP2 + AP2

= OC2 + OA2 (from (3) & (4))

D O T HIS
C

1. In ACB, C = 90 and CD AB
0

BC2 BD
.
=
Prove that
AC2 AD
A

2. A ladder 15m long reaches a window which is 9 m above the ground on one side of a
street. Keeping its foot at the same point, the ladder is turned to other side of the street
to reach a window 12m high. Find the width of the street.

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3. In the given fig. if AD BC

Prove that AB2 + CD2 = BD2 + AC2.

D
B

Example-14. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 6m more than twice of the shortest side. If
the third side is 2 m., less than the hypotenuse, find the sides of the triangle.
Solution : Let the shortest side be x m.
Then htypotenuse = (2x + 6)m and third side = (2x + 4)m.
by Pythagores theorem, we have
(2x + 6)2 = x2 + (2x + 4)2
4x2 + 24x + 36 = x2 + 4x2 + 16x + 16
x2 - 8x 20 = 0
(x 10) (x + 2) = 0
x = 10 or x = 2
but x cant be negative as side of a triangle.
x = 10
Hence, the sides of the triangle are 10m, 26m and 24m.
Example-15. ABC is a right triangle right angled at C. Let BC = a, CA = b, AB = c and let p
be the length of perpendicular from C on AB. Prove that (i) pc = ab (ii)

1 1
1
= 2+ 2.
2
p a
b

Solution :
(i) CD AB and CD = p.
Area of ABC =
=

1
AB CD
2
1
cp .
2

also area of ABC =

c D
b
p

1
BC AC
2

1
= ab
2

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1
1
cp = ab
2
2
cp = ab

...(1)

(ii) Since ABC is a right triangle right angled at C.

AB2 = BC2 + AC2
c2 = a2 + b2
2

ab
2
2
= a +b
p

1 a 2 + b2
1
1
= 2 2 = 2 + 2.
2
p
ab
a
b

E XERCISE - 8.4

1. Prove that the sum of the squares of the sides of a rhombus

is equal to the sum of the squares of its diagonals.
2. ABC is a right triangle right angled at B. Let D and E be
any points on AB and BC respectively.
Prove that AE2 + CD2 = AC2 + DE2.

3. Prove that three times the square of any side of an equilateral triangle is equal to four times
the square of the altitude.
4. PQR is a triangle right angled at P and M is a point on QR such that PM QR .
Show that PM2 = QM . MR.
5. ABD is a triangle right angled at A and AC BD
C

Show that (i) AB2 = BC.BD.

(ii) AC2 = BC.DC
(iii) AD2 = BD.CD.

6. ABC is an isosceles triangle right angled at C. Prove that AB2 = 2AC2.

7. O is any point in the interior of a triangle ABC.
OD BC, OE AC and OF AB, show that

(i) OA2+OB2+OC2OD2OE2OF2 = AF2+BD2+CE2

(ii) AF2 + BD2 + CE2 = AE2 + CD2 + BF2.

B

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8. A wire attached to veritical pole of height 18m is 24m long and has a stake attached to the
other end. How far from the base of the pole should the stake be driven so that the wire
will be taut?
9. Two poles of heights 6m and 11m stand on a plane ground. If the distance between the
feet of the poles is 12m find the distance between their tops.
1
10. In an equilateral triangle ABC, D is a point on side BC such that BD = BC. Prove that
3
9AD2 = 7AB2.
A

11. In the given figure, ABC is a triangle right angled

at B. D and E are ponts on BC trisect it.
Prove that 8AE2 = 3AC2 + 5AD2.

12. ABC is an isosceles triangle right angled

at B. Similar triangles ACD and ABE are
constructed on sides AC and AB. Find
the ratio between the areas of ABE and
ACD.

8.7 D IFFERENT

C
D

FORMS OF THEORITICAL STATEMENTS

1. Negation of a statement :
We have a statement and if we add Not after the statement, we will get a new statement;
which is called negation of the statement.
For example take a statement ABC is a equilateral. If we denote it by p, we can
write like this.
p : Triangle ABC is equilateral and its negation will be Triangle ABC is not equilateral.
Negation of statement p is denoted by p; and read as negotiation of p. the statement p
negates the assertion that the statement p makes.
When we write the negation of the statements we would be careful that there should no
confusion; in understanding the statement.
Observe this example carefully
P : All irrational numbers are real numbers. We can write negation of p like these ways.

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p : All irrational numbers are not real numbers.

ii) p Not all the irrational are real numbers.

How do we decide which negation is correct? We use the following criterion Let p be a
statement and p its negation. Then p is false whenever p is true and p is true whenever
p is false.
For example

s : 2 + 2 = 4 is True
s : 2 + 2 4 is False

2. Converse of a statement :
A sentence which is either true or false is called a simple statement. If we combine two
simple statements then we will get a compound statement. Connecting two simple statements
with the use of the words If and then will give a compound statement which is called
implication (or) conditional.
Combining two simple statements p & q using if and then, we get p implies q which can be
denoted by p q. In this p q, suppose we interchange p and q we get q p. This
is called its converse.
Example : p q : In ABC, if AB = AC then C = B
Converse q p : In ABC, if C = B then AB = AC

3. Proof by contradiction :
In this proof by contradiction, we assume the negation of the statement as true; which we
have to prove. In the process of proving we get contradiction somewhere. Then, we
realize that this contradiction occur because of our wrong assumption which is negation is
true. Therefore we conclude that the original statement is true.

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination]

1. In the given figure,

P

QT QR and 1 = 2
=
PR
QS

prove that PQS ~ TQR.

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2. Ravi is 1.82m tall. He wants to find the height
of a tree in his backyard. From the trees base
he walked 12.20 m. along the trees shadow
to a position where the end of his shadow
exactly overlaps the end of the trees shadow.
He is now 6.10m from the end of the shadow.

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C
1.82 m .
A

12.20 m .

6.10 m .

How tall is the tree ?

3. The diagonal AC of a parallelogram ABCD intersects DP at the point Q, where P is any
point on side AB. Prove that CQ PQ = QA QD.
C

4. ABC and AMP are two right triangles right angled

at B and M respectively.
Prove that (i) ABC ~ AMP
CA BC
=
.
(ii)
PA MP

5. An aeroplane leeves an airport and flies due north at

a speed of 1000 kmph. At the same time another aeroplane leeves the same airport and
flies due west at a speed of 1200 kmph. How far apart will the two planes be after
1
1 hour?
2

6. In a right triangle ABC right angled at C. P and Q are points on sides AC and CB
respectively which divide these sides in the ratio of 2 : 1.
Prove that (i) 9AQ2 = 9AC2 + 4BC2
(ii) 9BP2 = 9BC2 + 4AC2
(iii) 9(AQ2 + BP2) = 13AB2

W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

1. Two figures having the same shape but not necessarily of the same size are called similar
figures.
2. All the congruent figures are similar but the converse is not true.
3. Two polygons of the same number of sides are similar
If(i) their corresponding angles are equal and
(ii) Their corresponding sides are in the same ratio (ie propostion)
For similarity of polygons either of the above two condition is not sufficient.
4. If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides at distinct
points then the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.

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5. If a line divides any two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, then the line is parllel to the
third side.
6. In in two triangles, angles are equal, then their corresponding sides are in the same ratio
and hence the two triangles are similar (AAA similarity)
7. If two angles of a triangle are equal to the two angles of another triangle, then third angles
of both triangles are equal by angle sum property of at triangle.
8. In in two triangles, corresponding sides are in the serve ratio, then their corresponding
angles are equal and hence the triangles are similar. (SSS similar)
9. If one angle of triangle is equal to one angle of another triangle and the sides including these
angles are in the same ratio then the triangle are similar. (SAS similarity)
10. The ratio of areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of their
corresponding sides.
11. If a perpendicular is drawn from the vertex of a right the triangles on both sides of the
perpendicular are similar to the whole triangle and also to each other.
12. In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the
other two sides (Pythogores Theorem).
13. In a triangle, square of one side is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides,
then the angle opposite to the first side is a right angle.

Puzzle
Draw a triangle. Join the mid-point of the sides of the triangle. You get 4 triangles Again
join the mid-points of these triangles. Repeat this process. All the triangles drawn are
similar triangles. Why ? think and discuss with your friends.

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9.1 I NTRODUCTION
We have seen two lines mostly intersect at a point or do not intersect in a plane. In some
situations they coincide with each other.
O

Similarly, what happens when a curve and a line is given in a plane? You know a curve may
be a parabola as you have seen in polynomials or a simple closed curve circle which is a
collection of all those points on a plane that are at a constant distance from a fixed point.
Y

You might have seen circular objects rolling on a plane creating a path. For example; riding
a bicycle, wheels of train on the track etc., where it seems to be a circle and a line. Does there
a relation exist between them?
Let us see what happens, if a circle and a line are given in a plane.
9.1.1 A L INE

AND

A C IRCLE

You are given a circle and a line drawn on a paper. Salman argues that there can only be 3
possible ways of presenting them.
Consider a circle O and a line PQ, the three possibilities are given in figure below:

P
A

(iii)

(i)

(ii) Q

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In Fig.(i), the line PQ and the circle have no common point. In this case PQ is a nonintersecting line with respect to the circle.
In Fig.(ii), the line PQ intersects the circle at two points A and B. It forms a chord on the
circle AB with two common points. In this case the line PQ is a secant of the circle.
In Fig.(iii), There is only one point A, common to the line PQ and the circle. This line is
called a tangent to the circle.
You can see that there cannot be any other position of the line with respect to the circle.
We will study the existence of tangents to a circle and also study their properties and constructions.
Do yo know?
The word tangent comes from the latin word tangere, which means to touch and was
introduced by Danish mathematician Thomas Fineke in 1583.

D O T HIS
Q

i.

Draw a circle with any radius. Draw four tangents at different

points. How many tangents can you draw to this circle ?

P
M

ii. How many tangents you can draw to circle from a point away
from it.
iii. Which of the following are tangents to the circles

9.2 T ANGENTS

OF A

C IRCLE

We can see that tangent can be drawn at any point lying on the circle. Can you say how
many tangents can be drawn at any point on the surface of the circle.
To understand this let us consider the following activity.

A CTIVITY

Take a circular wire and attach a straight wire AB at a point P of

the circular wire, so that the system rotate about the point P in a plane.
P
O
The circular wire represents a circle and B
11
1
A
A
A
the straight wire AB represents a line
intersects the circle at point P.
Put the system on a table and gently rotate the wire AB about
the point P to get different positions of the straight wire as shown
P
in the figure. The wire intersects the circular wire at P and at
B
one more point through the points Q1, Q2 or Q3 etc. So while
it generally intersects circular wire at two points one of which is
11
1
B
B
P in one particular position, it intersects the circle only at the

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point P (See position A B of AB). This is the position of a tangent at the point P of the
circle. You can check that in all other positions of AB it will intersect the circle at P and at
another point, A B is a tangent to the circle at P.
We see that there is only one tangent to the circle at point P.
Moving wire AB in either direction from this position makes it cut the circular wire in two
points. All these are therefore secants. Tangent is a special case of a secant where the two
points of intersection of a line with a circle coincide.

D O T HIS
P

Draw a circle and a secant PQ of the circle on a paper as

shown below. Draw various lines parallel to the secant on both
sides of it.
What happens to the length of chord coming closer and closer
to the centre of the circle?

What is the longest chord?

How many tangents can you draw to a circle, which are parallel to each other ?
The common point of the tangent and the circle is called the point of contact and the
tangent is said to touch the circle at the common point.
Observe the tangents to the circle in the figures given below:

How many tangents can you draw to a circle at a point? How many tangents can you
obtain to the circle in all? See the points of contact. Draw radii from the points of contact. Do you
see anything special about the angle between the tangents and the radii at the points of contact.
All appear to be perpendicular to the corresponding tangents. We can also prove it. Let us see
how.
A

Theorem-9.1 : The tangent at any point of a circle is

perpendicular to the radius through the point of contact.
Given : A circle with centre O and a tangent XY to the
circle at a point P.

To prove : OP is perpendicular to XY. (i.e OP XY)

Proof : Here, we will use the method that assumes that the

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statement is wrong and shows that such an assumption leads

to a fallacy. So we will suppose OP is not perpendicular to
XY. Take a point Q on XY other than P and join OQ.
The point Q must lie outside the circle (why?) (Note
that if Q lies inside the circle, XY becomes a secant and not a
tangent to the circle)

Q Y

Therefore, OQ is longer than the radius OP of the circle [Why?]

i.e., OQ > OP.
This must happen for all points on the line XY. It is therefore true that OP is the shortest of
all the distances of the point O to the points of XY.
So our assumption that OP is not perpendicular to XY is false. Therefore, OP is
perpendicular to XY.
Hence proved.
Note : The line containing the radius through the point of contact is also called the normal to the
circle at the point.

T RY T HIS
How can you prove the converse of the above theorem.
If a line in the plane of a circle is perpendicular to the radius at its endpoint on the circle,
then the line is tangent to the circle.
We can find some more results using the above theorem
(i) Since there can be only one perpendicular OP at the point P, it follows that one and only
one tangent can be drawn to a circle at a given point on the circumference.
(ii) Since there can be only one perpendicular to XY at the point P, it follows that the
perpendicular to a tangent at its point of contact passes through the centre.
Think about these. Discuss these among your friends and with your teachers.
9.2.1 C ONSTRUCTION

OF

T ANGENT

TO A

C IRCLE

How can we construct a line that would be tangent to a circle at a given point on it? We use
what we just found the tangent has to be perpendicular to the radius at the point of contact. To
draw a tangent through the point of contact we need to draw a line prependicular to the radius at
that point. To draw this radius we need to know the center of the circle. Let us see the steps for
this construction.

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Construction : Construct a tangent to a circle at a given point when the centre of the circle is
known.
We have a circle with centre O and a point P anywhere on its circumference. Then we have to
construct a tangent through P.
Steps of Construction :
X

1. Draw a circle with centre O and

mark a point P anywhere on it. Join
OP.

2. Draw a perpendicular line through

the point P and name it as XY, as shown
in the figure.
3. XY is the required tangent to the given circle passing through
P.
Can you draw one more tangent through P ? give reason.

T RY T HIS

How can you draw the tangent to a circle at a given point when the
centre of the circle is not known?

Hint : Draw equal angles QPX and PRQ . Explain the

construction.
Y

9.2.2 F INDING L ENGTH

OF THE

T ANGENT

Can we find the length of the tangent to a circle from a given point? Is the length of
tangents from a given point to the circle the same? Let us examine this.
Example : Find the length of the tangent to a circle with centre O and radius = 6 cm. from a
point P such that OP = 10 cm.
Solution : Tangent is perpendicular to the radius at the point of contact (Theorem 9.1)
Here PA is tangent segment and OA is radius of circle
OA PA OAP = 90
Now in OAP,
OP2 = OA2 + PA2 (pythagoras theorem)
102 = 62 + PA2
100 = 36 + PA2
PA2 = 100 - 36
= 64
PA = 64 = 8 cm.

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E XERCISE - 9.1
1. Fill in the blanks
(i) A tangent to a circle intersects it in ................ point (s).
(ii) A line intersecting a circle in two points is called a .............
(iii) A circle can have ................ parallel tangents at the most.
(iv) The common point of a tangent to a circle and the circle is called ...............
(v) We can draw ............. tangents to a given circle.
2. A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at a
point Q so that OQ = 12 cm. Find length of PQ.
3. Draw a circle and two lines parallel to a given line such that one is a tangent and the other,
a secant to the circle.
4. Calculate the length of tangent from a point 15 cm. away from the centre of a circle of
radius 9 cm.
5. Prove that the tangents to a circle at the end points of a diameter are parallel.

9.3

N UMBER

OF TANGENT TO A CIRCLE FROM ANY POINT

To get an idea of the number of tangents from a point on a circle, Let us perform the
following activity.

A CTIVITY
(i) Draw a circle on a paper. Take a point
P inside it. Can you draw a tangent to
the circle through this point ? You will
find that all the lines through this point
intersect the circle in two points. What
are these ? These are all secants of a
circle. So, it is not possible to draw
any tangent to a circle through a point
inside it. (See the adjacent figure)
(ii) Next, take a point P on the circle and
draw tangents through this point. You
have observed that there is only one
tangent to the circle at a such a point.
(See the adjacent figure)

(i)

(ii)

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and try to draw tangents to the circle

from this point. What do you observe?
O

You will find that you can draw exactly

two tangents to the circle through this

point (See the adjacent figure)

(iii)

Now, we can summarise these facts as follows :

Case (i) : There is no tangent to a circle passing through a point lying inside the circle.
Case(ii) : There is one and only one tangent to a circle passing through a point lying on the
circle.
Case(iii) : There are exactly two tangents to a circle through a point lying outside the circle in
this case, A and B are the points of contacts of the tangents PA and PB respectively.
The length of the segment from the external point P and the point of contact with the
circle is called the length of the tangent from the point P to the circle.
Note that in the above figure (iii), PA and PB are the length of the tangents from P to the
circle. What is the relation between lengths PA and PB.
Theorem-9.2 : The lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.
Given : A circle with centre O, P is a point lying outside the circle and PA and PB are two
tangents to the circle from P. (See figure)
To prove : PA = PB
Proof : Join OA, OB and OP.
(Angle between radii and tangents
OAP = OBP = 900
Now in the two right triangles
according to theorem 9.1)
OAP and OBP,
A
OA = OB (radii of same circle)
OP = OP (Common)
O
Therfore, By R.H.S. Congruency axiom,
OAP OBP
This gives PA = PB
(CPCT)
Hence Proved.

T RY T HIS
Use pythagoras theorem and write proof of above theorem.

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9.3.1. C ONSTRUCTION

OF

T ANGENTS

TO A

C IRCLE

FROM AN

E XTERNAL

POINT

You saw that if a point lies outside the circle, there will be exactly two tangents to the circle
from this point. We shall now see how to draw these tangents.
Construction : To construct the tangents to a circle from a point outside it.
Given : We are given a circle with centre O and a point P outside it. We have to construct two
tangents from P to the circle.
Steps of construction :
Step(i) : Join PO and draw a perpendicular
bisector of it. Let M be the midpoint
of PO.

Step (ii) : Taking M as centre and PM or MO

as radius, draw a circle. Let it intersect
the given circle at the points A and B.
A

Step (iii) : Join PA and PB. Then PA and PB

are the required two tangents.
Proof : Now, Let us see how this construction
is justified.

Join OA. Then PAO is an angle in

the semicircle and,

therefore, PAO = 90.

Can we say that PA OA ?

Since, OA is a radius of the given circle,
PA has to be a tangent to the circle (By
converse theorem of 9.1)

Similarly, PB is also a tangent to the

circle.

Hence proved.
Some interesting statements about tangents and secants and their proof:
Statement-1 : The centre of a circle lies on the bisector of the angle between two tangents drawn
from a point outside it. Can you think how we can prove it?
Proof : Let PQ and PR be two tangents drawn from a point P outside of the circle with centre O
Join OQ and OR, triangles OQP and ORP are congruent because we know that,

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OQ = OR (Radii)
OP is common.

This means OPQ = OPR (CPCT)

Therefore, OP is the angle bisector of QPR .

Hence, the centre lies on the bisector of the angle between the two tangents.
Statement-2 : In two concentric circles, such that a chord of the bigger circle, that touches the
smaller circle is bisected at the point of contact with the smaller circle.
Can you see how is this?
Proof : We are given two concentric circles C1 and C2 with centre
O and a chord AB of the larger circle C1, touching the smaller circle
C2 at the point P (See figure) we need to prove that AP = PB.

Join OP.
Then AB is a tangent to the circle C2 at P and OP is its radius.
Therefore, by Theorem 9.1

C1

OP AB
Now, OAP and OBP are congruent. (Why?) This means AP = PB. Therefore, OP is
the bisector of the chord AB, as the perpendicular from the centre bisects the chord.
Statement-3 : If two tangents AP and AQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external
point A then PAQ = 2OPQ = 2 OQP .
Can you see?
Proof : We are given a circle with centre O, an external point A and two tangents AP and AQ to
the circle, where P, Q are the points of contact (See figure).
P

We need to prove that

PAQ = 2 OPQ
A

Let PAQ =

Now, by Theorem 9.2,

AP = AQ, So APQ is an isoscecles triangle
Therefore,

APQ + AQP + PAQ = 180 (Sum of three angles)

APQ = AQP =

1
(180 )
2

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1
= 90
2
Also, by Theorem 9.1,
OPA = 90

So, OPQ = OPA APQ

1 1
1

= 90 90 = = PAQ
2 2
2

This gives OPQ =

1
PAQ .
2

\ PAQ = 2 OPQ. Similarly PAQ = 2OQP

Statement-4 : If a circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD at points
PQRS. Then AB+CD = BC + DA
R

Can you think how do we proceed? AB, CD, BC, DA are all
chords to a circle.

For the circle to touch all the four sides of the quadrilateral at
points P, Q, R, S, it has to be inside the quadrilateral. (See figure)

How do we proceed further?

Proof : The circle touched the sides AB, BC, CD and DA of Quadrilateral ABCD at the points
P, Q, R and S respectively as shown
Since by theorem 9.2, the two tangents to a circle drawn from a point outside it, are equal,
AP = AS
BP = BQ
DR = DS
and CR = CQ
On adding, We get
AP + BP + DR + CR = AS + BQ + DS + CQ
or

(AP + PB) + (CR + DR) = (BQ + QC) + (DS + SA)

or

AB + CD = BC + DA.

Let us do an example of analysing a situation and know how we would construct something.

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Example-1. Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 5cm which are inclined to each other
at an angle 60.
Solution : To draw the circle and the two tangents we need to see how we proceed. We only
have the radius of the circle and the angle between the tangents. We do not know the distance of
the point from where the tangents are drawn to the circle and we do not know the length of the
tangents either. We know only the angle between the tangents. Using this, we need to find out the
distance of the point outside the circle from which we have to draw the tangents.
To begin let us consider a circle with centre O and radius 5cm. Let PA and PB are two
tangents draw from a point P outside the circle and the angle between them is 60o. In this
A
APB = 60o. Join OP.
As we know,
OP is the bisector of APB,
OAP= OPB=

Now ln OAP,

5 cm .
O

60 o
=30o ( OAP OBP)
2

sin 30o =

60

5 cm .
B

Opp. side OA
=
Hyp
OP

1
5
=
(From trigonometric ratio)
2
OP

OP = 10 cm.
10 cm .
Now we can draw a circle of radius 5 cm with centre O.
O
M
We then mark a point at a distance of 10 cm from the centre
of the circle. Join OP and complete the construction as
given in construction 9.2. Hence PA and PB are the required
B
pair of tangents to the given circle.
You can also try this construction without using trigonometric ratio.

T RY T HIS
Draw a pair of radii OA and OB such that BOA = 120o. Draw the bisector of
BOA and draw lines perpendiculars to OA and OB at A and B. These lines meet on the
bisector of BOA at a point which is the external point and the perpendicular lines are the
required tangents. Construct and Justify.

E XERCISE - 9.2
1.

Choose the correct answer and give justification for each.

(i) The angle between a tangent to a circle and the radius drawn at the point of contact is
(a)

60

(b) 30

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(ii) From a point Q, the length of the tangent to a circle is 24 cm. and the distance of Q from
the centre is 25 cm. The radius of the circle is
(a)

7cm

(b) 12 cm

(c) 15cm

(d) 24.5cm
A

(iii) If AP and AQ are the two tangents a circle with centre O so that
POQ = 110, then PAQ is equal to
(a)

60

(b) 70

(c)

80

(d) 90

P
110
Q

(iv) If tangents PA and PB from a point P to a circle with centre O are

inclined to each other at angle of 80, then POA is equal to
(a)

50

(b) 60

(c) 70

(d) 80

(v) In the figure XY and X1Y1 are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another
tangent AB with point of contact C intersecting XY
at A and X1Y1 at B then AOB =
X
A
Y
(a)

80

(b) 100

(c)

90

(d) 60

2. Two concentric circles are radii 5 cm and 3cm are

drawn. Find the length of the chord of the larger
circle which touches the smaller circle.

3. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle

is a rhombus.
4. A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 3 cm.
such that the segments BD and DC into which BC is divided by
the point of contact D are of length 9 cm. and 3 cm. respectively
(See adjacent figure). Find the sides AB and AC.

9 cm .

3 cm .

5. Draw a circle of radius 6cm. From a point 10 cm away from its centre, construct the pair
of tangents to the circle and measure their lengths. Verify by using Pythogoras Theorem.
6. Construct a tangent to a circle of radius 4cm from a point on the concentric circle of radius
6cm and measure its length. Also verify the measurement by actual calculation.
7. Draw a circle with the help of a bangle, Take a point outside the circle. Construct the pair
of tangents from this point to the circle measure them. Write conclusion.

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8. In a right triangle ABC, a circle with a side AB as diameter

is drawn to intersect the hypotenuse AC in P. Prove that
the tangent to the circle at P bisects the side BC.
O

9. Draw a tangent to a given circle with center O from a

point R outside the circle. How many tangents can be
drawn to the circle from that point?

Hint : The distance of two points to the point of contact is the same.

9.4 S EGMENT

OF A CIRCLE FORMED BY A SECANT

We have seen a line and a circle. When a line meets a

circle in only one point, it is a tangent. A secant is a line which
intersects the circle at two distint points represented in the chord.
Here l is the secant and AB is the chord.
Shankar is making a picture by sticking pink
l
A
B
and blue paper. He makes many pictures. One
picture he makes is of washbasin. How much
paper does he need to make this picture? This picture can be seen in two
parts. A rectangle is there, but what is the remaining part? It is the segment of
the circle. We know how to find the area of rectangle. How do we find the
area of the segment? In the following discussion we will try to find this area.

D O T HIS
Shankar made the following pictures also along with washbasin.

What shapes can they be broken into that we can find area easily?
Make some more pictures and think of the shapes they can be divided into different
parts.

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Lets us recall how to find the area of the following geometrical figures as given in the table.
S.No.

Figure

1.
b

Dimentions

Area

length = l

A = lb

breadth = b

2.

Side = s

A = s2

base = b

A=

radius = r

A = r2

3.

4.

1
bh
2

9.4.1.
F INDING THE A REA OF S EGMENT OF A C IRCLE
To estimate the area of segment of a circle, Swetha made the segments by drawing secants
to the circle.
A
B
B
l
l

B
(i)

A
(ii)

(iii)

As you know a segment is a region, bounded by the arc and a chord, we can see the area
) in fig.(i) is a minor segment, semicircle in fig.(ii) and major segment in
that is shaded (
fig.(iii).
Q
How do we find the area of the segment? Do the following activity.
Take a circular shaped paper and fold it along with a chord less
than the diameter and shade the smaller part as shown in in the figure.
What do we call this smaller part? It is a minor segment (APB). What do
we call the unshaded portion of the circle?
Q
Obviously it is a major segment (AQB).

r
B

B
P

You have already come across the sector and segment in earlier classes.
The portion of some unshaded part and shaded part (minor segment) is a
sector which is the combination of a triangle and a segment.

O
r

Let OAPB be a sector of a circle with centre O and radius r as shown

in the figure. Let the angle measure of AOB be x.

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You know that area of circle when the angle measure at the centre is 360 is r2.
So, when the degree measure of the angle at the centre is 1, then area of sector is
1
r2.
360

Therefore, when the degree measure of the angle at the centre is x, the area of sector is
x
r2.
360

Now let us take the case of the area of the segment APB of a circle with centre O and
radius r, you can see that
Area of the segment APB = Area of the sector OAPB - Area of OAB
=

x
r2 - area of OAB
360

T RY T HIS
How can you find the area of major segment using area of minor segment?

D O T HIS
1.
2.

Find the area of sector, whose radius is 7 cm. with the given angle:
i.
60
ii.
30
iii. 72
iv. 90
v.

120

The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand
in 10 minutes.
Now, we will see an example to find area of segment of a circle.

Example-1. Find the area of the segment AYB showing in the adjacent figure. If radius of the
circle is 21 cm and AOB = 1200 (Use =

22
and
7

3 = 1.732)
120

Solution : Area of the segment AYB

21 cm .
Y

= Area of sector OAYB Area of OAB

Now, area of the sector OAYB =

21 cm .

120 0 22
21 21 cm2
0
7
360

= 462 cm2

...(1)

For finding the area of OAB, draw OM AB as shown in the figure:Note OA = OB. Therefore, by RHS congruence,AMO BMO

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1
0
0
So, M is the midpoint of AB and AOM = BOM = 120 = 60
2

Let, OM = x cm
So, from OMA ,

OM
= cos 600.
OA

or,
So, OM =
Also,

21 cm .
6 0
M
O
6 0
21 cm .
B

0
cos 60 =
2

x
1
=
21 2
21
x=
2

or,

21
cm
2

AM
= sin 60
OA

3
0
sin 60 = 2

AM
3
=
21
2

So, AM =

21 3
cm.
2

Therefore AB = 2AM =
So, Area of OAB =

2 21 3
cm. = 21 3 cm
2

1
AB OM
2

1
21
cm2.
21 3
2
2

441
2
3 cm .
4

...(2)

441 2

3 cm .
Therefore, area of the segment AYB = 462
4

( from (1), (2) ]

=

21
88 21 3 cm 2
4

= 271.047 cm2

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Example-2. Find the area of the segments shaded in figure, if PQ = 24 cm., PR = 7 cm. and
QR is the diameter of the circle with centre O (Take =

22
)
7

Solution : Area of the segments shaded = Area of sector OQPR - Area of triangle PQR.
Since QR is diameter, QPR = 90 (Angle in a semicircle)
So, using pythagoras Theorem
In QPR,

QR2

= PQ2 + PR2
P
Q

m.

= 576 + 49

cm .
24
O

7c

= 242 + 72

= 625
QR

Then radius ofthe circle =

625 = 25 cm.
1
QR
2
1
25
(25) =
cm.
2
2

Now, area of semicircle OQPR =

1
r2
2
1 22 25 25

2 7 2 2

= 327.38 cm2 ..... (1)

Area of right angled triangle QPR =

1
PR PQ
2
1
7 24
2

= 84 cm2

..... (2)

From (1) and (2),

Area of the shaded segments

= 327.38 - 84
= 243.38 cm2

Example-3. A round table top has six equal designs as shown in the figure. If the radius of the
table top is 14 cm., find the cost of making the designs with paint at the rate of ,5 per cm2. (use
3 = 1.732)

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Solution : We know that the radius of circumscribing circle of a regular hexagon is equal to the
length of its side.
Each side of regular hexagon = 14 cm.
Therefore, Area of six design segments = Area of circle - Area of the regular hexagon.
Now, Area of circle

= r2
=

22
14 14 = 616 cm2
7

Area of regular hexagon = 6

=6

.
cm
14 r

3 2
a
4
3
14 14
4

= 509.2 cm2
Hence, area of six designs

..... (1)

..... (2)

= 616 - 509.21 (from (1), (2)

= 106.79 cm2.

Therefore, cost of painting the design at the rate of ,5 per cm2

= ,106.79 5
= ,533.95

E XERCISE - 9.3
1.

A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm. subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the area of
the corresponding: (use = 3.14)
i.

2.

Minor segment

ii. Major segment

A chord of a circle of radius 12 cm. subtends an angle of 120 at the centre. Find the area
of the corresponding minor segment of the circle (use = 3.14 and 3 = 1.732)

3.

A car has two wipers which do not overlap. Each wiper has a
blade of length 25 cm. sweeping through an angle of 115.
Find the total area cleaned at each sweep of the blades. (use
22
= )
7

4.

Find the area of the shaded region in figure, where ABCD is a

square of side 10 cm. and semicircles are drawn with each
side of the square as diameter (use = 3.14)

10 cm .

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Find the area of the shaded region in figure, if ABCD is a
square of side 7 cm. and APD and BPC are semicircles. (use

A
2 cm
D

(use =

22
)
7

the area of the shaded region. (use =

30
D

22
)
7
B

10 cm .
A

AB and CD are respectively arcs of two concentric circles of radii

21 cm. and 7 cm. with centre O (See figure). If AOB = 30, find

.
21 cm

7.

22
)
7

6. In figure, OACB is a quadrant

of a circle with centre O and A
radius 3.5 cm. If OD = 2 cm.,
find the area of the shaded region.

3.5 cm

7 cm .

7 cm
.

5.

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8. Calculate the area of the designed region in figure, common

between the two quadrants of the circles of radius 10 cm. each.
(use = 3.14)
10 cm .

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination]
1. Prove that the angle between the two tangents drawn from an external point to a circle is
supplementary to the angle subtended by the line - segment joining the points of contact at
the centre.
2. PQ is a chord of length 8cm of a circle of radius 5cm. The
tangents at P and Q intersect at a point T (See figure). Find
the length of TP.
3. Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a
circle subtend supplementary angles at the centre of the circle.
4. Draw a line segment AB of length 8cm. Taking A as centre,
draw a circle of radius 4cm and taking B as centre, draw
another circle of radius 3cm. Construct tangents to each circle
from the centre of the other circle.

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5. Let ABC be a right triangle in which AB = 6cm, BC = 8 cm and B = 900. BD is the

perpendicular from B on AC. The circle through B, C, D is drawn. Construct the tangents
from A to this circle.
6. Find the area of the shaded region in the figure, given in which two
circles with centres A and B touch each other at the point C. If AC
= 8 cm. and AB = 3 cm.

A
B

14 c m .

7. ABCD is a rectangel
with AB = 14 cm. and
C
BC = 7 cm. Taking DC,
BC and AD as diameters, three semicircles are
drawn as shown in the figure. Find the area of
the shaded region.

W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

In this chapter, we have studied the following points.
1. The meaning of a tangent to a circle and a secant. We have used the idea of the chord of a
circle.
2. We used the ideas of different kinds of triangles particularly right angled triangles and
isosceles traingles.
3. We learn the following:
a) The tangents to a circle is prependicular to the radius through the point of contact.
b) The lengths of the two tangents from an external point to a circle are equal.
4. We learnt to do the following:
a) To construct a tangent to a circle at a given point when the centre of the circle is known.
b) To construct the pair of tangents from an external point to a circle.
5. We learnt to understand how to prove some statements about circles and tangents. In this
process learnt to use previous results and build on them logically to from new results.
6. We have learnt
Area of segment of a circle = Area of the corresponding sector - Area of the corresponding
triangle.

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10.1 I NTRODUCTION
In classes VIII and IX, we have learnt about area, surface area and volume of solid shapes.
We did many exercises to understand what they mean. We used them in real life situations and
identified what we needed and what was to be measured or estimated. For example, to find the
quantity of paint required to white wash a room, we need the surface area and not the volume. To
find the number of boxes that would contains a quantity of grain, we need the volume and not the
area.

T RY T HIS
1.

Consider the following situations. In each find out whether you need volume or area and
why?
i.

Quantitiy of water inside a bottle.

iii. Number of bags inside the lorry.

ii.

Canvas needed for making a tent.

iv.

Gas filled in a cylinder.

v. Number of match sticks that can be put in the match box.

2.

Compute 5 more such examples and ask your friends to choose what they need?

We see so many things of different shapes (combination of two or more) around us. Houses
stand on pillars, storage water tanks are cylindrical and are placed on cuboidal foundations, a
cricket bat has a cylindrical handle and a flat main body, etc. Think of different things around you.
Some of these are shown below:

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Of these objects like football have shapes where we know that the surface area and volume.
We can however see that other objects can be seen as combinations of the solid shapes. So,
their surface area and volume we now have to find. The table of the solid shapes, their areas and
volumes are given later.

T RY T HIS
1. Break the pictures in the previous figure into solids of known shapes.
2. Think of 5 more things around you that can be seen as a combination of shapes. Name
the shapes that combine to make them.
Let us recall the surface areas and volumes of different solid shapes.
S. Name of
No. the solid
1.

Figure

Lateral / Curved Total surface

surface area
area

Cuboid

2h(l+b)

Volume

Nomenclature

lbh

l:length

2(lb+bh+hl)

b:breadth
h:height

2.

Cube

a
3.

4a2

6a2

a3

a:side of
the cube

Right

Perimeter of base

Lateral surface

area of base

prism

height

area+2(area of

height

the end surface)

4.

5.

6.

Regular

2rh

r2h

2r(r+h)

r:radius of

circular

the base

Cylinder

h:height

Right

1
2

(perimeter of

Lateral surfaces

pyramid

base) slant
height

area+area of
the base

Right

rl

r(l+r)

1
3

area of

the base
height
1
3

r2h

r:radius of

circular

the base

cone

h:height
l:slant height

7.

Sphere

4r2

4r2

4
3

r3

r:radius

8.

Hemisphere

2r2

3r2

2
3

r3

r:radius

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Now, let us see some examples to illustrate the shapes in the table.
Example-1. The radius of a conical tent is 7 meters and its height is 10 meters. Calculate the
22

length of canvas used in making the tent if width of canvas is 2m. Use =
7

Solution : If the radius of conical tent is given (r) = 7 metres

Height(h) = 10 m.
So, the slant height of the cone l2 = r2 + h2 l =
=

r 2 + h2
49 + 100

= 149 = 12.2 m.
Now, Surface area of the tent = rl
=

22
7 12.2 m 2
7

= 268.4 m2.
Area of canvas used = 268.4m2
It is given the width of the canvas = 2m
Length of canvas used =

Area
268.4
=
= 134.2m
width
2

Example-2. An oil drum is in the shape of a cylinder having the following dimensions: diameter
is 2 m. and height is 7 meters. The painter charges ,3 per m2 to paint the drum. Find the
total charges to be paid to the painter for 10 drums ?
Solution : It is given that diameter of the (oil drum) cylinder = 2 m.
Radius of cylinder =

d 2
= =1 m
2 2

Total surface area of a cylinderical drum = 2 r(r + h)

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22
1(1 + 7 )
7

=2

22
8
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352 2
m . = 50.28 m2
7

So, the total surface area of a drum = 50.28 m2

Painting change per 1m2

= ,3.

Cost of painting of 10 drums

= 50.28 3 10
= ,1508.40

Example-3. A sphere, a cylinder and a cone are of the same radius and same height. Find the
ratio of their curved surface areas?
Solution : Let r be the common radius of a sphere, a cone and cylinder.
Height of sphere = its diameter = 2r.
Then, the height of the cone = height of cylinder = height of sphere.
= 2r.
Let l be the slant height of cone =

r 2 + h2

= r 2 + (2r )2 = 5r
2

S1 = Curved surface area of sphere = 4r

S2 = Curved surface area of cylinder, 2rh = 2r 2r = 4r2

S3 = Curved surface area of cone = rl = r

5r=

5 r

Ratio of curved surface area as

S1 : S2 : S3 = 4r2 : 4r2 : 5 r2
=4:4: 5
Example-4. A company wanted to manufacture 1000 hemispherical basins from a thin steel
sheet. If the radius of hemisperical basin is 21 cm., find the required area of steel sheet to
manufacture the above hemispherical basins?
Solution : Radius of the hemisphesical basin (r) = 21 cm
Surface area of a hemispherical basin
= 2r2
= 2

22
21 21
7

= 2772 cm2.

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So, surface area of a hemispherical basin

= 2772 cm2.
= 2772 cm2

Hence, the steel sheet required for one basin

Total area of steel sheet required for 1000 basins = 2772 1000
= 2772000 cm2
= 277.2 m2
Example-5. A right circular cylinder has base radius 14cm and height 21cm.
Find: (i) Area of base or area of each end

(ii) Curved surface area

(iii) Total surface area and

(iv) Volume of the right circular cylinder.

Solution : Radius of the cylinder (r) = 14cm

Height of the cylinder (h) = 21cm
Now (i) Area of base(area of each end) r2 =
(ii) Curved surface area = 2rh = 2

22
(14)2 = 616 cm2
7

22
2
14 21 = 1848cm .
7

(iii) Total surface area = 2 area of the base + curved surface area
= 2 616 + 1848 = 3080 cm2.
(iv) Volume of cylinder = r2h = area of the base height
= 616 21 = 12936 cm3.
Example-6. Find the volume and surface area of a sphere of radius 2.1cm ( =
Solution : Radius of sphere(r) = 2.1 cm
Surface area of sphere = 4r2
= 4

Volume of sphere

22
22 21 21
(2.1) 2 = 4
7
7 10 10

1386
= 55.44 cm 2
25

4 3 4 22
r = (2.1)3
3
3 7

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4 22
2.1 2.1 2.1 = 38.808 cm3.
3 7

Example-7. Find the volume and the total surface area of a hemisphere of radius 3.5 cm.
22

Solution : Radius of sphere (r) is 3.5 cm =

Volume of hemisphere =

7
cm
2

2 3
r
3

2 22 7 7 7 539
=
= 89.83 cm3
3 7 2 2 2
6

Total surface area = 3r2

= 3

22 7 7
231
=
= 115.5 cm2
7 2 2
2

EXERCISE - 10.1
1. A jokers cap is in the form of right circular cone whose base radius is 7cm and height is 24
cm. Find the area of the sheet required to make 10 such caps.
2. A sports company was ordered to prepare 100 paper cylinders for shuttle cocks. The
required dimensions of the cylinder are 35 cm length /height and its radius is 7 cm. Find the
required area of thin paper sheet needed to make 100 cylinders?
3. Find the volume of right circular cone with radius 6 cm. and height 7cm.
4. The lateral surface area of a cylinder is equal to the curved surface area of a cone. If the
radius be the same, find the ratio of the height of the cylinder and slant height of the cone.
5. Aself help group wants to manufacture jokers caps (conical caps) of 3cm. radius and
4 cm. height. If the available colour paper sheet is 1000 cm2, than how many caps can be
manufactured from that paper sheet?
6. A cylinder and cone have bases of equal radii and are of equal heights. Show that their
volumes are in the ratio of 3:1.
7. A solid iron rod has a cylinderical shape. Its height is 11 cm. and base diameter is 7cm.
Then find the total volume of 50 rods?

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8. A heap of rice is in the form of a cone of diameter 12 m. and height 8 m. Find its volume?
How much canvas cloth is required to cover the heap ? (Use = 3.14)
9. The curved surface area of a cone is 4070 cm2 and its diameter is 70 cm. What is its slant
height?

10.2 S URFACE A REA

OF THE

C OMBINATION

OF

S OLIDS

We have seen solids which are made up of combination of solids known like
sphere cylinder and cone. We can observe in our real life also like wooden things,
house items, medicine capsules, bottles, oil-tankers etc., We eat ice-cream in our
daily life. Can you tell how many solid figures are there in it? It is usually made up of
cone and hemisphere.
Lets take another example of an oil-tanker/
water-tanker. Is it a single shaped object? You
may guess that it is made up of a cylinder with
two hemisphere at it ends.
If, for some reason you wanted to find the
surface areas or volumes or capacities of such
objects, how would you do it? We cannot classify
these shapes under any of the solids you have already studied.
As we have seen, the oil-tanker was made up of a cylinder with two hemispheres stuck at
either end. It will look like the following figure:

If we consider the surface of the newly formed

object, we would be able to see only the curved
surfaces of the two hemisphere and the curved surface
of the cylinder.
TSA of new solid = CSA of one hemisphere + CSA of cylinder + CSA of other hemisphere
here TSA and CSA stand for total surface area and curved surface area respectively.
Now look at another example.
Devarsha wants to make a toy by putting together a hemisphere and a cone. Let us see the
steps that he should be going through.

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First, he should take a cone and hemisphere and bring their flat faces together. Here, of
course, he should take the base radius of the cone equal to the radius of the hemisphere, for the
toy is to have a smooth surface. So, the steps would be as shown below:

Step-1

Step-2

Step-3

At the end, he got a nice round-bottomed toy. Now, if he wants to find how much paint he
should be required to colour the surface of the toy, what should he know? He needs to know the
surface area of the toy, which consists of the CSA of the hemisphere and the CSA of the cone.
So, we can say that
TSA of the toy = CSA of Hemisphere + CSA of cone

T RY T HIS
- Use known solid shapes and make as many objects (by combining more than two) as
possible that you come across in your daily life.
[Hint : Use clay, or balls, pipes, paper cones, boxes like cube, cuboid etc]

T HINK - D ISCUSS
A sphere is inscribed in a cylinder. Is the surface of the sphere equal to
the curved surface of the cylinder? If yes, explain how?

Example-8. A right triangle, whose base and height are 15 cm. and 20 cm. respectively is
made to revolve about its hypotenuse. Find the volume and surface area of the double cone so
formed (Use =3.14).
Solution : Let ABC be the right angled triangle such that
AB = 15cm and AC = 20 cm
Using Pythagoras theorem in ABC we have
BC2 = AB2 + AC2

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BC2 = 152 + 202

BC2 = 225 + 400 = 625
BC =

625 = 25 cm.

Let OA = x and OB = y.
In triangles ABO and ABC, we have BOA = BAC and ABO = ABC
So , by angle - angle - criterion of similarity, we have BOA ~ BAC
BO OA BA
=
=
BA AC BC

c
15

y
x
15
=
=

15 20 25

y
3
x
3
=
=
and
15 5
20
5

y=

20
x

cm

y
x
3
=
=

15 20 5

m.

15
c

Therefore,

25 c m .

20

cm

3
3
15 and x = 20
5
5

y = 9 and x = 12.
Thus, we have
OA = 12 cm and OB = 9cm
When the ABC is revolved about the hypotenuse. we get a double cone as shown in
figure.
Volume of the double cone = volume of the cone CAA + volume of the cone BAA
=

1
1
(OA) 2 OC+ (OA) 2 OB
3
3

1
1
122 16 + 122 9
3
3

1
144(16 + 9)
3

1
3
= 3.14 144 25 cm
3

= 3768 cm3.

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Surface area of the doubled cone = (Curved surface area of cone CAA)
+ (Curved surface area of cone BAA)
= ( OA AC) + ( OA AB)
= ( 12 20) + ( 12 15) cm2
= 420 cm2
= 420 3.14 cm2
= 1318.8 cm2.
Example-9. A wooden toy rocket is in the shape of a cone mounted on a cylinder as shown in
the adjacent figure. The height of the entire rocked is 26 cm, while the height of the conical part
is 6cm. The base of the conical position has a diameter of 5cm, while the base diameter of the
cylindrical portion is 3cm. If the conical portion is to be painted orange and the cylindrical
portion is to be painted yellow, find the area of the rocket painted with each of these color (Take
= 3.14)
Solution : Let r be the radius of the base of the cone and its slant height be l. Further, let r1
be the radius of cylinder and h1 be its height
We have,
r = 2.5 cm., h = 6 cm.
r1 = 1.5 cm. h1 = 20 cm.
2.5 c m .

Now, l =

r +h
2

l = (2.5)2 + 62
l=

6.25 + 36 =

42.25 = 6.5

1.5 c m .

Now, area to be painted orange

= Curved surface area of the cone
= rl
= 3.14 {2.5 6.5}
= 51.025 cm2
Area to be painted yellow
= Curved surface area of the cylinder + Area of the base of the cylinder
= 2r1h1 + r12
= r1 (2h1 + r1)

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= 3.14 1.5 (220+1.5) cm2

= 3.14 1.5 41.5 cm2
= 4.71 41.5 cm2
= 195.465 cm2.
Therefore, area to be painted yellow = 195.465 cm2

E XERCISE - 10.2
1. A toy is in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere. The diameter of the base and the
height of the cone are 6 cm and 4 cm respectively. Determine the surface area of the toy.
[use = 3.14]
2. A solid is in the form of a right circular cylinder with a hemisphere at one end and a cone at
the other end. The radius of the common base is 8 cm. and the heights of the cylindrical
and conical portions are 10 cm and 6 cm respectivly. Find the total surface area of the
solid. [use = 3.14]
3. A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two
hemispheres stuck to each of its ends. The length of the
capsule is 14 mm. and the width is 5 mm. Find its surface
area.
4. Two cubes each of volume 64 cm3 are joined end to end together. Find the surface area
of the resulting cuboid.
5. A storage tank consists of a circular cylinder with a hemisphere stuck on either end. If the
external diameter of the cylinder be 1.4 m. and its length be 8 m. find the cost of painting
it on the outside at rate of ,20 per m2.
6. A sphere, a cylinder and a cone have the same radius. Find the ratio of their curved surface
areas.
7. A hemisphere is cut out from one face of a cubical wooden block such that the diameter of
the hemisphere is equal to the length of the cube. Determine the surface area of the remaining
solid.
8. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemiphere from each end of
a solid cylinder, as shown in the figure. If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm.
and its base is of 3.5 cm, find the total surface area of the article.

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OF

C OMBINATION

OF

S OLIDS

Let us understand volume through an example.

Suresh runs an industry in a shed which is in the
shape of a cuboid surmounted by a half cylinder. The base
of the shed is of dimensions 7 m. 15 m. and the height of
the cuboidal portion is 8 m. Find the volume of air that the
shed can hold? Further suppose the machinery in the shed
occupies a total space of 300 m3 and there are 20 workers,
each of whom occupies about 0.08 m3 space on an
average. Then how much air is in the shed ?
The volume of air inside the shed (when there are
no people or machinery) is given by the volume of air inside
the cuboid and inside the half cylinder taken together. The
length, breadth and height of the cuboid are 15 m., 7 m.
and 8 m. respectively. Also the diameter of the half cylinder
is 7 m. and its height is 15 m.
So the required volume = volume of the cuboid +

1
volume of the cylinder.
2

1 22 7 7

= 15 7 8 + 15 m3
2 7 2 2

= 1128.75m3.
Next, the toal space occupied by the machinery
= 300 m3.
And the total space occupied by the workers
= 20 0.08 m3
= 1.6m3
Therefore, the volume of the air, when there are machinery and workers
= 1128.75 (300.00 + 1.60)
= 1128.75 - 301.60 = 827.15 m3
Note : In calculating the surface area of combination of solids, we can not add the surface areas
of the two solids because some part of the surface areas disappears in the process of joining
them. However, this will not be the case when we calculate the volume. The volume of the solid
formed by joining two basic solids will acutally be the sum of the volumes of the constituents as
we seen in the example above.

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T RY T HIS
1. If the diameter of the cross - section of a wire is decreased by 5%, by what percentage
should the length be increased so that the volume remains the same ?
2. Surface area of a sphere and cube are equal. Then find the ratio of their volumes.
Let us see some more examples.
Example-10. A solid toy is in the form of a right circular cylinder with hemispherical shape at
one end and a cone at the other end. Their common diameter is 4.2 cm and the height of the
cylindrical and conical portions are 12cm and 7cm respectively. Find the volume of the solid toy.
22

Use =
.
7

Solution : Let height of the conical portion h1 = 7cm

The height of cylindrical portion h2 = 12 cm
Radius (r) =

4.2
21
= 2.1 =
cm
2
10

Volume of the solid toy

= Volume of the Cone + Volume of the Cylinder + Volume of the Hemisphere.
=

1 2
2
r h1 + r 2 h2 + r 3
3
3

2
2 1
= r h1 + h2 + r
3
3
2

22 21 1
2 21
=
7 + 12 +
7 10 3
3 10
=

22 441 7 12 7

+ +
7 100 3 1 5

22 441 35 + 180 + 21

7 100
15

22 441 236 27258

=
= 218.064 cm3 .
7 100 15
125

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Example-11. A cylindrical container is filled with ice-cream whose diameter is 12 cm. and
height is 15 cm. The whole ice-cream is distributed to 10 children in equal cones having
hemispherical tops. If the height of the conical portion is twice the diameter of its base, find
the diameter of the ice-cream cone.
Solution : Let the radius of the base of conical ice cream = x cm
diameter = 2x cm
Then, the height of the conical ice-cream
= 2 (diameter) = 2(2x) = 4x cm
Volume of ice - cream cone
= Volume of conical porton + Volume of hemispherical portion
x cm .

1
2 3
r
= r2h +
3
3

x cm .

1 2
2
x (4 x) + x 3
3
3

4x3 + 2x3
6x3
=
3
3

= 2x3 cm3
Diameter of cylindrical container = 12 cm
Its height (h) = 15 cm
Volume of cylindrical container = r2h
= (6)2 15
= 540 cm3
Number of children to whom ice-cream is given = 10
Volume of cylindrical container
= 10
Volume of one ice cream cone

540
= 10
2x3
2x3 10 = 540

540
= 27
2 10
x3 = 27
x3 =

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x=3

259

Diameter of ice-cream cone 2x = 2(3) = 6cm

Example-12. A solid consisting of a right circular cone standing on a hemisphere, is placed
upright in a right circular cylinder full of water and touches the bottom. Find the volume of
water left in the cylinder, given that the radius of the cylinder is 3 cm. and its height is 6cm.
The radius of the hemisphere is 2 cm. and the height of the cone is 4 cm.
22

Take = .
7

Solution : In the figure drawn here,

ABCD is a cylinder and LMN is a Hemisphere
OLM is a cone. We know that where a solid consisting of a cone and hemisphere is
immersed in the cylinder full of water, then some water equal to the volume of the solid, is
displaced.
Volume of Cylinder = r2h = 32 6 = 54 cm3
Volume of Hemisphere =

Volume of Cone =

2 3 2
16
r = 23 = cm3
3
3
3

1 2
1
16
r h = 22 4 = cm3
3
3
3

Volume of cone and hemisphere =

16
16
+

3
3

L
A

Volume of water left in cylinder

= Volume of Cylinder - Volume of Cone and Hemisphere
= Volume of cylinder

32
3

162 32 130
=
3
3

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3

2
2

32

=
3

= 54

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=

130 22 2860

=
= 136.19 cm3
3
7
21

Example-13. A cylindrical pencil is sharpened to produce a perfect cone at one end with no
over all loss of its length. The diameter of the pencil is 1cm and the length of the conical
portion is 2cm. Calculate the volume of the shavings. Give your answer correct to two

2 cm
.

355

.
places if it is in decimal use =
113

Solution : Diameter of the pencil = 1cm

So, radius of the pencil (r) = 0.5 cm
Length of the conical portion = h = 2cm
Volume of showings = Volume of cylinder of length 2 cm and base radius 0.5 cm.
volume of the cone formed by this cylinder
1 2
2 2
2
= r h r h = r h
3
3
2 355
(0.5) 2 2 cm3 = 1.05 cm3
=
3 113

1 cm .

E XERCISE -10.3
1. An iron pillar consists of a cylindrical portion of 2.8 m. height and 20 cm. in diameter and
a cone of 42 cm. height surmounting it. Find the weight of the pillar if 1 cm3 of iron weighs
7.5 g.
2. A toy is made in the form of hemisphere surmounted by a right cone whose circular base is
joined with the plane surface of the hemisphere. The radius of the base of the cone is
7 cm. and its volume is

3
of the hemisphere. Calculate the height of the cone and the
2

surface area of the toy correct to 2 places of decimal Take = 3 .

7

3. Find the volume of the largest right circular cone that can be cut out of a cube whose edge
is 7 cm.

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3 cm .

4. A cylinderical tub of radius 5cm and length 9.8 cm is

full of water. A solid in the form of right circular cone
mounted on a hemisphere is immersed into the tub.
The radius of the hemisphere is 3.5 cm and height of
cone outside the hemisphere is 5cm. Find the volume

4 cm .

22

of water left in the tub Take = .

7

5. In the adjacent figure, the height of a solid cylinder is

10 cm and diameter is 7cm. Two equal conical holes
of radius 3cm and height 4 cm are cut off as shown
the figure. Find the volume of the remaining solid.

4 cm .
3 cm .

6. Spherical Marbles of diameter 1.4 cm. are dropped into a cylindrical beaker of diameter
7 cm., which contains some water. Find the number of marbles that should be dropped in
to the beaker, so that water level rises by 5.6 cm.
7. A pen stand is made of wood in the shape of cuboid with three conical depressions to hold
the pens. The dimensions of the cuboid are 15cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The radius of each
of the depression is 0.5 cm and the depth is 1.4cm. Find the volume of wood in the entire
stand.

10.4 C ONVERSION

OF

S OLID

FROM

O NE S HAPE

TO

A NOTHER

A women self help group (DWACRA) prepares candles by melting

down cuboid shape wax. In gun factories spherical bullets are made
by melting solid cube of lead, goldsmith prepares various ornaments
by melting cubiod gold biscuts. In all these cases, the shapes of
solids are converted into another shape. In this process, the volume
always remains the same.
How does this happen? If you want a candle of any special shape,
you have to give heat to the wax in metal container till it is completely
melted into liquid. Then you pour it into another container which has the special shape that you
want.
For example, lets us take a candle in the shape of solid cylinder, melt it and pour whole of

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the molton wax into another container shaped like a sphere. On cooling, you will obtain a candle
in the shape of sphere. The volume of the new candle will be the same as the volume of the
earlier candle. This is what we have to remember when we come across objects which are
converted from one shape to another, or when a liquid which originally filled a container of a
particular shape is poured into another container of a different shape or size as you observe in the
following figures.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
Which barrel shown n the adjacent figure
can hold more water? Discuss with your friends.

4
1

To understand what has been discussed, let us

consider some examples.

Example-14. A cone of height 24cm and radius of base 6cm is made up of modelling clay. A
child reshapes it in the form of a sphere. Find the radius of the sphere.
Solution : Volume of cone =

1
6 6 24 cm 3
3

If r is the radius of the sphere, then its volume is

4 3
r
3

Since the volume of clay in the form of the cone and the sphere remains the same, we have
1
4 3
r = 6 6 24
3
3

r3 = 3 3 24 = 3 3 3 8
r3 = 33 23
r=3 2=6
Therefore the radius of the sphere is 6cm.

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D O T HIS
1. A copper rod of diameter 1 cm. and length 8 cm. is drawn into a wire of length 18m of
uniform thickness. Find the thickness of the wire.
2. Pravali house has a water tank in the shape of a cylinder on the roof. This is filled by
pumping water from a sump (an under ground tank) which is in the shape of a cuboid.
The sump has dimensions 1.57 m. 1.44 m. 9.5 cm. The water tank has radius 60
cm. and height 95 cm. Find the height of the water left in the sump after the water tank
has been completely filled with water from the sump which had been full of water.
Compare the capacity of the tank with that of the sump. ( = 3.14)
Example-15. The diameter of the internal and external surfaces of a hollow hemispherical shell
are 6 cm. and 10 cm. respectively. It is melted and recast into a solid cylinder of diameter 14 cm.
Find the height of the cylinder.
Solution : Radius of Hollow hemispherical shell =

10
= 5 cm. = R
2

Internal radius of hollow hemispherical shell =

6
= 3 cm. = r
2

10 cm .

6 cm .

Volume of hollow hemispherical shell

= External volume - Internal volume
=

2
2
R3 r3
3
3

2
(R 3 r 3 )
3

2
(53 33 )
3

2
(125 27)
3

2
196 3
98cm3 =
cm
3
3

...(1)

Since, this hollow hemispherical shell is melted and recast into a solid cylinder. So their
volumes must be equal
Diameter of cylinder = 14 cm. (Given)
So, radius of cylinder = 7 cm.

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Let the height of cylinder = h

volume of cylinder = r2h
= 7 7 h cm3 = 49h cm3

...(2)

According to given condition

volume of Hollow hemispherical shell = volume of solid cylinder
196
= 49 h
3

h=

[From equatiion (1) and (2)]

196
4
= cm.
3 49 3

Hence, height of the cylinder = 1.33 cm.

Example-16. A hemispherical bowl of internal radius 15 cm. contains a liquid. The liquid is to
be filled into cylindrical bottles of diameter 5 cm. and height 6 cm. How many bottles are
necessary to empty the bowl ?
Solution : Volume of hemisphere =

2 3
r
3

Internal radius of hemisphere r = 15 cm.

volume of liquid contained in hemispherical bowl
=

2
(15)3 cm3
3

= 2250 cm3.
This liquid is to be filled in cylindrical bottles and the height of each bottle (h) = 6 cm.
Radius of cylindrical bottle (R) =

5
cm.
2

Volume of 1 cylindrical bottle = R2h

2

5
= 6
2
= p

25
75
6cm3 =
p cm3
4
2

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265

Volume of hemispherical bowl

= Volume of 1 cylindrical bottle

2 2250
2250
= 60 .
=
75
75

Example-17. The diameter of a metallic sphere is 6cm. It is melted and drawn into a wire
having diameter of the cross section as 0.2 cm. Find the length of the wire.
Solution : We have, diameter of metallic sphere = 6cm
Radius of metallic shpere = 3cm
Also, we have,

0 .2 cm .
6 cm .

Diameter of cross - section of cylindrical wire = 0.2 cm.

Radius of cross section of cylinder wire = 0.1 cm.
Let the length of wire be l cm.
Since the metallic sphere is converted into a cylidrical shaped wire of length h cm.
Volume of the metal used in wire = Volume of the sphere
(0.1) 2 h =

4
33
3

4
1
h = 27
3
10
p

1
h = 36 p
100

h=

36 100
cm

= 3600 cm. = 36 m.
Therefore, the length of the wire is 36 m.

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Example-18. How many spherical balls can be made out of a solid cube of lead whose edge
measures 44 cm and each ball being 4 cm. in diameter.
Solution : Side of lead cube = 44 cm.
Radius of spherical ball =

4
cm. = 2 cm.
2

Now volume of a spherical bullet =

Volume of x sperical bullet =

4 3
r
3

4 22 3
2 cm3
3 7

4 22

8 cm3
3 7

4 22

8 x cm3
3 7

It is clear that volume of x sperical bullets = Volume of lead cube

4 22

8 x = (44)3
3 7

4 22

8 x = 44 44 44
3 7

x=

44 44 44 3 7
4 22 8

x = 2541
Hence, total number of sperical bullets = 2541.
Example-19. A women self help group (DWACRA) is supplied a rectangular solid (cuboid
shape) of wax with diameters 66 cm., 42 cm., 21 cm., to prepare cylindrical candles each
4.2 cm. in diameter and 2.8 cm. of height. Find the number of candles.
Solution : Volume of wax in the rectangular solid = lbh
= (66 42 21) cm3.
Radius of cylindrical candle =

4.2
cm. = 2.1 cm.
2

Height of cylindrical candle = 2.8 cm.

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Volume of candle = r2h

=

22
(2.1) 2 2.8
7

Volume of x cylindrical wax candles =

22
2.1 2.1 2.8 x
7

Volume of x cylindrical candles = volume of wax in rectangular shape

22
2.1 2.1 2.8 x = 66 42 21
7

x =

66 42 21 7
22 2.1 2.1 2.8

= 1500
Hence, the number of cylindrical wax candles is 1500.

E XERCISE - 10.4
1. A metallic sphere of radius 4.2 cm. is melted and recast into the shape of a cylinder of
radius 6cm. Find the height of the cylinder.
2. Metallic spheres of radius 6 cm., 8 cm. and 10 cm. respectively are melted to form a
single solid sphere. Find the radius of the resulting sphere.
3. A 20m deep well with diameter 7 m. is dug and the earth from digging is evenly spread out
to form a platform 22 m. by 14 m. Find the height of the platform.
4. A well of diameter 14 m. is dug 15 m. deep. The earth taken out of it has been spread
evenly all around it in the shape of a circular ring of width 7 m. to form an embankment.
Find the height of the embankment.
5. A container shaped like a right circular cylinder having diameter 12 cm. and height 15 cm.
is full of ice cream. The icecream is to be filled into cones of height 12 cm. and diameter
6 cm., having a hemispherical shape on the top. Find the number of such cones which can
be filled with ice cream.
6. How many silver coins, 1.75 cm. in diameter and thickness 2 mm., need to be melted to
form a cuboid of dimensions 5.5 cm. 10 cm. 3.5 cm.?
7. A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 8 cm. and the radius of its top is 5
cm. It is filled with water up to the rim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere of

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radius 0.5cm are dropped into the vessel,

1
of the water flows out. Find the number of
4

lead shots dropped into the vessel.

8. A solid metallic sphere of diameter 28 cm is melted and recast into a number of smaller
cones, each of diameter 4

2
cm and height 3cm. Find the number of cones so formed.
3

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination purpose]
1.

A golf ball has diameter equal to 4.1 cm. Its surface has 150 dimples each of radius 2 mm.
Calculate total surface area which is exposed to the surroundings. (Assume that the dimples
22

are all hemispherical) =

7

2.

A cylinder of radius 12 cm. contains water to a depth of 20 cm. A spherical iron ball is
dropped in to the cylinder and thus the level of water is raised by 6.75 cm. Find the radius
22

of the ball. =
7

3.

A solid toy is in the form of a right circular cylinder with a hemispherical shape at one end
and a cone at the other end. Their common diameter is 4.2 cm. and height of the cylindrical
and concial portion are 12 cm. and 7 cm. respectively. Find the volume of the solid
22

toy. =
7

4.

Three metal cubes with edges 15 cm., 12 cm. and 9 cm. respectively are melted together
and formed into a simple cube. Find the diagonal of this cube.

5.

A hemispherical bowl of internal diameter 36 cm. contains a liquid. This liquid is to be filled
in cylindrical bottles of radius 3 cm. and height 6 cm. How many bottles are required to
empty the bowl?

W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED .

1.

The volume of the solid formed by joining two basic solids is the sum of the volumes of the
constituents.

2.

In calculating the surface area of a combination of solids, we can not add the surface area
of the two constituents, because some part of the surface area disappears in the process of
joining them.

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Trigonometry

11.1 I NTRODUCTION
We have seen triangles and their properties in previous classes.
There, we observed different daily life situations where we were using
triangles.
Lets again look at some of the daily life examples.

Electric poles are present everywhere. They are usually erected

by using a metal wire. The pole, wire and the ground form a
triangle. But, if the length of the wire decreases, what will be
the shape of the triangle and what will be the angle of the wire
with the ground ?

A person is whitewashing a wall with the help of a ladder which

is kept as shown in the adjacent figure on
left. If the person wants to paint at a higher position, what will the
person do? What will be the change in angle of the ladder with the
ground ?

In the temple at Jainath in Adilabad district, which was built in

13 century, the first rays of the Sun fall at the feet of the Idol of
Suryanarayana Swami in the month of December. There is a relation
between distance of Idol from the door, height of the hole on the
door from which Sun rays are entering and angle of sun rays in that
month. Is there any triangle forming in this context?

th

In a play ground, children like

to slide on slider and slider is
on a defined angle from earth.
What will happen to the slider if
we change the angle? Will
children still be able to play on
it?

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The above examples are geometrically showing the application part of triangles in our daily
life and we can measure the heights, distances and slopes by using the properties of triangles.
These types of problems are part of trigonometry which is a branch of mathematics.
Now look at the example of a person who is white washing the wall with the help of a
ladder as shown in the previous figure. Let us observe the following conditions.
We denote the foot of the ladder by A and top of it by C and the point of joining height
of the wall and base of the ladder as B. Therefore, ABC is a right angle triangle with

right angle at B. The angle between ladder and base is said to be .

1.

If the person wants to white wash at a higher point on the

wall

What happens to the

angle made by the
ladder with the ground?

What will be the change

in the distance AB?

2.

If the person wants to white

wash at a lower point on the wall

What happens to the angle made by the ladder with the ground?

What will be the change in the distance AB?

We have observed in the above example of a person who was white washing. When he

wants to paint at higher or lower points, he should change the position of ladder. So, when is
increased, the height also increases and the base decreases. But, when is decreased, the height
also decreases and the base increases. Do you agree with this statement?
Here, we have seen a right angle triangle ABC and have given ordinary names to all sides
and angles. Now lets name the sides again because trigonometric ratios of angles are based on
sides only.

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Lets take a right triangle ABC as show in the figure.

In triangle ABC, we can consider CAB as A where angle A is an acute angle. Since
AC is the longest side, it is called hypotenuse.
Here you observe the position
of side BC with respect to angle A. It is
opposite to angle A and we can call it as
opposite side of angle A. And the
remaining side AB can be called as
Adjacent side of angle A

AC = Hypotenuse
BC = Opposite side of angle A

AB = Adjacent side of angle A

D O T HIS
Identify Hypotenuse, Opposite side and Adjacent side for the given angles in
the given triangles.
1.

For angle R

2.

(i) For angle X

Z

(ii) For angle Y

T RY T HIS
Write lengths of Hypotenuse, Opposite side and
Adjacent side for the given angles in the given triangles.
1.

For angle C

2.

For angle A

What do you observe? Is there any relation between the opposite side of the angle A and
adjacent side of angle C? Like this, suppose you are erecting a pole by giving support of strong
ropes. Is there any relationship between the length of the rope and the length of the pole? Here,
we have to understand the relationship between the sides and angles we will study this under the
section called trigonometric ratios.

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11.2 T RIGONOMETRIC R ATIOS

We have seen the example problems in the beginning of the chapter which are related to
our daily life situations. Lets know about the trigonometric ratios and how they are defined.

A CTIVITY
S

1.
2.

3.

Draw a horizontal line on a paper.

Let the initial point be A and mark other points B,

C, D and E at a distance of 3cm, 6cm,
9cm, 15cm respectively from A.
Draw the perpendiculars

BP, CQ, DR and ES of

A
lengths 4cm, 8cm, 12cm,
16cm from the points B, C, D and E respectively.

4.

Then join AP, PQ, QR and RS.

5.

Find lengths of AP, AQ, AR and AS.

Length of
hypotenuse

Length of
Length of
opposite side adjacent side

Then find the ratios of

Q
P

Opposite side
Hypotenuse

Adjacent side
Hypotenuse

BP CQ DR
ES
,
,
and
.
AP AQ AR
AS

Did you get the same ratio as

4
?
5

Similarly try to find the ratios

AB AC AD
AE
,
,
and
? What do you observe?
AP AQ AR
AS

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11.2.1 D EFINING T RIGONOMETERIC R ATIOS

In the above activity, when we observe right angle triangles ABP, ACQ, ADR and AES,

A is common, B, C, D and E are right angles and P, Q, R and S are

also equal. Hence, we can say that triangles ABP, ACQ, ADR and AES are similar triangles.
When we observe the ratio of opposite side of angle A and hypotenuse in a right angle triangle
and the ratio of similar sides in another triangle, it is found to be constant in all the above right
BP CQ DR
ES
angle triangles ABP, ACQ, ADR and AES. And the ratios
,
,
and
can be
AP AQ AR
AS
named as sine A or simply sin A in those triangles. If the value of angle A is x when it was
measured, then the ratio would be sin x.
Hence, we can conclude that the ratio of opposite side of an angle (measure of the angle)
and length of the hypotenuse is constant in all similar right angle triangles. This ratio will
be named as sine of that angle.
Similarly, when we observe the ratios

AB AC AD
AE
,
,
and
, it is also found to be
AP AQ AR
AS

constant. And these are the ratios of the adjacent sides of the angle A and hypotenuses in right
AB AC AD
AE
,
,
and
will be
angle triangles ABP, ACQ, ADR and AES. So, the ratios
AP AQ AR
AS
named as cosine A or simply cos A in those triangles. If the value of the angle A is x, then
the ratio would be cos x
Hence, we can also conclude that the ratio of the adjacent side of an angle (measure of the
angle) and length of the hypotenuse is constant in all similar right triangles. This ratio
will be named as cosine of that angle.
Similarly, the ratio of opposite side and adjacent side of an angle is constant and it can be
named as tangent of that angle.
L ET S D EFINE R ATIOS

IN A

R IGHT A NGLE T RIANGLE

Consider a right angle triangle ABC having right angle at B as shown in the following figure.
Then, trigonometric ratios of the angle A in right angle triangle ABC are defined as follows :

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sine of A = sinA =

Length of the side opposite to angle A BC

=
Length of hypotenuse
AC

cosine of A = cos A =

Length of the side adjacent to angle A AB

=
Length of hypotenuse
AC

tangent of A = tan A =

Length of the side opposite to angle A BC

=
Length of the side adjacent to angle A AB

D O T HIS
1.

Find (i) sin C (ii) cos C and

(iii) tan C in the adjacent triangle.

2.

In a triangle XYZ, Y is right angle,

XZ = 17 m and YZ = 15 cm, then find

(i) sin X (ii) cos Z (iii) tan X

3.

In a triangle PQR with right angle at Q, the value of P is x, PQ = 7 cm and QR =

24 cm, then find sin x and cos x.

T RY T HIS
In a right angle triangle ABC, right angle is at C. BC + CA = 23 cm and
BC CA = 7cm, then find sin A and tan B.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
Discuss between your friends that
4
(i)
sin x = does exist for some value of angle x?
3
(ii)
The value of sin A and cos A is always less than 1. Why?
(iii)

tan A is product of tan and A.

There are three more ratios defined in trigonometry which are considered as multiplicative
inverse of the above three ratios.

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Multiplicative inverse of sine A is cosecant A. Simply written as cosec A

i.e., cosec A =

1
sin A

Similarly, multiplicative inverses of cos A is secant A (simply written as sec A) and

that of tan A is cotangent A (simply written as cot A)
i.e., sec A =

1
1
and cot A =
cos A
tan A

How can you define cosec in terms of sides?

If sin A =

Opposite side of the angle A

,
Hypotenuse

Hypotenuse
then cosec A = Opposite side of the angle A

T RY T HIS
What will be the ratios of sides for sec A and cot A?

T HINK - D ISCUSS

Is sin A equal to tan A ?

cos A

Is cos A equal to cot A ?

sin A

Let us see some examples

3
Example-1. If tan A = , then find the other trigonometric ratio of angle A.
4
3
Solution : Given tan A =
4
Opposite side 3
Hence tan A =
=
Adjacent side 4

Therefore, opposite side : adjacent side = 3:4

For angle A, opposite side = BC = 3k

Adjacent side = AB = 4k (where k is any positive number)

Now, we have in triangle ABC (by Pythagoras theorem)

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AC2 = AB2 + BC2

= (3k)2 + (4k)2 = 25k2
AC

25k 2

= 5k = Hypotenuse
Now, we can easily write the other ratios of trigonometry
3k 3
4k 4
= and cos A =
=
5k 5
5k 5
1
5
1
4
1
5
= , sec A =
= .
= , cot A =
And also cosec A =
sin A 3
tan A 3
cos A 4

sin A =

Example-2. If A and P are acute angles such that sin A = sin P then prove that A = P
Solution : Given sin A = sin P
C

BC
we have sin A =
AC

and sin P =
Then

QR
PQ
B

BC QR
=
AC PQ

Therefore,

BC QR
=
=k
AC PQ

By using Pythagoras theorem

AB
=
PR

AC2 - BC2
PQ - QR
2

AC2 - k 2 BC2
PQ - k QR
2

AC
(From (1))
PQ

Hence, AC = AB = BC then ABC PQR

PQ PR QR
Therefore, A = P
Example-3. Consider a triangle PQR, right angled at P, in which PQ = 29 units, QR = 21 units
and PQR = , then find the values of
(i) cos2 + sin2 and (ii) cos2 sin2

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Solution : ln PQR, we have

PR = PQ2 QR 2 = (29)2 (21)2

=

400 = 20 units

29

sin =

PR 20
=
PQ 29

cos =

QR 21
=
PQ 29

Now

441 + 400
20 21
=1
(i) cos + sin = + =
29 29
841
2

21

-41
20 21
(ii) cos sin = - =
29 29
841
2

E XERCISE - 11.1
1.

In right angle triangle ABC, 8 cm, 15 cm and 17 cm are the lengths of AB, BC and CA
respectively. Then, find out sin A, cos A and tan A.

2.

The sides of a right angle triangle PQR are PQ = 7 cm, QR = 25cm and Q = 90o
respectively. Then find, tan Q tan R.

3.

In a right angle triangle ABC with right angle at B, in which a = 24 units, b = 25 units and
BAC = . Then, find cos and tan .

4.

If cos A =

5.

If 3 tan A = 4, then find sin A and cos A.

6.

If A and X are acute angles such that cos A = cos X then show that

12
, then find sin A and tan A.
13

A = X.

7.

7
(1 + sin q) (1- sin q)
Given cot = , then evaluate (i)
8
(1 + cos q) (1- cos q)

8.

In a right angle triangle ABC, right angle is at B, if tan A = 3 then find the value of
(i) sin A cos C + cos A sin C

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(ii)

(1 + sin q)
cos q

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11.3 T RIGONOMETRIC R ATIOS

OF SOME SPECIFIC ANGLES

We already know about isosceles right angle triangle and right angle triangle with angles
30, 60 and 90.
Can we find sin 30o or tan 60o or cos 45o etc. with the help of these triangles?
Does sin 0o or cos 0o exist?
11.3.1 T RIGONOMETRIC R ATIOS

OF

45 O

In isosceles right angle triangle ABC right angled at B

A = C = 45o (why ?) and BC = AB (why ?)

Lets assume the length of BC = AB = a
Then, AC2 = AB2 + BC2 (by Pythagoras theorem)
= a2 + a2 = 2a2,
Therefore, AC = a 2

Using the definitions of trigonometric ratios,

Length of the oppositeside to angle 45o BC
1
a
=
=
=
sin 45 =
Length of hypotenuse
AC a 2
2
o

Length of the adjacent side to angle 45o AB

1
a
=
=
=
cos 45 =
Length of hypotenuse
AC a 2
2
o

tan 45o =

Length of the oppositeside to angle 45o BC a

=
= =1
Length of the adjacent side to angle 45o AC a

Like this you can determine the values of cosec

45 , sec 45o and cot 45o.
o

11.3.2 T RIGONOMETRIC R ATIOS

OF

30 O

AND

60 O

Let us now calculate the trigonometric ratios of

30 and 60o. To calculate them, we will take an equilateral
triangle, draw a perpendicular which can divide the triangle
into two equal right angle triangles having angles 30o, 60o
and 90o in each.
o

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Consider an equilateral triangle ABC. Since each angle is 60o in an equilateral triangle,
we have A = B = C = 60o and the sides of equilateral triangle is AB = BC = CA = 2a
units.
Draw the perpendicular line AD from vertex A to BC as shown in the adjacent figure.
Perpendicular AD acts as angle bisector of angle A and bisector of the side BC in the
equilateral triangle ABC.
Therefore, BAD = CAD = 30o .
Since point D divides the side BC into equal halves,
1
2a
= a units.
BD = BC =
2
2
Consider right angle triangle ABD in the above given figure.
We have AB = 2a and BD = a
Then AD2 = AB2 BD2 by (Pythagoras theorem)
= (2a)2 (a)2 = 3a2.
Therefore, AD = a 3
From definitions of trigonometric ratios,
AD a 3
3
=
=
sin 60o =
AB
2a
2
BD
a
1
=
=
cos 60o =
AB 2a 2
So, similarly tan 60o = 3

(why?)

Like the above, you can also determine the reciprocals, cosec 60o, sec 60o and cot 60o
by using the ratio concepts.

D O T HIS
Find cosec 60o, sec 60o and cot 60o.

T RY T HIS
Find sin 30o, cos30o, tan 30o, cosec 30o, sec30o and cot 30o by using the ratio
concepts.
11.3.3 T RIGONOMETRIC R ATIOS

OF

0O

AND

90 O

Till now, we have discussed trigonometric ratios of 30o, 45o and 60o. Now let us
determine the trigonometric ratios of angles 0o and 90o.

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C

Suppose a segment AC of length r is

making an acute angle with ray AB. Height of C
from B is BC. When AC leans more on AB so
that the angle made by it decreases, then what
happens to the lengths of BC and AB ?

As the angle A decreases, the height of A

B
C from AB ray decreases and foot B is shifted from B to B1 and B2 and gradually when the angle
becomes zero, height (i.e. opposite side of the angle) will also become zero (0) and adjacent
side would be equal to AC i.e. length equal to r.
C

C
C

Step (i)

Step (ii)

Let us look at the trigonometric ratios

sin A =

BC
AB
and cos A =
AC
AC

If A = 0o then BC = 0 and AC = AB = r
then sin 0o =

0
r
= 0 and cos 0o = = 1
r
r

we know that tan A =

sin A
cos A

sin 0o 0
= =0
So, tan0 =
cos 0o 1
o

T HINK - D ISCUSS
Discuss between your friend about the following conditions:
1.

What can you say about cosec 0o =

1
? Is it defined? Why ?
sin 0

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What can you say about cot 0o =

3.

sec 0o = 1. Why ?

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1
. Is it defined? Why ?
tan 0

Now let us see what happens when angle

made by AC with ray AB increases. When angle A
is increased, height of point C increases and the foot
of the perpendicular shifts from B to X and then to Y
and so on. In other words, we can say that the
height BC increases gradually, the angle on C gets
continuous increment and at one stage the angle
reaches 90o. At that time, point B reaches A and AC
equal to BC.

Step (i)

So, when the angle becomes 90 , base (i.e.

adjacent side of the angle) would become zero (0), the height of C from AB ray increases and it
would be equal to AC and that is the length equal to r.

Step (ii)

Step (iii)

Now let us see trigonometric ratios

sin A =

BC
AB
and cos A =
AC
AC

If A = 90o then AB = 0 and AC = BC = r

then sin 90o =

r
0
= 1 and cos 90o = = 0
r
r

T RY T HIS
Find the ratios for tan 90o, cosec 90o, sec 90o and cot 90o.

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Now, let us see the values of trigonometric ratios of all the above discussed angles in the
form of a table.
Table 11.1
A

0o

30o

45o

60o

sin A

1
2

1
2

3
2

cos A

3
2

tan A

1
3

cot A

not defined

1
3

sec A

2
3

cosec A

not defined

1
2

1
2

90o
1
0

not defined
0
not defined

2
3

T HINK - D ISCUSS
What can you say about the values of sin A and cos A, as the value of angle A
increases from 0o to 90o? (observe the above table)
If A > B, then sin A > sin B. Is it true ?
If A > B, then cos A > cos B. Is it true ? Discuss.
Example-4. In ABC, right angle is at B, AB = 5 cm and ACB = 30o. Determine the lengths
of the sides BC and AC.
A

5 cm

Solution : Given AB=5 cm and

ACB=30o. To find the length of side BC,
we will choose the trignometric ratio involving
BC and the given side AB. Since BC is the
side adjacent to angle C and AB is the side
opposite to angle C.
Therefore,
AB
= tan C
BC

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1
5
= tan 30o =
3
BC

which gives BC = 5 3 cm
Now, by using the Pythagoras theorem
AC2 = AB2 + BC2
AC2 = 52 + 5 3 2
AC2 = 25 + 75
AC =

= 10 cm

100

Example-5. A chord of a circle of radius 6cm is making an angle 60o at the centre. Find the
length of the chord.
Solution : Given the radius of the circle OA = OB = 6cm

AOB = 60o
OC is height from O upon AB and it is a angle
bisector.
then, COB = 30o.
Consider COB
sin 30o =

BC
OB

1 BC
=
2 6

BC =

6
= 3.
2

But, length of the chord AB = 2BC

= 2 3 = 6 cm
Therefore, length of the chord = 6 cm

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The first use of

the idea of sine
in the way we
use it today was
in the book
Aryabhatiyam
by Aryabhatta,
in A.D. 500.
Aryabhatta used
the word ardhajya for the halfchord, which was shortened to jya or
jiva in due course. When the
Aryabhatiyam was translated into
Arabic, the word jiva was retained
as it is. The word jiva was translated
into sinus, which means curve, when
the Arabic version was translated into
Latin. Soon the word sinus, also used
as sine, became common in
mathematical texts throughout
Europe. An English Professor of
astronomy Edmund Gunter (1581
1626), first used the abbreviated
notation sin.

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Example-6. In PQR, right angle is at Q, PQ = 3 cm and PR = 6 cm. Determine QPR and

PRQ.
P

Solution : Given PQ = 3 cm and PR = 6 cm

PQ
= sin R
PR
3 1
or sin R = =
6 2

Therefore,

So, PRQ = 30o

and therefore, QPR = 60o (why?)
Note : If one of the sides and any other part (either an acute angle or any side) of a right angle
triangle is known, the remaining sides and angles of the triangle can be determined.
Example-7. If sin (A B) =

1
1
, cos (A + B) = , 0o < A + B < 90o, A > B, find A and B.
2
2

1
, therefore, A B = 30o (why?)
2
1
Also, since cos (A + B) = , therefore, A + B = 60o (why?)
2

Solution : Since sin (A B) =

Solving the above equations, we get : A = 45o and B = 15o. (How?)

E XERCISE - 11.2
1.

2.

Evaluate the following.

(i)

sin 45o + cos 45o

(ii)

cos 45o
sec 30o + cosec 60o

(iii)

sin 30o + tan45o cosec 60o

cot 45o + cos 60o sec 30o

(iv)

2 tan245o + cos230o sin2 60o

(v)

sec 2 60o tan 2 60o

sin 2 30o + cos 2 30o

Choose the right option and justify your choice(i)

2 tan 30o
1 + tan 2 45o

(a) sin 60o

(b) cos 60o

(c) tan 30o

(d) sin 30o

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1 tan 2 45o
1 + tan 2 45o

(a) tan 90o

(iii)

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(b) 1 (c)

sin 45o (d)

(b) sin 60o

(c)

2 tan 30o
1 tan 2 30o

(a) cos 60o

tan 60o (d)

sin 30o

3.

Evaluate sin 60o cos 30o + sin 30o cos 60o. What is the value of sin(60o + 30o). What
can you conclude ?

4.

Is it right to say cos(60o + 30o) = cos 60o cos30o sin 60o sin 30o.

5.

In right angle triangle PQR, right angle is at Q and PQ = 6cms RPQ = 60o.
Determine the lengths of QR and PR.

6.

In XYZ, right angle is at Y, YZ = x, and XY = 2x then determine YXZ and

YZX.

7.

Is it right to say that sin (A + B) = sin A + sin B? Justify your answer.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
For which value of acute angle (i)

cos
cos
+
= 4 is true?
1 sin 1 + sin

For which value of 0o < < 90o, above equation is not defined?

11.4 T RIGONOMETRIC R ATIOS

OF

C OMPLEMENTARY

ANGLES

We already know that two angles are said to be complementary, if their sum is equal to
90 . Consider a right angle triangle ABC with right angle at B. Are there any complementary
angles in this triangle?
o

Since angle B is 90o, sum of other two angles must be

90o. ( Sum of angles in a triangle 180o)
Therefore, A + C = 90o. Hence A and C
are said to be complementary angles.
Let us assume that A = x, then for angle x, BC is
opposite side and AB is adjacent side.

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sin x =

BC
AC

cosec x =

AC
BC

cos x =

AB
AC

tan x =

BC
AB

sec x =

AC
AB

cot x =

AB
BC

If A + C = 90o, then we have C = 90o A

And we have that A = x, then C = 90o x
Let us look at what would be Opposite side and Adjacent side of the angle
(90 x)in the triangle ABC.
o

sin(90o x) =

AB
AC

Cosec(90o x) =

BC
AC

cos(90o x) =
AC
AB

sec(90o x) =

AC
BC

tan(90o x) =

AB
BC

cot(90o x) =

BC
AB

Now, if we compare the ratios of angles x and (90o x) from the above values of
different triginometric terms.
There can be three possibilities in above figure.
sin(90o x) =

AB
= cos x
AC

and

cos(90o x) =

BC
= sin x
AC

tan(90o x) =

AB
= cot x
BC

and

cot(90o x) =

BC
= tan x
AB

and

sec(90o x) =

AC
= cosec x
BC

cosec(90o x) =

AC
= sec x
AB

T HINK - D ISCUSS
Check and discuss the above relations in the case of angles between 0 and 90,
whether they hold for these angles or not?
So,

sin (90o A) = cos A

tan (90o A) = cot A
sec (90o A) = cosec A

cos (90o A) = sin A

and

cot (90o A) = tan A

cosec (90o A) = sec A

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Now, let us consider some examples

Example-8. Evaluate
Solution :

sec35o
cosec55o

cosec A = sec (90o A)

cosec 55o = sec (90o 35o)
cosec 55o = sec 35o

Now

sec35o
sec35o
=
=1
cosec55o sec35o

Example-9. If cos 7A = sin(A 6o), where 7A is an acute angle, find the value of A.
Solution : Given cos 7A = sin(A 6o)

...(1)

sin (90 7A) = sin (A 6o)

since (90 7A) & (A 6o) are both acute angles,
therefore
90o 7A = A 6o
8A = 96o
which gives A = 12o.
Example-10. If sin A = cos B, then prove that A + B = 90.
Solution : Given that sin A = cos B

...(1)

We know cos B = sin (90o B), we can write (1) as

sin A = sin (90o B)
If A, B are acute angles, then A = 90o B
o
A + B = 90 .

Example-11. Express sin 81o + tan 81o in terms of trigonometric ratios of angles between
0o and 45o
Solution : We can write sin 81o = cos(90o 81o) = cos 9o
tan 81o = tan(90o 81o) = cot 9o
Then, sin 81o + tan 81o = cos 9o + cot 9o

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Example-12. If A, B and C are interior angles of triangle ABC, then show that
sin

B+ C
A
= cos
2
2

Solution : Given A, B and C are interior angles of right angle triangle ABC then
A + B + C = 180o.
On dividing the above equation by 2 on both sides, we get
A B+ C
+
= 90o
2
2
B+C
A
= 90o
2
2

On taking sin ratio on both sides

A
B + C

= sin 90o
sin

2
A
B + C
sin
= cos
; hence proved.

2
2

E XERCISE 11.3
1.

2.

Evaluate
(i)

tan 36o
cot 54o

(iv)

sin 15o sec 75o

(ii)

cos12o sin78o
(vi)

(iii)

cosec 31o sec 59o

tan 26o tan64o

Show that
(i)

tan 48o tan 16o tan 42o tan 74o = 1

(ii)

cos36o cos 54o sin360 sin 54o = 0.

3.

If tan 2A = cot(A 18o), where 2A is an acute angle. Find the value of A.

4.

If tanA = cot B where A and B are acute angles, prove that A + B = 90o.
C
A+B
If A, B and C are interior angles of a triangle ABC, then show that tan
= cot
2
2

5.
6.

Express sin 75o + cos 65o in terms of trigonometric ratios of angles between 0o and 45o.

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IDENTITIES

We know that an identity is that mathematical equation which is true for all the values of
the variables in the equation.
For example (a + b)2 = a2 + b2 + 2ab is an identity.
In the same way, an identity equation having trigonometric ratios of an angle is called
trigonometric idenitity. And it is true for all the values of the angles involved in it.
Here, we will derive a trigonometric identity and remaining would be based on that.
Consider a right angle triangle ABC with right angle is at B, so
From Pythagoras theorem
We have AB2 + BC2 = AC2

....(1)

Dividing each term by AC2, we get

AB2
BC2 AC2
+
=
AC2 AC2 AC2

AB
i.e.,
AC

BC
AC
+
=

AC
AC

i.e., (cos A)2 + (sin A)2 = 1

Here, we generally write cos2A in the place of (cos A)2
i.e., (cos A)2 = cos2A (Do not write cos A2 )
above equation is cos2 A + sin2A = 1
We have given an equation having a variable A(angle) and above equation is true for all
the value of A. Hence the above equation is a trigonometric identity.
Therefore, we have trigonometric idenity
2

cos A + sin A = 1
Let us look at another trigonometric idenity
From equation (1) we have
AB2 + BC2 = AC2
B

AB
BC
AC
+
=
2
2
AB
AB
AB2

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AB
BC
AC

+
=

AB
AB
AB

i.e., 1 + tan2 A = sec2A

Similarly, on dividing (1) by BC2, we get cot2A + 1 = cosec2A.
By using above identities, we can express each trigonometric ratio in terms of another
ratio. If we know the value of a ratio, we can find all other ratios by using these identities.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
Are these identities true for 00 < A < 900 ? If not, for which values of A they are true?
sec2 A tan2A = 1

cosec2A cot2A = 1

D O T HIS
15
, then find cos A.
17

(i)

If sin C =

(iii)

If cosec =

(ii) If tan x =

5
, then find sec x.
12

25
, then find cot x.
7

T RY T HIS
Evaluate the following and justify your answer.
(i)

sin 2 15o + sin 2 75o

cos 2 36o + cos 2 54o

(iii)

sec 16o cosec 74o cot 74o tan 16o.

(ii)

sin 5o cos 85o + cos5o sin 85o

Example-13. Show that cot + tan = sec cosec .

Solution : LHS = cot + tan
=

cos sin
+
sin cos

cos 2 + sin 2
sin cos

(why ?)

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=

1
sin cos

1
1
= cosec sec
sin cos

(why ?)

Example-14. Show that tan2 + tan4 = sec4 sec2

Solution : L.H.S. = tan2 + tan4
= tan2 (1 + tan2)
= tan2 . sec2
= (sec2 1) sec2

(Why ?)
(Why ?)

= sec4 sec2 = R.H.S

Example-15. Prove that

Solution : LHS =

1 + cos
1 cos

1 + cos 1 + cos
.
1 cos 1 + cos

(1 + cos )2
1 cos 2

(1 + cos )2
sin 2

=
=

1 + cos
= cosec + cot
1 cos
(multiply and divide by 1 + cos )

(Why ?)

1 + cos
sin

1
cos
+
= cosec + cot = R.H.S.
sin sin

E XERCISE 11.4
1.

Evaluate the following :

(i)

(1 + tan + sec ) (1 + cot cosec )

(ii)

(sin + cos )2 + (sin cos )2

(iii)

(sec2 1) (cosec2 1)

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1 cos
1 + cos

2.

Show that (cosec cot )2 =

3.

Show that

4.

1 tan 2 A
= tan 2 A
Show that
2
cot A 1

5.

Show that

6.

Simplify secA (1 sinA) (secA + tanA)

7.

Prove that (sinA + cosec A)2 + (cosA + secA)2 = 7 + tan2A + cot2A

8.

Simplify (1 cos ) (1 +cos) (1 + cot2)

9.

If sec + tan = p, then what is the value of sec tan ?

10.

If cosec + cot = k then prove that cos =

1 + sin A
= sec A + tan A
1 sin A

1
cos = tan .sin
cos

k2 1
k2 + 1

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination]
1.

Prove that cot cos = cos ec 1

cot + cos cos ec + 1

2.

Prove that

3.

Prove that (cosec A sin A) (sec A cos A) =

4.

Prove that

5.

1 + tan 2 A 1 + tan A 2
2
=
= tan A
Show that
2
1 + cot A 1 cot A

6.

(sec A -1) (1- cos A)

Prove that
=

(sec A + 1) (1 + cos A)

sin cos + 1
1
using the identity sec2 = 1 + tan2 .
=
sin + cos 1 s ec tan
1
tan A + cot A

1 + sec A
sin 2 A
.
=
sec A
1 cos A

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W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

1.

In a right angle triangle ABC, right angle is at B,

sin A =

Side adjacent to angle A

Side opposite to angle A
, cos A =
Hypotenuse
Hypotenuse
1
1
sin A
1
; s ecA =
; tan A =
; tan A =
sin A
cos A
cos A
cot A

2.

cosec A =

3.

If one of the trignometric ratios of an acute angle is known, the remaining trignometric
ratios of the angle can be determined.

4.

The trignometric ratios for angle 0o, 30o, 45o, 60o and 90o.

5.

The value of sin A or cos A never exceeds 1, whereas the value of sec A or cosec A is
always greater than or equal to 1.

6.

sin (90o A) = cos A, cos (90o A) = sin A

tan (90o A) = cot A, cot (90o A) = tan A
sec A (90o A) = cosec A, cosec (90o A) = sec A

7.

sin2 A + cos2 A = 1
sec2 A tan2 A = 1 for 0o < A < 90o
cosec2 A cot2 A = 1 for (0o < A < 90o)

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Applications of
Trigonometry

12.1 I NTRODUCTION
You have studied in social studies that the highest mountain peak in the world is Mount
Everest and its height is 8848 meters.
Kuntala waterfall in Adilabad district is the highest natural waterfall in Andhra Pradesh. Its
height is 147 feet.
How were these heights measured? Can you measure the height of your school building or
the tallest tree in or around your school?

To find the height of the tree, she needs to find a side

and an angle in this triangle.

of si

Here, the line of sight, horizontal line and the tree

form a right angle triangle.

L in e

This line is called line of sight. She also imagines a

horizontal line, parallal to earth, from her eye to the tree.

ght

Let us understand through some examples. Vijaya

wants to find the height of a palm tree. She tries to locate the
top most point of the tree. She also imagines a line joining the
top most point and her eye.

A n gle of
elev ation

The line of sight is above the horizontal line and angle

between the line of sight and the horizontal line is called angle
of elevation.

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Suppose you are standing
on the top of your school
building and you want to find the
distance of borewell from the
building on which you are
standing. For that, you have to
observe the base of the
borewell.

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H o riz o n tal lin e

A n gle o f d ep res sio

n
Li

ne

of

s ig

ht

Then, the line of sight from

your eye to the base of borewell
is below the horizontal line from your eye.
Here, the angle between the line of sight and horizantal line is called angle of depression.
Trigonometry has been used by surveyors for centuries. They use Theodolites to measure
angles of elevation or depression in the process of survey. In nineteenth century, two large
Theodolites were built by British India for the surveying project great trigonometric survey.
During the survey in 1852, the highest mountain peak in the world was discovered in the
Himalayas. From the distance of 160 km, the peak was observed from six different
stations and the height of the peak was calculated. In 1856, this peak was named after Sir
George Everest, who had commissioned and first used the giant Theodolites. Those
theodolites are kept in the museum of the Survey of India in Dehradun for display.

12.2 D RAWING F IGURES

TO

S OLVE P ROBLEMS

When we want to solve the problems of heights and distances, we should consider the
following:
(i)

All the objects such as towers, trees, buildings, ships, mountains etc. shall be considered
as linear for mathematical convenience.

(ii)

The angle of elevation or angle of depression is considered with reference to the horizontal
line.

(iii)

The height of the observer is neglected, if it is not given in the problem.

When we try to find heights and distances at an angle of elevation or depression, we need
to visualise geometrically. To find heights and distances, we need to draw figures and with the
help of these figures we can solve the problems. Let us see some examples.
Example-1. The top of a clock tower is observed at angle of elevation of o and the foot of the
tower is at the distance of d meters from the observer. Draw the diagram for this data.

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Solution : The diagrams are as shown below :

A

Example-2. Rinky observes a flower on the ground from the balcony of the first floor of a
building at an angle of depression o. The height of the first floor of the building is x meters.
Draw the diagram for this data.
Solution :

A
x

Here DAC = ACB = (why?)

Example-3. A large balloon has been tied with a rope and it is floating in the air. A person has
observed the balloon from the top of a building at angle of elevation of 1 and foot of the rope at
an angle of depression of 2. The height of the building is h feet. Draw the diagram for this data.
Solution : We can see that
BDA = DAE. (Why?)

2
A

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D O T HIS
1.

Draw diagram for the following situations :

(i)

A person is flying a kite at an angle of elevation and the length of thread

from his hand to kite is l.

(ii)

A person observes two banks of a river at angles of depression 1 and 2

(1 < 2 ) from the top of a tree of height h which is at a side of the river. The
width of the river is d.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
1.

You are observing top of your school building at an angle of elevation from a point
which is at d meter distance from foot of the building.
Which trigonometric ratio would you like to consider to find the height of the building?

2.

A ladder of length x meter is leaning against a wall making angle with the ground.
Which trigonometric ratio would you like to consider to find the height of the point on
the wall at which the ladder is touching?

Till now, we have discussed how to draw diagrams as per the situations given. Now, we
shall discuss how to find heights and distances.
Example-4. A boy observed the top of an electric pole at an angle of elevation of 60 when the
observation point is 8 meters away from the foot of the pole. Find the height of the pole.
A

Solution : From the figure, in triangle OAB

OB = 8 meters
AOB = 60

Let, height of the pole = AB = h meters

O

60
8m

(we know the adjacent side and we need to find the opposite side of AOB in the triangle
OAB. Hence we need to consider the trigonometric ratio tan to solve the problem).
AB
tan 60 =
OB
h
3=
h = 8 3m.
8

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Example-5. Rajender observes a person standing on the ground from a helicopter at an angle of
depression 45. If the helicopter flies at a height of 50 meters from the ground, what is the
distance of the person from Rajender?
O
P
45

Solution : From the figure, in triangle OAB

OA = 50 meters

x
50 m

POB = OAB = 45 (why ?)

OB = distance of the person from Rajender = x.
B

45
A

(we know the opposite side of OBA and we need to find hypotenuse OB in the triangle OAB.
Hence, we need to consider the ratio sin.)
sin 45 =

OA
OB

1
50
=
x
2

x = 50 2 meters
(The distance from the person to Rajendar is 50 2 m)

E XERCISE - 12.1
1.

A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point which is 15 meter away from the
foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 45. What is the height
of the tower?

2.

A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches
the ground by making 30 angle with the ground. The distance between the foot of the
tree and the top of the tree on the ground is 6m. Find the height of the tree before falling
down.

3.

A contractor wants to set up a slide for the children to play in the park. He wants to set
it up at the height of 2 m and by making an angle of 30 with the ground. What should be
the length of the slide?

4.

Length of the shadow of a 15 meter high pole is 5 3 meters at 7 oclock in the morning.
Then, what is the angle of elevation of the Sun rays with the gound at the time?

5.

You want to erect a pole of height 10 m with the support of three ropes. Each rope has
to make an angle 30 with the pole. What should be the length of the rope?

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6.

Suppose you are shooting an arrow from the top of a building at an height of 6 m to a
target on the ground at an angle of depression of 60. What is the distance between you
and the object?

7.

An electrician wants to repair an electric connection on a pole of height 9 m. He needs

to reach 1.8 m below the top of the pole to do repair work. What should be the length
of the ladder which he should use, when he climbs it at an angle of 60 with the ground?
What will be the distance between foot of the ladder and foot of the pole?

8.

A boat has to cross a river. It crosses the river by making an angle of 60 with the bank
of the river due to the stream of the river and travels a distance of 600m to reach the
another side of the river. What is the width of the river?

9.

An observer of height 1.8 m is13.2 m away from a palm tree. The angle of elevation of
the top of the tree from his eyes is 45. What is the height of the palm tree?

10.

In the adjacent figure,

AC = 6 cm, AB = 5
cm and BAC =
30. Find the area of
the triangle.

5c

3 0
A

C
6 cm

12.3 S OLUTION

FOR

T WO T RIANGLES

We have discussed the

solution of a one triangle problem.
What will be the solution if there
are two triangles?

Suppose you are standing

on one side of a tree. You want to
find the height of a tree and you
want to observe the tree from
different points of observations.
How can you do this?
Suppose you are observing the top
of the palm tree at an angle of
elevation 45. The angle of
elevation changes to 30 when you
move 11 m away from the tree.

30

45

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Let us see how we can find height of the tree.

From figure, we have

AB = 11 m

DAC = 30
DBC = 45
Let the height of the palm tree CD = h meters
and length of BC = x
AC = 11 + x
from triangle BDC
30
A

DC
tan 45 =
BC

11 m

45
B

1
h
= x=h 3
3 x

C
E

...(1)

from triangle ADC

DC
AC

tan 30 =

1
h
=
3 11 + x
h=

11 + x
3

h=

11
h
+
3
3

h
11
=
3
3

h =

) = 11

3 1
3

11

3 1

meters.

Note : Total height of the palm tree is CD + CE where CE = AF, which is the height of the girl.

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Example-6. Two men on either side of a temple of 30 meter height observe its top at the angles
of elevation 30 and 60 respectively. Find the distance between the two men.
Solution : Height of the temple BD = 30 meter.
Angle of elevation of one person BAD = 30
Angle of elevation of another person BCD = 60
Let the distance between the first person and the temple, AD = x and distance between the
second person and the temple, CD = d
From BAD
tan 30 =

BD
AB

1
30
=
x
3

tan 60 =

BD
d

30
3=
d

x = 30 3 .......... (1)

From BCD

d=

30

A
x

60
d

30
.......... (2)
3

from (1) and (2) distance between the persons = BC + BA = x + d

= 30 3 +

30 30 4 120
=
=
= 40 3 meter
3
3
3

Example-7. A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. Ramaiah standing at the top of the
tower observes a car at an angle of depression 30. The car is approaching the foot of the tower
with a uniform speed. Six seconds later, the angle of depression of the car is found to be 60.
Find the time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from this point.
Solution :
Let the distance travelled by the car in 6 seconds = AB = x meters
Heights of the tower

CD = h meters

The remaining distance to be travelled by the car BC = d meters

and AC = AB + BC = (x + d) meters
PDA = DAP = 30 (why?)
PDB = DBP = 60 (why?)
From BCD

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3=

60

h
d

h = 3d

CD
tan 60 =
BC

30

...(1)

From ACD
CD
tan 30 =
AC

30

60

1
h
=
3 (x + d )
h=

(x + d )
3

...(2)

From (1) & (2), we have

x+d
= 3d
3

x + d = 3d
x = 2d
d=

x
2

Time taken to travel x meters = 6 seconds.

Time taken to travel the distance of d meters
i.e.,

x
meters = 3 seconds.
2

E XERCISE - 12.2
1.

A TV tower stands vertically on the side of a road. From a point on the other side
directly opposite to the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of tower is 600. From
another point 10 m away from this point, on the line joining this point to the foot of the
tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 30. Find the height of the tower
and the width of the road.

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A 1.5 m tall boy is looking at the top of a temple which is 30 meter in height from a point
at certain distance. The angle of elevation from his eye to the top of the crown of the
temple increases from 30 to 60 as he walks towards the temple. Find the distance he
walked towards the temple.

3.

A statue stands on the top of a 2m tall pedestal. From a point on the ground, the angle
of elevation of the top of the statue is 60 and from the same point, the angle of elevation
of the top of the pedestal is 45. Find the height of the statue.

4.

From the top of a building, the angle of elevation of the top of a cell tower is 60 and the
angle of depression to its foot is 45. If distance of the building from the tower is 7m,
then find the height of the tower.

5.

A wire of length 18 m had been tied with electric pole at an angle of elevation 30 with
the ground. Because it was convering a long distance, it was cut and tied at an angle of
elevation 60 with the ground. How much length of the wire was cut?

6.

The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 30 and the
angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60. If the tower
is 30 m high, find the height of the building.

7.

Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road,
which is 120 feet wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation
of the top of the poles are 60 and 30 respectively. Find the height of the poles and the
distances of the point from the poles.

8.

The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of 4 m and
9 m, find the height of the tower from the base of the tower and in the same straight line
with it are complementary.

9.

The angle of elevation of a jet plane from a point A on the ground is 60. After a flight of
15 seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30. If the jet plane is flying at a constant
3 = 1.732
height of 1500 3 meter, find the speed of the jet plane.

10.

Clinky observes a tower PQ of height h from a point A on the ground. She moves a
distance d towards the foot of the tower and finds that the angle of elevation has
direction and finals that the angle of elevation is 3 times at A. Prove that 36h2 = 35d2.

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[This exercise his not meant for examination]
1.

A 1.2 m tall girl spots a balloon moving with the wind in a horizontal line at a height of
88.2 m from the ground. The angle of elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at
any instant is 60. After some time, the angle of elevation reduces to 30. Find the distance
travelled by the balloon during the interval.

2.

The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from the foot of the building is 30 and the
angle of elevation of the top of the building from the foot of the tower is 60. What is the
ratio of heights of tower and building.

3.

The angles of elevation of the top of a lighthouse from 3 boats A, B and C in a straight
line of same side of the light house are a, 2a, 3a respectively. If the distance between the
boats A and B is x meters. Find the hight of light house?

4.

Inner part of a cupboard is in the cuboidical shape with its length, breadth and height in
the ratio 1 : 2 : 1. What is the angle made by the longest stick which can be inserted
cupboard with its base inside.

5.

An iron sperical ball of volume 232848 cm3 has been melted and converted into a cone
with the vertical angle of 120o. What are its height and base?

W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

In this chapter, we have studied the following points :
1.

2.

(i)

The line of sight is the line drawn from the eye of an observer to a point on the object
being viewed by the observer.

(ii)

The angle of elevation of the object viewed, is the angle formed by the line of sight
with the horizontal when it is above the horizontal level, i.e., the case when we raise
our head to look at the object.

(iii)

The angle of depression of an object viewed, is the angle formed by the line of sight
with the horizontal when it is below the horizontal level, i.e., the case when we lower
our head to look at the object.

The height or length of an object or the distance between two distant objects can be
determined with the help of trigonometric ratios.

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Probability

13.1 I NTRODUCTION
Kumar and Sudha were walking together to play a carroms match:
Kumar : Do you think we will win?
Sudha : There are 50 percent chances of that. We may win.
Kumar : How do you say 50 percent?
Do you think Sudha is right in her statement?
Is her chance of wining 50%?
In this chapter, we study about such questions. We also discuss words the like probably,
likely, possibly, etc. and how to quantify these. In class IX we studied about events that are
extremely likely and in fact, are almost certain and those that are extremely unlikely and hence
almost impossible. We also talked about chance, luck and the fact that an event occurs one
particular time does not mean that it would happen each time. In this chapter, we try to learn how
the likelihood of an event can be quantified.
This quantificatioin into a numerical measure is referred to as finding 'Probability'.
13.1.1 W HAT

IS

P ROBABILITY

Consider an experiment: A normal coin was tossed 1000 times. Head turned up 455 times
and tail turned up 545 times. If we try to find the likelihood of getting heads we may say it is 455
out of 1000 or

455
or 0.455.
1000

This estimation of probability is based on the results of an actual

experiment of tossing a coin 1000 times. These estimates are called experimental
or empirical probabilities. In fact, all experimental probabilities are based on
the results of actual experiments and an adequate recording of what happens
in each of the events. These probabilities are only 'estimations'. If we perform
the same experiment for another 1000 times, we may get slightly different
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Many other persons from different parts of the world have done this kind of experiment
and recorded the number of heads that turned up.
For example, the eighteenth century French naturalist Comte de Buffon, tossed a coin
4040 times and got 2048 heads. The experimental probability of getting a head, in this case, was
2048
i.e., 0.507.
4040

J.E. Kerrich, from Britain, recorded 5067 heads in 10000 tosses of a coin. The experimental
5067
= 0.5067. Statistician Karl Pearson spent
10000
some more time, making 24000 tosses of a coin. He got 12012 heads, and thus, the experimental
probability of a head obtained by him was 0.5005.

probability of getting a head, in this case, was

Now, suppose we ask, 'What will be the experimental probability of getting a head, if the
experiment is carried on up to, say, one million times? Or 10 million times? You would intuitively
feel that as the number of tosses increases, the experimental probability of a head (or a tail) may
1
. This matches the theoretical probability
2
of getting a head (or getting a tail), we will learn how to find the theoretical probability.

settle down closer and closer to the number 0.5 , i.e.,

This chapter is an introduction to the theoretical (also called classical) probability of an

event, Now we discuss simple problems based on this concept.

13.2 P ROBABILITY - A T HEORETICAL A PPROACH

Let us consider the following situation: Suppose a fair coin is tossed at random.
When we speak of a coin, we assume it to be 'fair', that is, it is symmetrical so that there is
no reason for it to come down more often on one side than the other. We call this property of the
coin as being 'unbiased'. By the phrase 'random toss', we mean that the coin is allowed to fall
freely without any bias or interference. (Here we dismiss the possibility of its 'landing' on its edge,
which may be possible, for example, if it falls on sand). We refer to this by saying that the
outcomes, head and tail, are equally likely.
For basic understanding of probability, in this chapter, we will assume that all the experiments
have equally likely outcomes.
Now, we know that the experimental or empirical probability P(E) of an event E is
P(E) =

Number of trials in which the event happened

Total number of trials

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D O T HIS
a.

Outcomes of which of the following experiments are equally likely?

1. Getting a digit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 while throwing a die.
2. Picking a different colour ball from a bag of 5 red balls, 4 blue balls and 1 black ball.
3. Winning in a game of carrom.
4. Units place of a two digit number selected may be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.
5. Picking a different colour ball from a bag of 10 red balls, 10 blue balls and 10 black
balls.
6. Raining on a particular day of July.

b.

Are the outcomes of every experiment equally likely?

c.

Give examples of 5 experiments that have equally likely outcomes and five more examples
that do not have equally likely outcomes.

A CTIVITY
(i)

Take any coin, toss it, 50 times, 100 times, 150 times and count the number of times a
head and a tail come up seperately. Record your observations in the following table:-

S.
No.

Number of
experiments

1.

50

2.

100

3.

150

Number of
heads

Probability of
head

Number of
tails

Probability of
tails

What do you observe? Obviously, as the number of experiments are more and more,
1
probability of head or tail reaches 50% or . This empirical interpretation of probability can
2
be applied to every event associated with an experiment that can be repeated a large number
of times.
Probability and Modelling
The requirement of repeating an experiment has some limitations, as it may be very
expensive or unfeasible in many situations. Of course, it worked well in coin tossing or die
throwing experiments. But how about repeating the experiment of launching a satellite in

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order to compute the empirical probability of its failure during launching, or the repetition of
the phenomenon of an earthquake to compute the empirical probability of a multi-storeyed
building getting destroyed in an earthquake? For finding these probabilities we calculate models
of behaviour and use them to estimate behaviour and likely outcomes. Such models are complex
and are validated by predictions and outcomes. Forecast of weather, result of an election,
population demography, earthquakes, crop production etc. are all based on such models and
their predictions.
The assumption of equally likely outcomes (which is valid in many experiments, as in two
of the examples seen, of a coin and of a die) is one of the assumption that leads us to the following
definition of probability of an event.
The theoretical probability (also called classical probability) of an event T, written as P(T),
is defined as
P(T) =

Number of outcomes favourable to T

Number of all possible outcomes of the experiment

where we assume that the outcomes of the experiment are equally likely. We usually simply
refer to theoretical probability as Probability.
The definition of probability was given by Pierre Simon Laplace
in 1795.
Probability theory had its origin in the16th century when an Italian
physician and mathematician J. Cardan wrote the first book on the subject,
The Book on Games of Chance. James Bernoulli (1654 -1705), A. De
Moivre (1667-1754), and Pierre Simon Laplace are among those who
made significant contributions to this field. In recent years, probability
has been used extensively in many areas such as biology, economics,
genetics, physics, sociology etc.

Pierre Simon Laplace

(1749 1827)

13.3 M UTUALLY E XCLUSIVE E VENTS

If a coin is tossed, we get head or tail, but not both. Similarly, if we select a student of a
high school that student may belong to one of either 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 class, but not to any two or
more classes. In both these examples, occurrence of an event prevents the occurrence of other
events. Such events are called mutually exclusive events.
Two or more events of an experiment, where occurance of an event prevents occurances
of all other events, are called Mutually Exclusive Events. We will discuss this in more detail
later in the chapter.

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13.4.1 F INDING P ROBABILITY

How do we find the probability of events that are equally likely? We consider the tossing
of a coin as an event associated with experiments where the equally likely assumption holds. In
order to proceed, we recall that there are two possible outcomes each time. This set of outcomes
is called the sample space. We can say that the sample space of one toss is {H, T}. For the
experiement of drawing out a ball from a bag containing red, blues, yellow and white ball, the
sample space is {R, B, Y, W}. What is the sample space for the throw of a die?

D O T HIS
Think of 5 situations with equally likely events and find the sample space.
Let us now try to find the probability of equally likely events that are mutually exclusive.
Example-1. Find the probability of getting a head when a coin is tossed once. Also find the
probability of getting a tail.
Solution : In the experiment of tossing a coin once, the number of possible outcomes is two Head (H) and Tail (T). Let E be the event 'getting a head'. The number of outcomes favourable
to E, (i.e., of getting a head) is 1. Therefore,
Number of outcomes favourable to E 1
P(E) = P (head) =
=
Number of all possible outcomes
2
Similarly, if F is the event 'getting a tail', then
P(F) = P(tail) =

1
(Guess why?)
2

Example-2. A bag contains a red ball, a blue ball and an yellow ball, all the balls being of the
same size. Manasa takes out a ball from the bag without looking into it. What is the probability
that she takes a (i) yellow ball? (ii) red ball? (iii) blue ball?
Solution : Manasa takes out a ball from the bag without looking into it. So, it is equally likely
that she takes out any one of them.
Let Y be the event 'the ball taken out is yellow', B be the event 'the ball taken out is blue',
and R be the event 'the ball taken out is red'.
Now, the number of possible outcomes = 3.
(i) The number of outcomes favourable to the event Y = 1.
So, P(Y) =

1
1
1
. Similarly, P(R) = and P(B) =
3
3
3

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Remarks
1. An event having only one outcome in an experiment is called an elementary event. In
Example 1, both the events E and F are elementary events. Similarly, in Example 2, all
the three events, Y, B and R are elementary events.
2. In Example 1, we note that : P(E) + P(F) = 1
In Example 2, we note that : P(Y) + P(R) + P(B) = 1.
If we find the probability of all the elementary events and add them, we would get the
total as 1.
3. In events like a throw of dice, probability of getting less than 3 and of getting a 3 or
more than three are not elementary events of the possible outcomes. In tossing two
coins {HH}, {HT}, {TH} and {TT} are elementary events.
Example-3. Suppose we throw a die once. (i) What is the probability of getting a number
greater than 4? (ii) What is the probability of getting a number less than or equal to 4?
Solution : (i) In rolling an unbaised dice
Sample space

= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

No. of outcomes

n(S) = 6

Favourable outcomes for

number greater than 4

No. of favourable outcomes

n(E) = 2

Probability

P(E) =

= {5, 6}

2
1
=
6
3

(ii) Let F be the event 'getting a number less than or equal to 4'.
Sample space

= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

No. of outcomes

n(S) = 6

Favourable outcomes for

= {1, 2, 3, 4}

number less or equal to 4

No. of favourable outcomes

n(F) = 4

Probability

P(F) =

4
2
=
6
3

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Note : Are the events E and F in the above example elementary events?
No, they are not elementary events. The event E has 2 outcomes and the event F has 4
outcomes.
13.4.2 C OMPLEMENTARY E VENTS

AND

P ROBABILITY

In the previous section we read about elementary events. Then in example-3, we calculated
probability of events which are not elementary. We saw,
P(E) + P(F) =

1
2
+ =1
3
3

Here F is the same as 'not E' because there are only two events.
We denote the event 'not E' by E . This is called the complement event of event E.
So, P(E) + P(not E) = 1
i.e., P(E) + P( E ) = 1, which gives us P( E ) = 1 - P(E).
In general, it is true that for an event E, P( ) = 1 P(E)

D O T HIS
(i)

Is getting a head complementary to getting a tail? Give reasons.

(ii)

In case of a die is getting a 1 complementary to events getting 2, 3, 4, 5, 6? Give reasons

for your answer.

(iii)

Write of five new pair of events that are complementary.

13.4.3 I MPOSSIBLE

AND

C ERTAIN E VENTS

Consider the following about the throws of a die with sides marked as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
(i)

What is the probability of getting a number 7 in a single throw of a die?

We know that there are only six possible outcomes in a single throw of this die. These
outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Since no face of the die is marked 7, there is no outcome
favourable to 7, i.e., the number of such outcomes is zero. In other words, getting 7 in a single
throw of a die, is impossible.
So P(getting 7) =

0
=0
6

That is, the probability of an event which is impossible to occur is 0. Such an event is
called an impossible event.
(ii) What is the probability of getting 6 or a number less than 6 in a single throw of a die?

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Since every face of a die is marked with 6 or a number less than 6, it is sure that we will
always get one of these when the dice is thrown once. So, the number of favourable outcomes is
the same as the number of all possible outcomes, which is 6.
Therefore, P(E) = P(getting 6 or a number less than 6) =

6
=1
6

So, the probability of an event which is sure (or certain) to occur is 1. Such an event is
called a sure event or a certain event.
Note : From the definition of probability P(E), we see that the numerator (number of outcomes
favourable to the event E) is always less than or equal to the denominator (the number of all
possible outcomes). Therefore, 0 P(E) 1.

T RY T HIS
1.

A child has a die whose six faces show the letters A, B, C, D, E and F. The die is thrown
once. What is the probability of getting (i) A? (ii) D?

2.

Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?

(a)

2.3

(b)

-1.5

(c)

15%

(D)

0.7

T HINK - D ISCUSS
1.

Why is tossing a coin considered to be a fair way of deciding which team should get the
ball at the beginning of any game?

2.

Can

3.

Which of the following arguments are correct and which are not correct? Give reasons.

7
be the probability of an event? Explain.
2

i) If two coins are tossed simultaneously there are three possible outcomes - two heads,
two tails or one of each. Therefore, for each of these outcomes, the probability is

1
.
3

ii)If a die is thrown, there are two possible outcomes - an odd number or an even number.
Therefore, the probability of getting an odd number is

13.5 D ECK

OF

C ARDS

AND

1
.
2

P ROBABILITY

Have you seen a deck of playing cards?

A deck of playing cards consists of 52 cards which are divided into 4 suits of 13 cards
each. They are black spades (), red hearts (), red diamonds () and black clubs ().

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The cards in each suit are Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2. Kings,
Queens and Jacks are called face cards. Many games are played with this deck of cards, some
games are played with part
of the deck and some with
two decks even. The study
of probability has a lot to do
with card and dice games as
it helps players to estimate
possibilities and predict how
the cards could be
distributed among players.
Example-4. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Calculate the probability
that the card will (i) be an ace, (ii) not be an ace.
Solution : Well-shuffling ensures equally likely outcomes.
(i)

There are 4 aces in a deck.

Let E be the event 'the card is an ace'.
The number of outcomes favourable to E = 4
The number of possible outcomes = 52 (Why ?)
4
1
=
Therefore, P(E) =
52 13

(ii)

Let F be the event 'card drawn is not an ace'.

The number of outcomes favourable to the event F = 52 - 4 = 48 (Why?)
The number of possible outcomes = 52
Therefore, P(F) =

48 12
=
52 13

Alternate Method : Note that F is nothing but E .

Therefore, we can also calculate P(F) as follows:
1
12
=
P (F) = P( E ) = 1 - P(E) = 1 13 13

T RY T HIS
You have a single deck of well shuffled cards. Then,
1.

What is the probability that the card drawn will be a queen?

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2.

What is the probability that it is a face card?

3.

What is the probability it is a spade?

4.

What is the probability that is the face card of spades?

5.

What is the probability it is not a face card?

13.6 U SE

OF

P ROBABILITY

Let us look at some more occasions where probability may be useful. We know that in
sports some countries are strong and others are not so strong. We also know that when two
players are playing it is not that they win equal times. The probability of winning of the player or
team that wins more often is more than the probability of the other player or team. We also
discuss and keep track of birthdays. Sometimes happens it that people we know have the same
birthdays. Can we find out whether this is a common event or would it only happen occassionally.
Classical probability helps us do this.
Example-5. Sangeeta and Reshma, play a tennis match. It is known that the probability of
Sangeeta winning the match is 0.62. What is the probability of Reshma winning the match?
Solution : Let S and R denote the events that Sangeeta wins the match and Reshma wins the
match, respectively.
The probability of Sangeeta's winning chances = P(S) = 0.62 (given)
The probability of Reshma's winning chances = P(R) = 1 - P(S)
= 1 -0.62 = 0.38 [R and S are complementary]
Example-6. Sarada and Hamida are friends. What is the probability that both will have (i)
different birthdays? (ii) the same birthday? (ignoring a leap year).
Solution : Out of the two friends, one girl, say, Sarada's birthday can be any day of the year.
Now, Hamida's birthday can also be any day of 365 days in the year. We assume that these 365
outcomes are equally likely.
(i) If Hamida's birthday is different from Sarada's, the number of favourable outcomes for her
birthday is 365 - 1 = 364
So, P (Hamida's birthday is different from Sarada's birthday) =

364
365

(ii) P(Sarada and Hamida have the same birthday) = 1 - P (both have different birthdays)
= 1-

364
1
[ Using P( E ) = 1 - P(E)] =
365
365

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Example-7. There are 40 students in Class X of a school of whom 25 are girls and 15 are
boys. The class teacher has to select one student as a class representative. She writes the name
of each student on a separate cards, the cards being identical. Then she puts cards in a box and
stirs them thoroughly. She then draws one card from the box. What is the probability that the
name written on the card is the name of (i) a girl? (ii) a boy?
Solution : There are 40 students, and only one name card has to be chosen.
The number of all possible outcomes is 40
(i)

The number of outcomes favourable for a card with the name of a girl = 25 (Why?)
P (card with name of a girl) = P(Girl) =

(ii)

25
5
=
40
8

The number of outcomes favourable for a card with the name of a boy = 15 (Why?)
Therefore, P(card with name of a boy) = P(Boy) =
or

15
3
=
40
8

P(Boy) = 1 - P(not Boy) = 1 - P(Girl) = 1 -

5
3
=
8
8

E XERCISE - 13.1
1.

Complete the following statements:

(i) Probability of an event E + Probability of the event 'not E' = ______________
(ii) The probability of an event that cannot happen is__________.
Such an event is called __________
(iii) The probability of an event that is certain to happen is __________.
Such an event is called______
(iv) The sum of the probabilities of all the elementary events of an experiment is_________
(v) The probability of an event is greater than or equal to __________ and less than or
equal to _______

2.

Which of the following experiments have equally likely outcomes? Explain.

(i) A driver attempts to start a car. The car starts or does not start.
(ii) A player attempts to shoot a basketball. She/he shoots or misses the shot.
(iii) A trial is made to answer a true-false question. The answer is right or wrong.
(iv) A baby is born. It is a boy or a girl.

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3.

If P(E) = 0.05, what is the probability of 'not E'?

4.

A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only. Malini takes out one candy without looking
into the bag. What is the probability that she takes out
(i) an orange flavoured candy? (ii) a lemon flavoured candy?

5.

Rahim takes out all the hearts from the cards. What is the probability of
i. Picking out an ace from the remaining pack.
ii. Picking out a diamonds.
iii. Picking out a card that is not a heart.
iv. Picking out the Ace of hearts.

6.

It is given that in a group of 3 students, the probability of 2 students not having the same
birthday is 0.992. What is the probability that the 2 students have the same birthday?

7.

A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting

(i) a prime number; (ii) a number lying between 2 and 6; (iii) an odd number.

8.

What is the probability of drawing out a red king from a deck of cards?

9.

Make 5 more problem of this kind using dice, cards or birthdays and discuss with friends
and teacher about their solutions.

13.7 M ORE A PPLICATIONS

OF

P ROBABILITY

We have seen some example of use of probability. Think about the contents and ways
probability has been used in these. We have seen again that probability of complementary events
add to 1. Can you identify in the examples and exercises given above, and those that follow,
complementary events and elementary events? Discuss with teachers and friends. Let us see
more uses.
Example-8. A box contains 3 blue, 2 white, and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random
from the box, what is the probability that it will be
(i) white?

(ii) blue?

(iii) red?

Solution : Saying that a marble is drawn at random means all the marbles are equally likely to be
drawn.
The number of possible outcomes = 3 +2 + 4 = 9 (Why?)
Let W denote the event 'the marble is white', B denote the event 'the marble is blue' and R
denote the event 'marble is red'.
(i) The number of outcomes favourable to the event W = 2

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317

2
9

Similarly, (ii) P(B) =

3 1
4
= and (iii) P(R) =
9
3
9

Note that P(W) + P(B) + P(R) = 1.

Example-9. Harpreet tosses two different coins simultaneously (say, one is of ,1 and other of
,2). What is the probability that she gets at least one head?
Solution : We write H for 'head' and T for 'tail'. When two coins are tossed simultaneously, the
possible outcomes are (H, H), (H, T), (T, H), (T, T), which are all equally likely. Here (H, H)
means heads on the first coin (say on ,1) and also heads on the second coin (,2). Similarly (H,
T) means heads up on the first coin and tail up on the second coin and so on.
The outcomes favourable to the event E, 'at least one head' are (H, H), (H, T) and (T, H).
So, the number of outcomes favourable to E is 3.
P(E) =

3
[Since the total possible outcomes = 4]
4

i.e., the probability that Harpreet gets at least one head is

3
4

Check This
Did you observe that in all the examples discussed so far, the number of possible outcomes
in each experiment was finite? If not, check it now.
There are many experiments in which the outcome is number between two given numbers,
or in which the outcome is every point within a circle or rectangle, etc. Can you count the number
of all possible outcomes in such cases? As you know, this is not possible since there are infinitely
many numbers between two given numbers, or there are infinitely many points within a circle. So,
the definition of theoretical probability which you have learnt so far cannot be applied in the
present form.
What is the way out? To answer this, let us consider the following example:
Example-10. (Not for examination) In a musical chair game, the person playing the music has
been advised to stop playing the music at any time within 2 minutes after she starts playing. What
is the probability that the music will stop within the first half-minute after starting?

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Solution : Here the possible outcomes are all the numbers between 0 and 2. This is the portion
of the number line from 0 to 2
0

1
2

Let E be the event that 'the music is stopped within the first half-minute'.
1
The outcomes favourable to E are points on the number line from 0 to
2
1
1
The distance from 0 to 2 is 2, while the distance from 0 to is
2
2
Since all the outcomes are equally likely, we can argue that, of the total distance is 2 and
the distance favourable to the event E is

1
2

1
Distance favourable to the event E
1
So, P(E) =
= 2=
Total distance in which outcomes can lie
2 4

We now try to extend this idea of for finding the probability as the ratio of the favourable
area to the total area.
6 km .
L ak e

2 km .

4.5 k m .

Example-11. A missing helicopter is

reported to have crashed somewhere in the
rectangular region as shown in the figure.
What is the probability that it crashed inside
the lake shown in the figure?
Solution : The helicopter is equally likely
to crash anywhere in the region. Area of
the entire region where the helicopter can
crash = (4.5 9) km2 = 40.5 km2

9 km .

Area of the lake = (2 3) km2 = 6 km2

Therefore, P (helicopter crashed in the lake) =

6
4
=
40.5 27

Example-12. A carton consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4
have major defects. Jhony, a trader, will only accept the shirts which are good, but Sujatha,
another trader, will only reject the shirts which have major defects. One shirt is drawn at random
from the carton. What is the probability that
(i) it is acceptable to Jhony?
(ii) it is acceptable to Sujatha?

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Solution : One shirt is drawn at random from the carton of 100 shirts. Therefore, there are 100
equally likely outcomes.
(i) The number of outcomes favourable (i.e., acceptable) to Jhony = 88 (Why?)
88
= 0.88
Therefore, P (shirt is acceptable to Jhony) =
100
(ii) The number of outcomes favourable to Sujatha = 88 + 8 = 96 (Why?)
So, P (shirt is acceptable to Sujatha) =

96
= 0.96
100

Example-13. Two dice, one red and one white, are thrown at the same time. Write down all the
possible outcomes. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top
of the dice is (i) 8 (ii) 13 (iii) less than or equal to 12?
Solution : When the red dice shows '1', the white dice could show any one of the numbers 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6. The same is true when the red dice shows '2', '3', '4', '5' or '6'. The possible outcomes
of the experiment are shown in the figure; the first number in each ordered pair is the number
appearing on the red dice and the second
number is that on the white dice.
Note that the pair (1, 4) is different
from (4, 1). (Why?)
So, the number of possible outcomes
n(S) = 6 6 = 36.
(i)

The outcomes favourable to the event

1
1, 1

2
1, 2

3
1, 3

4
1, 4

5
1, 5

6
1, 6

2, 1

2, 2

2, 3

2, 4

2, 5

2, 6

3, 1

3, 2

3, 3

3, 4

3, 5

3, 6

4, 1

4, 2

4, 3

4, 4

4, 5

4, 6

5, 1

5, 2

5, 3

5, 4

5, 5

5, 6

6, 1

6, 2

6, 3

6, 4

6, 5

6, 6

'the sum of the two numbers is 8' denoted

by E, are:

(2, 6), (3, 5), (4, 4), (5, 3), (6, 2) (See figure)

i.e., the number of outcomes favourable to E is n(E) = 5.

Hence, P(E) =
(ii)

5
n(E)
=
n(S) 36

As there is no outcome favourable to the event F, 'the sum of two numbers is 13',
0
=0
So, P(F) =
36

(iii) As all the outcomes are favourable to the event G, 'sum of two numbers is 12',
36
=1
So, P(G) =
36

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E XERCISE - 13.2
1.

A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. What
is the probability that the ball drawn is (i) red ? (ii) not red?

2.

A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken
out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be (i) red?
(ii) white ? (iii) not green?

3.

A Kiddy bank contains hundred 50p coins, fifty ,1 coins, twenty ,2 coins and ten ,5
coins. If it is equally likely that one of the coins will fall out when the bank is turned upside
down, what is the probability that the coin (i) will be a 50 p coin? (ii) will not be a ,5 coin?

4.

Gopi buys a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shopkeeper
takes out one fish at random from a tank containing 5 male fish and
8 female fish (See figure). What is the probability that the fish taken
out is a male fish?

5.

A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to

rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (See
figure), and these are equally likely outcomes. What is the
probability that it will point at

6.

(i) 8 ?

(ii) an odd number?

(iii) a number greater than 2?

(iv) a number less than 9?

3
5

One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
(i) a king of red colour

(ii) a face card

(iii) a red face card

(iv) the jack of hearts

(v) a spade

(vi) the queen of diamonds

7.

Five cards-the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well-shuffled with their
face downwards. One card is then picked up at random.
(i) What is the probability that the card is the queen?
(ii) If the queen is drawn and put aside, what is the probability that the second card picked
up is (a) an ace? (b) a queen?

8.

12 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 132 good ones. It is not possible to just look
at a pen and tell whether or not it is defective. One pen is taken out at random from this lot.
Determine the probability that the pen taken out is a good one.

9.

A lot of 20 bulbs contain 4 defective ones. One bulb is drawn at random from the lot.
What is the probability that this bulb is defective? Suppose the bulb drawn in previous
case is not defective and is not replaced. Now one bulb is drawn at random from the rest.
What is the probability that this bulb is not defective?

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10.

A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random
from the box, find the probability that it bears (i) a two-digit number (ii ) a perfect square
number (iii) a number divisible by 5.

11.

Suppose you drop a die at random on the rectangular

region shown in figure. What is the probability that it will
land inside the circle with diameter 1m?

12.

A lot consists of 144 ball pens of which 20 are defective

and the others are good. The shopkeeper draws one
pen at random and gives it to Sudha. What is the probability
that (i) She will buy it? (ii) She will not buy it ?

13.

Two dice are rolled simultaneously and counts are added (i) complete the table given
below:
Event : 'Sum on 2 dice'

Probability

1
36

2 m.

3 m.

8
5
36

10

11

12
12
36

(ii) A student argues that 'there are 11 possible outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and
12. Therefore, each of them has a probability

1
. Do you agree with this argument? Justify
11

your answer.
14.

A game consists of tossing a one rupee coin 3 times and noting its outcome each time.
Hanif wins if all the tosses give the same result i.e., three heads or three tails, and loses
otherwise. Calculate the probability that Hanif will lose the game.

15.

A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that (i) 5 will not come up either time? (ii) 5
will come up at least once? [Hint : Throwing a die twice and throwing two dice
simultaneously are treated as the same experiment].

O PTIONAL E XERCISE
[This exercise is not meant for examination]
1.

Two customers Shyam and Ekta are visiting a particular shop in the same week (Tuesday
to Saturday). Each is equally likely to visit the shop on any day as on another day. What is
the probability that both will visit the shop on (i) the same day? (ii) consecutive days? (iii)
different days?

2.

A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is
double that of a red ball, determine the number of blue balls in the bag.

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3.

A box contains 12 balls out of which x are black. If one ball is drawn at random from the
box, what is the probability that it will be a black ball? If 6 more black balls are put in the
box, the probability of drawing a black ball is now double of what it was before. Find x.

4.

A jar contains 24 marbles, some are green and others are blue. If a marble is drawn at
random from the jar, the probability that it is green is 23 . Find the number of blue marbles
in the jar.

W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

In this chapter, you have studied the following points:
1.

We have looked at experimental probability and theoretical probability.

2.

The theoretical (classical) probability of an event E, written as P(E), is defined as

Number of trails in which the event happened
where we assume that the
Total number of trails
outcomes of the experiment are equally likely.

P (E) =

3.

The probability of a sure event (or certain event) is 1.

4.

The probability of an impossible event is 0.

5.

The probability of an event E is a number P(E) such that 0 P (E) 1

6.

An event having only one outcome is called an elementary event. The sum of the probabilities
of all the elementary events of an experiment is 1.

7.

For any event E, P (E) + P ( E ) = 1, where E stands for 'not E'. E and E are called
complementary events.

8.

Some more terms used in the chapter are given below:

Equally likely events

: Two or more events are said to be equally likely if each one of

them has an equal chance of occurrance.
Mutually Exclusive events : Two or more events are mutually exclusive if the occurrence of
each event prevents the every other event.
Complementary events
: Consider an event has few outcomes. Event of all other outcomes
in the sample survey which are not in the favourable event is
called Complementary event.
Exhaustive events
: All the events are exhaustive events if their union is the sample
space.
Sure events
: The sample space of a random experiment is called sure or certain
event as any one of its elements will surely occur in any trail of
the experiment.
Impossible event
: An event which will occur on any account is called an impossible
event.

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14.1 I NTRODUCTION
Ganesh had recorded the marks of 26 children in his class in the mathematics
Summative Assessment - I in the register as follows:
Arjun

76

Narayana

12

Kamini

82

Suresh

24

Shafik

64

Durga

39

Keshav

53

Shiva

41

Lata

90

Raheem

69

Rajender

27

Radha

73

Ramu

34

Kartik

94

Sudha

74

Joseph

89

Krishna

76

Ikram

64

Somu

65

Laxmi

46

Gouri

47

Sita

19

Upendra

54

Rehana

53

Ramaiah

36

Anitha

69

Is the data given in the list above organized? Why or why not?
His teacher asked him to report on how his class students had performed in mathematics
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Ganesh made the following table to understand the performance of his class:
Marks

Number of children

0 - 33

34 - 50

51 - 75

10

76 - 100

Is the data given in the above table grouped or ungrouped?

He showed this table to his teacher and the teacher appreciated him for organising the
data to be understood easily. We can see that most children have got marks between 51-75. Do
you think Ganesh should have used smaller range? Why or why not?
In the previous class, you had learnt about the difference between grouped and ungrouped
data as well as how to present this data in the form of tables. You had also learnt to calculate the
mean value for ungrouped data. Let us recall this learning and then learn to calculate the mean,
median and mode for grouped data.

14.2 M EAN

OF

U NGROUPED D ATA

As we know the mean (or average) of observations is the sum of the values of all the
observations divided by the total number of observations. Let x1, x2,. . ., xn be observations with
respective frequencies f1, f2, . . ., fn. This means that observation x1 occurs f1 times, x2 occurs f2
times, and so on.
Now, the sum of the values of all the observations = f1x1 + f2x2 + . . . + fnxn, and the
number of observations = f1 + f2 + . . . + fn.
So, the mean x of the data is given by
f x + f 2 x2 + ... ... ... + f n xn
x= 1 1
f1 + f 2 + ... ... ... + f n
Recall that we can write this in short, using the Greek letter which means summation
i.e., x = fi xi
fi
Example-1. The marks obtained in mathematics by 30 students of Class X of a certain school
are given in table below. Find the mean of the marks obtained by the students.
Marks obtained (xi )

10

20

36

40

50

56

60

70

72

80

88

92

95

Number of student ( fi)

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Solution : Let us re-organize this data and find the sum of all observations.
Marks
obtained (xi )
10

10

20

20

36

108

40

160

50

150

56

112

60

240

70

280

72

72

80

80

88

176

92

276

95

95

fi =30

Total
So,

fi xi

Number of
students ( fi)

x=

fi xi = 1779

fi xi 1779
=
= 59.3
30
fi

Therefore, the mean marks are 59.3.

In most of our real life situations, data is usually so large that to make a meaningful study,
it needs to be condensed as grouped data. So, we need to convert ungrouped data into grouped
data and devise some method to find its mean.
Let us convert the ungrouped data of Example 1 into grouped data by forming classintervals of width, say 15. Remember that while allocating frequencies to each class-interval,
students whose score is equal to in any upper class-boundary would be considered in the next
class, e.g., 4 students who have obtained 40 marks would be considered in the class-interval
40-55 and not in 25-40. With this convention in our mind, let us form a grouped frequency
distribution table.
Class interval
Number of students

10-25

25-40

40-55

55-70

70-85

85-100

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Now, for each class-interval, we require a point which would serve as the representative
of the whole class. It is assumed that the frequency of each class-interval is centred
around its mid-point. So, the mid-point of each class can be chosen to represent the
observations falling in that class and is called the class mark. Recall that we find the class mark by
finding the average of the upper and lower limit of the class.
Class mark =

Upper class limit + Lower class limit

2

10 + 25
=17.5. Similarly, we can find the class
2
marks of the remaining class intervals. We put them in the table. These class marks serve as our
xis. We can now proceed to compute the mean in the same manner as in the previous example.

For the class 10 -25, the class mark is

Class
interval

Number of
students ( fi)

Class
Marks (xi )

f ix i

10-25

17.5

35.0

25-40

32.5

97.5

40-55

47.5

332.5

55-70

62.5

375.0

70-85

77.5

465.0

85-100

92.5

555.0

Total

fi =30

fi xi =1860.0

The sum of the values in the last column gives us fi xi . So, the mean x of the given
data is given by
x=

fi xi 1860
=
= 62
30
fi

This new method of finding the mean is known as the Direct Method.
We observe that in the above cases we are using the same data and employing the same
formula for calculating the mean but the results obtained are different. In example (1), 59.3 is the
exact mean and 62 is the approximate mean. Can you think why this is so?

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DISCUSS

1. The mean value can be calculated from both ungrouped and grouped data. Which one
do you think is more accurate? Why?
2. When it is more convenient to use grouped data for analysis?
Sometimes when the numerical values of x1 and f1 are large, finding the product of x1 and
f1 becomes tedious and time consuming. So, for such situations, let us think of a method of
reducing these calculations.
We can do nothing with the fi's, but we can change each xi to a smaller number so that our
calculations become easy. How do we do this? What is about subtracting a fixed number from
each of these xi's? Let us try this method for the data in example 1.
The first step is to choose one among the xi's as the assumed mean, and denote it by 'a'.
Also, to further reduce our calculation work, we may take 'a' to be that xi which lies in the centre
of x1, x2, ..., xn. So, we can choose a = 47.5 or a = 62.5. Let us choose a = 47.5.
The second step is to find the deviation of a from each of the xi's, which we denote
as di
i.e.,

di = xi a = xi 47.5

The third step is to find the product of di with the corresponding fi, and take the sum of all
the fi dis. These calculations are shown in table given belowClass

Number of

interval

students ( fi)

Marks (xi )

di = xi - 47.5
xi = a

10-25

17.5

-30

-60

25-40

32.5

-15

-45

40-55

47.5 (a)

55-70

62.5

15

90

70-85

77.5

30

180

85-100

92.5

45

270

Total

Class

fi =30

So, from the above table, the mean of the deviations, d =

Now, let us find the relation between d and x .

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fi di = 435
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fi

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Since, in obtaining di we subtracted a from each xi so, in order to get the mean x we
need to add a to d . This can be explained mathematically as:
Mean of deviations,

d=

fi di
fi

So,

d=

fi ( xi - a )
fi

fi xi fi a
fi
fi

= x -a

fi
fi

d = x -a
x = a+

Therefore

fi di
fi

Substituting the values of a, fi di and fi from the table, we get

x = 47.5 +

435
= 47.5 + 14.5 = 62
30

Therefore, the mean of the marks obtained by the students is 62.

The method discussed above is called the Assumed Mean Method.

A CTIVITY
Consider the data given in example 1 and calculate the arithmetic mean by deviation
method by taking successive values of xi i.e., 17.5, 32.5, ... as assumed means. Now discuss
the following:
1. Are the values of arithmetic mean in all the above cases equal?
2. If we take the actual mean as the assumed mean, how much will fi di be?
3. Reason about taking any mid-value (class mark) as assumed mean?
Observe that in the table given below the values in Column 4 are all multiples of 15. So,
if we divide all the values of Column 4 by 15, we would get smaller numbers which we then
multiply with fi. (Here, 15 is the class size of each class interval.)
So, let ui =

xi - a
where a is the assumed mean and h is the class size.
h

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Now, we calculate ui in this way and continue as before (i. e., find fi ui and then
fi ui). Taking h = 15, [Generally size of the class is taken as h but it need not be size of the
class always].
Let u =

fiui
fi

Class

Number of

Class

interval

students ( fi)

di = xi - a

ui =

xi - a
h

fi ui

Marks (xi)

10-25

17.5

-30

-2

-4

25-40

32.5

-15

-1

-3

40-55

47.5

55-70

62.5

15

70-85

77.5

30

12

85-100

92.5

45

18

fi =30

Total

fi ui =29

Here, again let us find the relation between u and x .

x -a
ui = i
We have
h
So

So

u=

u=

fiui
fi

( xi - a )
h
fi

fi

f x f a

i i
i

h
fi
fi

1
= ( x - a)
h
=

or

Therefore,

hu = x - a
x = a + hu

fiui

x = a + h

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f u
i i
x = a +
h
fi

or

Substituting the values of a, fi ui and fi from the table, we get

x = 47.5 + 15

29
30

= 47.5 + 14.5 = 62
So, the mean marks obtained by a student are 62.
The method discussed above is called the Step-deviation method.
We note that:

The step-deviation method will be convenient to apply if all the dis have a common
factor.

The mean obtained by all the three methods is the same.

The assumed mean method and step-deviation method are just simplified forms of the
direct method.

The formula x = a + h u still holds if a and h are not as given above, but are any nonzero numbers such that ui =

xi - a
h

Let us apply these methods in other examples.

Example-2. The table below gives the percentage distribution of female teachers in the primary
schools of rural areas of various states and union territories (U.T.) of India. Find the mean
percentage of female teachers using all the three methods.
Percentage of female teachers
Number of States/U.T.

15 - 25

25 - 35

35 45

45 - 55

11

55 - 65

65 - 75 75 85

Source : Seventh All India School Education Survey conducted by NCERT

Solution : Let us find the class marks xi of each class, and put them in a table
Here we take a = 50, h = 10,
then di = xi 50 and ui =

xi - 50
10

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We now find di and ui and put them in the table

Percentage
of female

Number of

xi

di =
xi - 50

States/U.T.

teachers

ui =
xi - 50
10

fi xi

fi di

fi ui

15 25

20

-30

-3

120

-180

-18

25 35
35 45
45 55

11
7
4

30
40
50

-20
-10
0

-2
-1
0

330
280
200

-220
-70
0

-22
-7
0

55 65
65 75
75 85

4
2
1

60
70
80

10
20
30

1
2
3

240
140
80

40
40
30

4
4
3

Total

35

1390

-360

-36

From the table above, we obtain fi = 35, fi xi = 1390, fi di = -360, fi ui = -36 .

Using the direct method x =

fi xi 1390
=
= 39.71
fi
35

Using the assumed mean method x = a +

fi di
-360
= 50 +
= 50 -10.29 = 39.71
fi
35

f u
-36
i i
h = 50 +
10 = 39.71
Using the step-deviation method x = a +

fi
35
Therefore, the mean percentage of female teachers in the primary schools of rural areas is 39.71.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
1. Is the result obtained by all the three methods the same?
2. If xi and fi are sufficiently small, then which method is an appropriate choice?
3. If xi and fi are numerically large numbers, then which methods are appropriate to use?
Even if the class sizes are unequal, and xi are large numerically, we can still apply the
step-deviation method by taking h to be a suitable divisor of all the dis.
Example-3. The distribution below shows the number of wickets taken by bowlers in one-day
cricket matches. Find the mean number of wickets by choosing a suitable method. What does
the mean signify?
Number of wickets 20 - 60 60 - 100 100 - 150 150 - 250 250 - 350 350 450
Number of bowlers

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Solution : Here, the class size varies, and the xi's are large. Let us still apply the step deviation
method with a = 200 and h = 20. Then, we obtain the data as given in the table.
Number of
wickets

xi - a
h
(h = 20)

di =

xi

Number of

ui =

xi - a

bowlers ( fi )

fi ui

20 60

40

-160

-8

-56

60 100

80

-120

-6

-30

100 150

16

125

-75

-3.75

-60

150 250

12

200 (a)

250 350

300

100

10

350 450

400

200

10

30

Total

45

-106

f u
-106
i i
h = 200 +
20 = 200 - 47.11 = 152.89
So x = a +

fi
45
Thus, the average number of wickets taken by these 45 bowlers in one-day cricket is 152.89.
Classroom Project :
1.

Collect the marks obtained by all the students of your class in Mathematics in the recent
examination conducted in your school. Form a grouped frequency distribution of the
data obtained. Do the same regarding other subjects and compare. Find the mean in
each case using a method you find appropriate.

2.

Collect the daily maximum temperatures recorded for a period of 30 days in your city.
Present this data as a grouped frequency table. Find the mean of the data using an
appropriate method.

3.

Measure the heights of all the students of your class and form a grouped frequency
distribution table of this data. Find the mean of the data using an appropriate method.

  EXERCISE - 14.1
1.

A survey was conducted by a group of students as a part of their environment awareness

programme, in which they collected the following data regarding the number of plants in
20 houses in a locality. Find the mean number of plants per house.

Number of plants

0-2

2-4

46

6-8

Number of houses

8 - 10 10 - 12
6

12 14
3

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Consider the following distribution of daily wages of 50 workers of a factory.

Daily wages in Rupees 200 - 250

Number of workers

250 - 300

12

300 - 350 350 - 400

14

400 450

10

Find the mean daily wages of the workers of the factory by using an appropriate method.
3.

The following distribution shows the daily pocket allowance of children of a locality. The
mean pocket allowance is ` 18. Find the missing frequency f.

Daily pocket
11 - 13
allowance(in Rupees)
Number of children
4.

13 - 15

15 - 17

17 - 19

19 - 21

21 - 23

23 - 25

13

Thirty women were examined in a hospital by a doctor and their of heart beats per
minute were recorded and summarised as shown. Find the mean heart beats per minute
for these women, choosing a suitable method.

Number of heart beats/minute 65-68

Number of women
5.

68-71 71-74 74-77

77-80

80-83 83-86

In a retail market, fruit vendors were selling oranges kept in packing baskets. These
baskets contained varying number of oranges. The following was the distribution of
oranges.

Number of oranges

10-14

1519

20-24

25-29

3034

Number of baskets

15

110

135

115

25

Find the mean number of oranges kept in each basket. Which method of finding the
mean did you choose?
6.

The table below shows the daily expenditure on food of 25 households in a locality.
Daily expenditure (in Rupees) 100-150
Number of house holds

150-200

200-250

250-300

300-350

12

Find the mean daily expenditure on food by a suitable method.

7.

To find out the concentration of SO2 in the air (in parts per million, i.e., ppm), the data
was collected for 30 localities in a certain city and is presented below:
Concentration of SO2 in ppm
Frequency

0.00-0.04 0.04-0.08
4

0.08-0.12

Find the mean concentration of SO2 in the air.

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2

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8.

A class teacher has the following attendance record of 40 students of a class for the
whole term. Find the mean number of days a student was present out of 56 days in the
term.

Number of days
Number of students
9.

35-38

38-41

41-44

44-47

47-50

50-53

53-56

10

11

The following table gives the literacy rate (in percentage) of 35 cities. Find the mean
literacy rate.

Literacy rate in %

4555

55-65

65-75

75-85

85-95

Number of cities

10

11

14.3 M ODE
A mode is that value among the observations which occurs most frequently.
Before learning about calculating the mode of grouped data let us first recall how we
found the mode for ungrouped data through the following example.
Example-4. The wickets taken by a bowler in 10 cricket matches are as follows: 2, 6, 4, 5, 0,
2, 1, 3, 2, 3. Find the mode of the data.
Solution : Let us arrange the observations in order i.e., 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6
Clearly, 2 is the number of wickets taken by the bowler in the maximum number of matches
(i.e., 3 times). So, the mode of this data is 2.

D O T HIS
1.

Find the mode of the following data.

a)

5, 6, 9, 10, 6, 12, 3, 6, 11, 10, 4, 6, 7.

b)

20, 3, 7, 13, 3, 4, 6, 7, 19, 15, 7, 18, 3.

c)

2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6.

2.

Is the mode always at the centre of the data?

3.

Does the mode change. If another observation is added to the data in Example?
Comment.

4.

If the maximum value of an observation in the data in Example 4 is changed to 8,

would the mode of the data be affected? Comment.

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In a grouped frequency distribution, it is not possible to determine the mode by looking

at the frequencies. Here, we can only locate a class with the maximum frequency, called the
modal class. The mode is a value inside the modal class, and is given by the formula.

f1 - f 0

l
=
+
Mode
2 f - f - f h
1
0
2
where,
l = lower boundary of the modal class,
h = size of the modal class interval,
f1 = frequency of the modal class,
f0 = frequency of the class preceding the modal class,
f2 = frequency of the class succeeding the modal class.
Let us consider the following examples to illustrate the use of this formula.
Example-5. A survey conducted on 20 households in a locality by a group of students resulted
in the following frequency table for the number of family members in a household.
Family size
Number of families

1-3

3-5

5-7

7-9

9-11

Find the mode of this data.

Solution : Here the maximum class frequency is 8, and the class corresponding to this frequency
is 3-5. So, the modal class is 3-5.
Now,
modal class = 3-5, boundary limit (l) of modal class = 3, class size (h) = 2
frequency of the modal class (f1) = 8,
frequency of class preceding the modal class (f0) = 7,
frequency of class succeeding the modal class (f2) = 2.
Now, let us substitute these values in the formula-

f1 - f 0
h
Mode = l +
2 f1 - f 0 - f 2
8-7
2 = 3 + 2 = 3.286
= 3 +
28 - 7 - 2
7

Therefore, the mode of the data above is 3.286.

Example-6. The marks distribution of 30 students in a mathematics examination are given in the
adjacent table. Find the mode of this data. Also compare and interpret the mode and the mean.

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Class interval

Number of
students ( fi)

Class Marks (xi )

f ix i

10-25
25-40
40-55
55-70
70-85

2
3
7
6
6

17.5
32.5
47.5
62.5
77.5

35.0
97.5
332.5
375.0
465.0

85-100

92.5

555.0

fi = 30

Total

fi xi = 1860.0

Solution : Since the maximum number of students (i.e., 7) have got marks in the interval, 40-65
the modal class is 40 - 55.
The lower boundary ( l ) of the modal class = 40,
The class size ( h) = 15,
The frequency of modal class ( f1 ) = 7,
the frequency of the class preceding the modal class ( f0 ) = 3,
the frequency of the class succeeding the modal class ( f2 ) = 6.
Now, using the formula:

f1 - f 0

Mode = l +
2 f - f - f h
1
0
2
7 - 3
= 40 +
15 = 40 +12 = 52
27 - 6 - 3

Interpretation : The mode marks is 52. Now, from Example 1, we know that the mean marks
is 62. So, the maximum number of students obtained 52 marks, while on an average a student
obtained 62 marks.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
1.

It depends upon the demand of the situation whether we are interested in finding the
average marks obtained by the students or the marks obtained by most of the students.
a. What do we find in the first situation?
b. What do we find in the second situation?

2.

Can mode be calculated for grouped data with unequal class sizes?

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E XERCISE - 14.2
1.

The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted in a hospital during a year:
Age (in years)

5-15

15-25

25-35

35-45

45-55

55-65

11

21

23

14

Number of patients

Find the mode and the mean of the data given above. Compare and interpret the two
measures of central tendency.
2.

The following data gives the information on the observed life times (in hours) of 225
electrical components :

Lifetimes (in hours) 0 - 20

Frequency

20 - 40

40 - 60

60 - 80

80 - 100

100 - 120

35

52

61

38

29

10

Determine the modal lifetimes of the components.

3.

The following data gives the distribution of total monthly household expenditure of 200
families of a village. Find the modal monthly expenditure of the families. Also, find the
mean monthly expenditure :

Expenditure
(in rupees)
Number of families
4.

24

40

33

28

30

22

16

The following distribution gives the state-wise, teacher-student ratio in higher secondary
schools of India. Find the mode and mean of this data. Interpret the two measures.

Number of students
Number of States
5.

1000- 1500- 2000- 2500- 3000- 3500- 4000- 45001500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000

15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55

3

10

The given distribution shows the number of runs scored by some top batsmen of the
world in one-day international cricket matches.

Runs

3000- 4000- 5000- 6000- 7000- 8000- 9000- 100004000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 11000

Number of batsmen

18

Find the mode of the data.

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6.

A student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100 periods,
each of 3 minutes, and summarised this in the table given below.

Number of cars 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40
Frequency

14

13

12

40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70 70 - 80
20

11

15

Find the mode of the data.

14.4 M EDIAN

OF

G ROUPED D ATA

Median is a measure of central tendency which gives the value of the middle-most
observation in the data. Recall that for finding the median of ungrouped data, we first arrange the
data values or the observations in ascending order.
n + 1th
observation and
Then, if n is odd, the median is the
2
n th
n th

if n is even, then the median will be the average of the and + 1 observations.
2
2

Suppose, we have to find the median of the following data, which is about the marks, out of
50 obtained by 100 students in a test :
Marks obtained

20

29

28

33

42

38

43

25

Number of students

28

24

15

20

First, we arrange the marks in ascending order and prepare a frequency table 14.9 as follows :
Marks obtained

Number of students (frequency)

20

25

20

28

24

29

28

33

15

38

42

43

Total

100

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n th
n th

Here n = 100, which is even. The median will be the average of the and the + 1
2
2
th

st

observations, i.e., the 50 and 51 observations. To find the position of these middle values, we
construct cumulative frequency.
Marks obtained

Number of students

20

Cumulative frequency

upto 25

6 + 20 =

26

26

upto 28

26 + 24 = 50

50

upto 29

50 + 28 = 78

78

upto 33

78 + 15 = 93

93

upto 38

93 + 4 =

97

97

upto 42

97 + 2 =

99

99

upto 43

99 + 1 = 100

100

Now we add another column depicting this information to the frequency table above and name it
as cumulative frequency column.
From the table above, we see that :
th

50 observation is 28 (Why?)
st

51 observation is 29
Median =

28 + 29
= 28.5
2

Remark : Column 1 and column 3 in the above table

are known as Cumulative Frequency Table. The
median marks 28.5 conveys the information that about
50% students obtained marks less than 28.5 and
another 50% students obtained marks more than 28.5.
Consider a grouped frequency distribution of
marks obtained, out of 100, by 53 students, in a certain
examination, as shown in adjacent table.

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0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
60-70
70-80
80-90
90-100

Number of students
5
3
4
3
3
4
7
9
7
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From the table, try to answer the following questions :

How many students have scored marks
less than 10? The answer is clearly 5.
How many students have scored less than
20 marks? Observe that the number of
students who have scored less than 20
include the number of students who have
scored marks from 0-10 as well as the
number of students who have scored
marks from 10-20. So, the total number
of students with marks less than 20 is 5 +
3, i.e., 8. We say that the cumulative
frequency of the class 10-20 is 8. (As
shown in table 14.11)
Similarly, we can compute the cumulative
frequencies of the other classes, i.e., the
number of students with marks less than
30, less than 40, ..., less than 100.

Marks obtained

Number of students
(Cumulative frequency)

Less than 10

Less than 20

5+3=8

Less than 30

8 + 4 = 12

Less than 40

12 + 3 = 15

Less than 50

15 + 3 = 18

Less than 60

18 + 4 = 22

Less than 70

22 + 7 = 29

Less than 80

29 + 9 = 38

Less than 90

38 + 7 = 45

Less than 100

45 + 8 = 53

This distribution is called the cumulative frequency distribution of the less than type. Here 10, 20,
30, ..., 100, are the upper boundaries of the respective class intervals.
We can similarly make the table for
the number of students with scores
more than or equal to 0 (this
number is same as sum of all the
frequencies), more than above sum
minus the frequency of the first
class interval), more than or equal
to 20 (this number is same as the
sum of all frequencies minus the
sum of the frequencies of the first
two class intervals), and so on.
We observe that all 53 students
have scored marks more than or
equal to 0. Since there are 5
students scoring marks in the
interval 0-10, this means that there

Marks obtained

Number of students
(Cumulative frequency)

More than or equal to 0

53

More than or equal to 10

53 - 5 = 48

More than or equal to 20

48 - 3 = 45

More than or equal to 30

45 - 4 = 41

More than or equal to 40

41 - 3 = 38

More than or equal to 50

38 - 3 = 35

More than or equal to 60

35 - 4 = 31

More than or equal to 70

31 - 7 = 24

More than or equal to 80

24 - 9 = 15

More than or equal to 90

15 - 7 = 8

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are 53-5 = 48 students getting more than or equal to 10 marks. Continuing in the same manner,
we get the number of students scoring 20 or above as 48-3 = 45, 30 or above as 45-4 = 41, and
so on, as shown in the table a side.
This table above is called a cumulative frequency distribution of the more than type. Here 0, 10,
20, ..., 90 give the lower boundaries of the respective class intervals.
Now, to find the median of grouped data, we can make use of any of these cumulative frequency
distributions.
Now in a grouped data, we may not be able to find the middle observation by looking at the
cumulative frequencies as the middle observation will be some value in a class interval. It is,
therefore, necessary to find the value inside a class that divides the whole distribution into two
halves. But which class should this be?
To find this class, we find the cumulative frequencies of all the clases and
class whose cumulative frequency exceeds
Marks

n
. We now locate the
2

n
for the first time. This is called the median class.
2

Number of students (f)

Cumulative frequency (cf)

0-10

10-20

20-30

12

30-40

15

40-50

18

50-60

22

60-70

29

70-80

38

80-90

45

90-100

53

n
= 26.5. Now 60-70 is the class whose cumulative
2
n
frequency 29 is greater than (and nearest to) , i.e., 26.5.
2

In the distribution above, n = 53. So

Therefore, 60-70 is the median class.

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After finding the median class, we use the following formula for calculating the median.

n
- cf

Median = l + 2
f

where l = lower boundary of median clas,

n = number of observations,
cf = cumulative frequency of class preceding the median class,
f = frequency of median class,
h = class size (size of the median class).
Substituting the values

n
= 26.5,
2

l = 60,

cf = 22,

f = 7, h = 10

in the formula above, we get

26.5 - 22
10
Median = 60 +

6
= 60 +

45
7

= 66.4
So, about half the students have scored marks less than 66.4, and the other half have scored
marks more than 66.4.
Height (in cm)

Number of girls

Less than 140

conducted and data was obtained as shown in

Less than 145

11

table. Find their median.

Less than 150

29

Less than 155

40

Less than 160

46

Less than 165

51

Example-7. A survey regarding the heights

(in cm) of 51 girls of Class X of a school was

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Solution : To calculate the median

height, we need to find the class

Class intervals

Frequency

intervals and their corresponding

Cumulative
frequency

frequencies. The given distribution

Below 140

being of the less than type, 140,

140-145

11

145, 150, . . ., 165 give the upper

145-150

18

29

150-155

11

40

155-160

46

160-165

51

limits of the corresponding class

intervals. So, the classes should be
below 140, 140 - 145, 145 - 150, .
. ., 160 - 165.

Observe that from the given distribution, we find that there are 4 girls with height less than 140,
i.e., the frequency of class interval below 140 is 4 . Now, there are 11 girls with heights less than
145 an d 4 girls with height less than 140. Therefore, the number of girls with height in the interval
140 - 145 is 11 4 = 7. Similarly, the frequencies can be calculated as shown in table.
Number of observations, n = 51
n 51
th
=
= 25.5 observation, which lies in the class 145 - 150.
2
2

145 - 150 is median class

Then, l (the lower boundary) = 145,
cf (the cumulative frequency of the class preceding 145 - 150) = 11,
f (the frequency of the median class 145 - 150) = 18,
h (the class size) = 5.

- cf

Using the formula, Median = l + 2

h
f
= 145 +
= 145 +

25.5 -11
18

72.5
= 149.03
18

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So, the median height of the girls is 149.03 cm. This means that the height of about 50% of the
girls is less than this height, and that of other 50% is greater than this height.
Example-8. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y, if the total
frequency is 100. Here, CI stands for class interval and Fr for frequency.
CI

Fr

0-100 100-

200-

300-

400-

500-

600-

700-

800-

900-

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

12

17

20

Solution :
It is given that n = 100
So, 76 + x + y = 100, i.e., x + y = 24 (1)
The median is 525, which lies in the class 500 600
So, l = 500, f = 20, cf = 36 + x, h = 100
Using the formula

- cf
2

Median = l +
h
f
525 = 500 +

50 - 36 - x
100
20

i.e., 525 500 = (14 x) 5

i.e.,

25 = 70 5x

i.e.,

5x = 70 25 = 45

So,

x= 9

Therefore, from (1), we get 9 + y = 24

i.e., y = 15

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Frequency

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Cumulative frequency

0-100

100-200

200-300

7+x

300-400

12

19+x

400-500

17

36+x

500-600

20

56+x

600-700

56+x+y

700-800

65+x+y

800-900

72+x+y

900-1000

76+x+y

Note :
The median of grouped data with unequal class sizes can also be calculated.

14.5 W HICH

VALUE OF

C ENTRAL T ENDENCY

Which measure would be best suited for a particular requirement.

The mean is the most frequently used measure of central tendency because it takes into account
all the observations, and lies between the extremes, i.e., the largest and the smallest observations
of the entire data. It also enables us to compare two or more distributions. For example, by
comparing the average (mean) results of students of different schools of a particular examination,
we can conclude which school has a better performance.
However, extreme values in the data affect the mean. For example, the mean of classes having
frequencies more or less the same is a good representative of the data. But, if one class has
frequency, say 2, and the five others have frequency 20, 25, 20, 21, 18, then the mean will
certainly not reflect the way the data behaves. So, in such cases, the mean is not a good
representative of the data.
In problems where individual observations are not important, especially extreem values, and we
wish to find out a typical observation, the median is more appropriate, e.g., finding the typical
productivity rate of workers, average wage in a country, etc. These are situations where extreme
values may exist. So, rather than the mean, we take the median as a better measure of central
tendency.

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In situations which require establishing the most frequent value or most popular item, the mode is
the best choice, e.g., to find the most popular T.V. programme being watched, the consumer item
in greatest demand, the colour of the vehicle used by most of the people, etc.

E XERCISE - 14.3
1.

The following frequency distribution gives the monthly consumption of electricity of 68

consumers of a locality. Find the median, mean and mode of the data and compare them.

Monthly consumption 65-85

Number of consumers

2.

105-125

125-145

145-165

165-185

185-205

13

20

14

If the median of 60 observations, given below is 28.5, find the values of x and y.

Class interval

0-10

10-20

20-30

30-40

40-50

50-60

20

15

Frequency

3.

85-105

A life insurance agent found the following data about distribution of ages of 100 policy
holders. Calculate the median age. [Policies are given only to persons having age 18
years onwards but less than 60 years.]

Age

Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below

(in years)

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

Number of

24

45

78

89

92

98

100

policy holders

4.

The lengths of 40 leaves of a plant are measured correct to the nearest millimetre, and
the data obtained is represented in the following table :

Length (in mm)

Number of leaves

118-126

127-135

136-144

145-153

154-162

163-171

172-180

12

Find the median length of the leaves. (Hint : The data needs to be converted to continuous
classes for finding the median, since the formula assumes continuous classes. The classes then
change to 117.5 - 126.5, 126.5 - 135.5, . . ., 171.5 - 180.5.)

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The following table gives the distribution of the life-time of 400 neon lamps
Life time
(in hours)

15002000

20002500

25003000

30003500

35004000

40004500

45005000

Number of
lamps

14

56

60

86

74

62

48

Find the median life time of a lamp.

6.

100 surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directory and the frequency
distribution of the number of letters in the English alphabet in the surnames was obtained
as follows
Number of letters
Number of surnames

1-4

4-7

7-10

10-13

13-16

16-19

30

40

16

Determine the median number of letters in the surnames. Find the mean number of letters in the
surnames? Also, find the modal size of the surnames.
7.

The distribution below gives the weights of 30 students of a class. Find the median
weight of the students.
Weight (in kg)
Number of students

40-45

45-50

50-55

55-60

60-65

65-70

70-75

14.6 G RAPHICAL R EPRESENTATION

OF

C UMULATIVE F REQUENCY D ISTRIBUTION

As we all know, pictures speak better than words. A graphical representation helps us in
understanding given data at a glance. In Class IX, we have represented the data through bar
graphs, histograms and frequency polygons. Let us now represent a cumulative frequency
distribution graphically.
For example, let us consider the cumulative frequency distribution given in example.
For drawing ozires, it should be ensured that the class intervals are continuous, because cumulative
frequencies are linked with boundaries, but not with limits.

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20, 30, ..., 100 are the

upper boundaries of the
respective class intervals.
To represent the data
graphically, we mark the
upper boundaries of the
class intervals on the

Less than Cumulative frequency

Recall that the values 10,

60
50
40

'Less than' ogive

30
20
10
0
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Upper limits

horizontal axis (X-axis)

and their corresponding

cumulative frequencies on the vartical axis (Y-axis), choosing a convenient scale. Now plot the
points corresponding to the ordered pairs given by (upper boundary, corresponding cumulative
frequency), i.e., (10, 5), (20, 8), (30,, 12), (40, 15), (50, 18), (60, 22), (70, 29), (80, 38), (90,
45), (100, 53) on a graph paper and join them by a free hand smooth curve. The curve we get is
called a cumulative frequency curve, or an ogive (of the less than type).

Again we consider the cumulative frequency

distribution and draw its ogive (of the more
than type).

More than Cumulative frequency

The term 'ogive is pronounced as 'ojeev' and is derived from the word ogee. An ogee is
a shape consisting of a concave arc flowing into a convex arc, so forming an S-shaped
curve with vertical ends. In architecture, the ogee shape is one of the characteristics of
th
th
the 14 and 15 century Gothic styles.

60

Recall that, here 0, 10, 20, ...., 90 are the

50
'M ore than' ogive
lower boundaries of the respective class
40
intervals 0-10, 10-20, ....., 90-100. To
30
represent 'the more than type' graphically,
20
we plot the lower boundaries on the X-axis
10
and the corresponding cumulative
0
frequencies on the Y-axis. Then we plot the
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
points (lower boundaries, corresponding
Low er lim its
cumulative frequency), i.e., (0, 53), (10,
48), (20, (45), (30, 41), (40, 38), (50, 35),
(60, 31), (70, 24), (80, 15), (90, 8), on a graph paper, and join them by a free hand smooth
curve. The curve we get is a cumulative frequency curve, or an ogive (of the more than type).

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FROM GIVE CURVE :

Is it possible to obtain the median from these two cumulative frequency curves . Let us see.
n 53
One obvious way is to locate on = = 26.5 on the y-axis. From this point, draw a line
2
2
parallel to the x-axis cutting the curve at a point. From this point, draw a perpendicular to the xaxis. Foot of this perpendicular
60
determines the median of the data.
50
C um ulativ e frequ ency

Another way of obtaining the

median :

40
30

Draw both ogives (i.e., of the less

20
than type and of the more than type)
10
M edian (66 .4 )
on the same axis. The two ogives
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
will intersect each other at a point.
U p per lim its
From this point, if we draw a
perpendicular on the x-axis, the point at which it cuts the x-axis gives us the median.

90

1 00

60

Cumulative frequency

50

40

30

20

10

0
0

10

20

30

40

Limits

50

60

70

80

90

100

Median (66.4)

Example-9. The annual profits earned by 30 shops in a locality give rise to the following
distribution :
Profit (in lakhs)
More than or equal to 5
More than or equal to 10
More than or equal to 15
More than or equal to 20
More than or equal to 25
More than or equal to 30
More than or equal to 35

Number of shops (frequency)

30
28
16
14
10
7
3

Draw both ogives for the data above. Hence obtain the median profit.

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Solution : We first draw the coordinate axes, with lower limits of the profit along the horizontal
axis, and the cumulative frequency along the vertical axes. Then, we plot the points (5, 30), (10,
28), (15, 16), (20, 14), (25, 10), (30, 7) and (35, 3). We join these points with a smooth curve
to get the more than ovive, as shown in the figure below-

frequency
MoreCumulative
than Cumulative
frequency

35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0

10

15

20

25

30

35

Lower limits of profit (in lakhs Rs.)

Now, let us obtain the classes, their frequencies and the cumulative frequency from the table
above.
Classes

5-10

10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40

Number of shops

12

Cumulative frequency

14

16

20

23

27

30

Using these values, we plot the points (10, 2), (15, 14), (20, 16), (25, 20), (30, 23), (35, 27),
(40, 30) on the same axes as in last figure to get the less than ogive, as shown in figure below.
The abcissa of their point of intersection is nearly 17.5, which is the median. This can also be
verified by using the formula. Hence, the median profit (in lakhs) is < 17.5.

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35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0

10

15

Limits

20

25

30

35

40

Median (17.5)
Profit (in lakhs Rs.)

E XERCISE - 14.4
1.

The following distribution gives the daily income of 50 workers of a factory.

Daily income (in Rupees) 250-300
Number of workers

300-350 350-400 400-450

12

14

450-500
10

Convert the distribution above to a less than type cumulative frequency distribution, and draw its
ogive.
2.

During the medical check-up of 35 students of a class, their weights were recorded as
follows :
Weight (in kg)

Number of students

Less than 38
Less than 40
Less than 42
Less than 44
Less than 46
Less than 48
Less than 50
Less than 52

0
3
5
9
14
28
32
35

Draw a less than type ogive for the given data. Hence obtain the median weight from the graph
and verify the result by using the formula.
3.

The following table gives production yield per hectare of wheat of 100 farms of a village.
Production yield
(Qui/Hec)
Number of farmers

50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75 75-80

2

12

24

38

Change the distribution to a more than type distribution, and draw its ogive.

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W HAT W E H AVE D ISCUSSED

In this chapter, you have studied the following points :
1.

2.

The mean for grouped is calculated by :

fi xi
fi

(i)

The direct method : x =

(ii)

The assumed mean method : x = a +

(iii)

f u
i i
The step deviation method : x = a +
f h
i

fi di
fi

The mode for grouped data can be found by using the formula :

f1 - f 0
h
Mode = l +
2 f1 - f 0 - f 2
where, symbols have their usual meaning.
3.

The median for grouped data is formed by using the formula :

n
- cf
Median = l + 2
f

h Where symbols have their usual meanings.

4.

In order to find median, class intervals should be continuous.

5.

Representing a cumulative frequency distribution graphically as a cumulative frequency

curve, or an ogive of the less than type and of the more than type.

6.

While drowing ogives boundaries are taken on X-main and cumulative frequencies are
taken on Y-axis.

7.

Scale on both the axes mya not be equal.

8.

The median of grouped data can be obtained graphically as the x-coordinate of the point
of intersection of the two ogives for this data.

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A.I.1 I NTRODUCTION
On 25th February 2013, the ISRO launcher PSLV C20, put the satellite SARAL into
orbit. The satellite weighs 407 kg. It is at an altitude of 781 km and its orbit is inclined at an angle
of 98.5.
On reading the above information, we may wonder:
(i)

How did the scientists calculate the altitude as 781km. Did they go to space and measure
it?

(ii)

How did they conclude that the angle of orbit is 98.5 without actually measuring?

Some more examples are there in our daily life where we wonder how the scientists and
mathematicians could possibly have estimated these results. Observe these examples:
(i)

The temperature at the surface of the sun is about 6,000C.

(ii)

The human heart pumps 5 to 6 liters of blood in the body every minute.

(iii)

We know that the distance between the sun and the earth is 1,49,000 km.

In the above examples, we know that no one went to the sun to measure the temperature
or the distance from earth. Nor can we take the heart out of the body and measure the blood it
pumps. The way we answer these and other similar questions is through mathematical modelling.
Mathematical modelling is used not only by scientists but also by us. For example, we
might want to know how much money we will get after one year if we invest ,100 at 10% simple
interest. Or we might want to know how many litres of paint is needed to whitewash a room.
Even these problems are solved by mathematical modelling.

T HINK - D ISCUSS
Discuss with your friends some more examples in real life where we cannot directly
measure and must use mathematical modelling .

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A.I.2 M ATHEMATICAL M ODELS

Do you remember the formula to calculate the area of a triangle?
Area of Triangle =

1
base height.
2

PTR
. This formula or equation
100
is a relation between the Interest (I); Principle (P); Time (T); and Rate of Interest (R). These
formulae are examples of mathematical models.

Similarly, simple interest calculation uses the formula I =

Some more examples for mathematical models.

Dis tan ce (d )
time (t )

(i)

Speed (S) =

(ii)

In compound interest sum (A) = P 1 +

100

Where

P = Principle
r = rate of interest
n = no. of times to be calculated interest.

So, Mathematical model is nothing but a mathematical description or relation that

describes some real life situation.

D O T HIS
Write some more mathematical models which you have learnt in previous classes.

A.I.3 M ATHEMATICAL M ODELLING

We often face problems in our day to day life. To solve them, we try to write it as an
equivalent mathematical problem and find its solution. Next we interpret the solution and check
to what extent the solution is valid. This process of constructing a mathematical model and using
it to find the answer is known as mathematical modelling.

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Now we have to observe some more examples related to mathematical modelling.

Example-1. Vani wants to buy a TV that costs ,19,000 but she has only ,15,000. So she
decides to invest her money at 8% simple interest per year. After how many years will she be
able to buy the TV?
Step 1 : (Understanding the problem): In this stage, we define the real problem. Here, we are
given the principal, the rate of simple interest and we want to find out the number of years after
which the amount will become Rs. 19000.
Step 2 : (Mathematical description and formulation) In this step, we describe, in mathematical
terms, the different aspects of the problem. We define variables, write equations or inequalities
and gather data if required.
Here, we use the formula for simple interest which is
I=

PTR
(Model)
100

where P = Principle, T = number of years,

We need to find time = T =

R = rate of interest, I = Interest

100I
RP

Step 3: (Solving the mathematical problem) In this step, we solve the problem using the
formula which we have developed in step 2.
We know that Vani already has ,15,000 which is the principal, P
The final amount is ,19000 so she needs an extra (19000-15000) = ,4000. This will
come from the interest, I .
P = ,15,000, Rate = 8%, then I = 4000; T =
T=3

100 4 0 0 0 40 0
=
150 0 0 8
12 0

4
1
= 3 years
12
3

or Step4 : (Interpreting the solution): The solution obtained in the previous step is interpreted
here.
1
. This means three and one third of a year or three years and 4 months.
3
So, Vani can buy a washing machine after 3 year 4 months

Here T = 3

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Step5 : (Validating the model): We cant always accept a model that gives us an answer that
does not match the reality. The process of checking and modifying the mathematical model, if
necessary, is validation.
In the given example, we are assuming that the rate of interest will not change. If the rate
PTR
will not work. We are also assuming that the price of the washing
changes then our model
100
machine will remain Rs. 19,000.
Let us take another example.
Example-2. In Lokeshwaram High school, 50 children in the 10th class and their Maths teacher
want to go on tour from Lokeshwaram to Hyderabad by vehicles. Each vehicle can hold six
persons not including driver. How many vehicles they need to hire?
Step 1 : We want to find the number of vehicles needed to carry 51 persons, given that each
jeep can seat 6 persons besides the driver.
Step 2 : Number of vehicles = (Number of persons) / (Persons that can be seated in one jeep)
Step 3 : Number of vehicles = 51/6 = 8.5
Step 4 : Interpretation
We know that it is not possible to have 8.5 vehicles. So, the number of vehicles needed
has to be the nearest whole number which is 9.
Number of vehicles need is 9.
Step 5 : Validation
While modelling, we have assumed that lean and fat children occupy same space.

D O T HIS
1.

Take any word problem from your textbook, make a mathematical model for the
chosen problem and solve it.

2.

Make a mathematical model for the problem given below and solve it.
Suppose a car starts from a place A and travels at a speed of 40 Km/h towards
another place B. At the same time another car starts from B and travels towards A at
a speed of 30 Km/h. If the distance between A and B is 100 km; after how much time
will that cars meet?

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So far, we have made mathematical models for simple word problems. Let us take a real
life example and model it.
Example-3. In the year 2000, 191 member countries of the U.N.signed a declaration to promote
gender equality. One indicator for deciding whether this goal has been achieved is the ratio of
girls to boys in primary, secondary education. India also signed the declaration. The data for the
percentage of girls in India who are enrolled in primary schools is given in Table A.I.1.
Table A.I.1
Year

Enrolment (in %)

1991 92

41.9

1992 93

42.6

1993 94

42.7

1994 95

42.9

1995 96

43.1

1996 97

43.2

1997 -98

43.5

1998 99

43.5

1999 2000

43.6

2000 01

43.7

2001 - 02

44.1

Using this data, mathematically describe the rate at which the proportion of girls enrolled
in primary schools grew. Also, estimate the year by which the enrollment of girls will reach 50%.
Solution :
Step 1 : Formulation Let us first convert the problem into a mathematical problem.
Table A.I.1 gives the enrollment for the years 1991 92, 1992- 93 etc. Since the students
join at the begining of an academic year, we can take the years as 1991, 1992 etc. Let us assume
that the percentage of girls who join primary schools will continue to grow at the same rate as the
rate in Table A.I.1. So, the number of years is important, not the specific years. (To give a similar
situation, when we find the simple interest for say, < 15000 at the rate 8% for three years, it does
not matter whether the three year period is from 1999 to 2002 or from 2001 to 2004. What is
important is the interest rate in the years being considered)

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Here also, we will see how the enrollment grows after 1991 by comparing the number of
years that has passed after 1991 and the enrollment. Let us take 1991 as the 0th year, and write
1 for 1992 since 1 year has passed in 1992 after 1991. Similarly we will write 2 for 1993, 3 for
1994 etc. So, Table A.I.1 will now look like as Table A.I.2
Table A.I.2
Year

Enrolment (in%)

41.9

42.6

42.7

42.9

43.1

43.2

43.5

43.5

43.6

43.7

10

44.1

The increase in enrolment is given in the following table A.I.3.

Table A.I.3
Year

Enrolment (in%)

Increase

41.9

42.6

0.7

42.7

0.1

42.9

0.2

43.1

0.2

43.2

0.1

43.5

0.3

43.5

43.6

0.1

43.7

0.1

10

44.1

0.4

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At the end of the first year period from 1991 to 1992, the enrollment has increased by
0.7% from 41.9% to 42.6%. At the end of the second year, this has increased by 0.1% from
42.6% to 42.7%. From the table above, we cannot find a definite relationship between the
number of years and percentage. But the increase is fairly steady. Only in the first year and in the
10th year there is a jump. The mean of these values is
0.7 + 0.1 + 0.2 + 0.2 + 0.1 + 0.3 + 0 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.4
= 0.22
10

.... (1)

Let us assume that the enrolment steadily increases at the rate of 0.22 percent.
Step 2 : (Mathematical Description)
We have assumed that the enrolment increases steadily at the rate of 0.22% per year.
So, the Enrolment Percentage (EP) in the first year = 41.9 + 0.22
EP in the second year = 41.9 + 0.22 + 0.22 = 41.9 + 2 0.22
EP in the third year = 41.9 + 0.22 + 0.22 + 0.22 = 41.9 + 3 0.22
So, the enrolment percentage in the nth year = 41.9 + 0.22n, for n 1.

.... (2)

Now, we also have to find the number of years by which the enrolment will reach 50%.
So, we have to find the value of n from this equation
50 = 41.9 + 0.22n
Step 3 : Solution : Solving (2) for n, we get
n=

50 - 41.9
8.1
=
= 36.8
0.22
0.22

Step 4 : (Interpretation) : Since the number of years is an integral value, we will take the next
higher integer, 37. So, the enrolment percentage will reach 50% in 1991 + 37 = 2028.
Step 5 : (Validation) Since we are dealing with a real life situation, we have to see to what
extent this value matches the real situation.
Let us check Formula (2) is in agreement with the reality. Let us find the values for the
years we already know, using Formula (2), and compare it with the known values by finding the
difference. The values are given in Table A.I.4.

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Table A.I.4

Year

Enrolment
(in %)

Values given by (2)

(in %)

Difference
(in %)

41.9

41.90

42.6

42.12

0.48

42.7

42.34

0.36

42.9

42.56

0.34

43.1

42.78

0.32

43.2

43.00

0.20

43.5

43.22

0.28

43.5

43.44

0.06

43.6

43.66

-0.06

43.7

43.88

-0.18

10

44.1

44.10

0.00

As you can see, some of the values given by Formula (2) are less than the actual values
by about 0.3% or even by 0.5%. This can give rise to a difference of about 3 to 5 years since the
increase per year is actually 1% to 2%. We may decide that this much of a difference is acceptable
and stop here. In this case, (2) is our mathematical model.
Suppose we decide that this error is quite large, and we have to improve this model.
Then, we have to go back to Step 2, and change the equation. Let us do so.
Step 1 : Reformulation : We still assume that the values increase steadily by 0.22%, but we
will now introduce a correction factor to reduce the error, For this, we find the mean of all the
errors. This is
0 + 0.48 + 0.36 + 0.34 + 0.32 + 0.2 + 0.28 + 0.06 - 0.06 - 0.18 + 0
= 0.18
10

We take the mean of the errors, and correct our formula by this value.

Revised Mathematical Description : Let us now add the mean of the errors to our formula
for enrolment percentage given in (2). So, our corrected formula is :

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Enrolment percentage in the nth year

= 41.9 + 0.22n + 0.18 = 42.08 + 0.22n, for n 1

... (3)

We will also modify Equation (2) appropriately. The new equation for n is :
50 = 42.08 + 0.22n

... (4)

Altered Solution : Solving Equation (4) for n, we get

n=

50 - 42.08 7.92
=
= 36
0.22
0.22

Interpretation : Since n = 36, the enrolment of girls in primary schools will reach 50% in the
year 1991 + 36 = 2027.
Validation : Once again, let us compare the values got by using Formula (4) with the actual
values. Table A.I.5 gives the comparison.
Table A.I.5
Year Enrolment
(in %)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

41.9
42.6
42.7
42.9
43.1
43.2
43.5
43.5
43.6
43.7
44.1

Values given
by (2)
41.90
42.12
42.34
42.56
42.78
43.00
43.22
43.44
43.66
43.88
44.10

Difference
between
Values
0
0.48
0.36
0.34
0.32
0.20
0.28
0.06
-0.06
-0.18
0.00

Values
given
by (4)
41.9
42.3
42.52
42.74
42.96
43.18
43.4
43.62
43.84
44.06
44.28

Difference
between
values
0
0.3
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.02
0.1
-0.12
-0.24
-0.36
-0.18

As you can see, many of the values that (4) gives are closer to the actual value than the
values that (2) gives. The mean of the errors is 0 in this case.

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A.I.4 A DVANTAGES
1.

OF

M ATHEMATICS M ODELING

The aim of mathematical modeling is to get some useful information about a real world
problem by converting it into mathematical problem. This is especially useful when it is
not possible or very expensive to get information by other means such as direct observation
or by conducting experiments.
For example, suppose we want to study the corrosive effect of the discharge of the
Mathura refinery on the Taj Mahal. We would not like to carry out experiments on the
Taj Mahal directly because that would damage a valuable monument. Here mathematical
modeling can be of great use.

2.

Forecasting is very important in many types of organizations, since predictions of future

events have to be incorporated into the decision making process.

For example
(i)
In marketing departments, reliable forecasts of demand help in planning of the
sale strategies
(ii)
A school board needs to able to forecast the increase in the number of school
going children in various districts so as to decide where and when to start new
schools.
3.
Often we need to estimate large values like trees in a forest; fishes in a lake; estimation of
votes polled etc.
Some more examples where we use mathematical modelling are:
(i)

Estimating future population for certain number of years

(ii)

Predicting the arrival of Monsoon

(iii)

Estimating the literacy rate in coming years

(iv)

Estimating number of leaves in a tree

(v)

Finding the depth of oceans

A.I.5 L IMITATIONS

OF

M ATHEMATICAL

MODELING

Is mathematical modeling the answer to all our problems?

Certainly not; it has its limitations. Thus, we should keep in mind that a model is only a
simplification of a real world problem, and the two are not same. It is some thing like the difference
between a map that gives the physical features of a country, and the country itself. We can find
the height of a place above the sea level from this map, but we cannot find the characteristics of
the people from it. So, we should use a model only for the purpose it is supposed to serve,
remembering all the factors we have neglected while constructing it. We should apply the model
only within the limits where it is applicable.

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A.I.6 T O W HAT E XTENT W E S HOULD T RY T O I MPROVE O UR M ODEL ?

To improve a model we need to take into account several additional factors. When we
do this we add more variables to our mathematical equations. The equations becomes complicated
and the model is difficult to use. A model must be simple enough to use yet accurate; i.e the closer
it is to reality the better the model is.

T RY T HIS
A problem dating back to the early 13th century, posed by Leonardo Fibonacci, asks
how many rabbits you would have in one year if you started with just two and let all of them
reproduce. Assume that a pair of rabbits produces a pair of offspring each month and that
each pair of rabbits produces their first offspring at the age of 2 months. Month by month, the
number of pairs of rabbits is given by the sum of the rabbits in the two preceding months,
except for the 0th and the 1st months. The table below shows how the rabbit population
keeps increasing every month.
Month
Pairs of Rabbits
0
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
5
5
8
6
13
7
21
8
34
9
55
10
89
11
144
12
233
13
377
14
610
15
987
16
1597
After one year, we have 233 rabbits. After just 16 months, we have nearly 1600 pairs
of rabbits.
Clearly state the problem and the different stages of mathematical modelling in this situation.

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We will finish this chapter by looking at some interesting examples.

Example-4. (Rolling of a pair of dice) : Deekshitha and Ashish are playing with dice. Then
Ashish said that, if she correctly guess the sum of numbers that show up on the dice, he would
give a prize for every answer to her. What numbers would be the best guess for Deekshitha.
Solution :
Step 1 (Understanding the problem) : You need to know a few numbers which have higher
chances of showing up.
Step 2 (Mathematical description) : In mathematical terms, the problem translates to finding
out the probabilities of the various possible sums of numbers that the dice could show.
We can model the situation very simply by representing a roll of the dice as a random
choice of one of the following thirty six pairs of numbers.
(1, 1)

(1, 2)

(1, 3)

(1, 4)

(1, 5)

(1, 6)

(2, 1)

(2, 2)

(2, 3)

(2, 4)

(2, 5)

(2, 6)

(3, 1)

(3, 2)

(3, 3)

(3, 4)

(3, 5)

(3, 6)

(4, 1)

(4, 2)

(4, 3)

(4, 4)

(4, 5)

(4, 6)

(5, 1)

(5, 2)

(5, 3)

(5, 4)

(5, 5)

(5, 6)

(6, 1)

(6, 2)

(6, 3)

(6, 4)

(6, 5)

(6, 6)

The first number in each pair represents the number showing on the first die, and the
second number is the number showing on the second die.
Step 3 (Solving the mathematical problem) : Summing the numbers in each pair above, we
find that possible sums are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. We have to find the probability
for each of them, assuming all 36 pairs are equally likely.
We do this in the following table.
Sum

10

11

12

Probability

1
36

2
36

3
36

4
36

5
36

6
36

5
36

4
36

3
36

2
36

1
36

Observe that the chance of getting a sum of a seven is

1
, which is larger than the
6

chances of getting other numbers as sums.

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Step 4 (Interpreting the solution) : Since the probability of getting the sum 7 is the highest,
you should repeatedly guess the number seven.
Step 5 (Validating the model) : Toss a pair of dice a large number of times and prepare a
relative frequency table. Compare the relative frequencies with the corresponding probabilities.
If these are not close, then possibly the dice are biased. Then, we could obtain data to evaluate
the number towards which the bias is.
Before going to the next try this exercise, we need some background information.
Not having the money you want when you need it, is a common experience for many
people. Whether it is having enough money for buying essentials for daily living, or for buying
comforts, we always require money. To enable the customers with limited funds to purchase
goods like scooters, refrigerators, televisions, cars, etc., a scheme known as an instalment scheme
(or plan) is introduced by traders.
Sometimes a trader introduces an instalment scheme as a marketing strategy to allow
customers to purchase these articles. Under the instalment scheme, the customer is not required
to make full payment of the article at the time of buying it. She/he is allowed to pay a part of it at
the time of purchase and the rest can be paid in instalments, which could be monthly, quarterly,
half-yearly, or even yearly. Of course, the buyer will have to pay more in the instalment plan,
because the seller is going to charge some interest on account of the payment made at a later date
(called deferred payment).
There are some frequently used terms related to this concept. You may be familiar with
them. For example, the cash price of an article is the amount which a customer has to pay as full
payment of the article at the time it is purchased. Cash down payment is the amount which a
customer has to pay as part payment of the price of an article at the time of purchase.
Now, try to solve the problem given below by using mathematical modelling.

T RY T HIS
Ravi wants to buy a bicycle. He goes to the market and finds that the bicycle of his
choice costs <2,400. He has only <1,400 with him. To help, the shopkeepr offers to help
him. He says that He can make a down payment of <1400 and pay the rest in monthly
instalments of <550 each. Ravi can either take the shopkeepers offer or go to a bank and
take a loan at 12% per annum simple interest. From these two opportunities which is the best
one to Ravi. Help him.

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E XERCISE - 1.1
1.

(i)

Terminating

(ii)

Non-terminating

(iv)

Terminating

(v)

Non-terminating

2.

(i)

3
4

(ii)

3.

(i)

Rational

(ii)

Irrational

(iii)

Rational

(v)

Rational

(vi)

Irrational

(vii)

Rational

(ii)

22 3 13

(iii)

32 52 17

1
2

(iii)

Terminating

(iii)

31
25

(iv) Rational

E XERCISE - 1.2
1.

2.

(i)

22 5 7

(iv)

5 7 11 13

(v)

17 19 23

(i)

LCM = 420, HCF = 3

(ii)

LCM = 11339, HCF = 1

(iii)

LCM = 1800, HCF = 1

(iv)

LCM = 216, HCF = 36

(v)

LCM = 22338, HCF = 9

E XERCISE - 1.3
1.

(i)

0.375 (terminating)

(iv)

0.18 (non-terminating, repeating)

(v)

0.064 (terminating)

(i)

Terminating

(ii)

Non-terminating,repeating

(iii)

Non-terminating,repeating

(iv)

Terminating

(v)

Non-terminating, repeating

(vi)

Terminating

(vii)

Non-terminating, repeating

(x)

Non-terminating, repeating

3.

(i)

0.52

4.

(i)

Rational

2.

(ii)

0.9375
(ii)

(ii)

0.5725 (terminating)

(iii) 4.2 (terminating)

(viii)

Terminating

(ix)

(iii)

0.115 (iv)

32.08 (v)

Not a rational

(iii)

Terminating

1.3

Rational

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m = 5, n = 3

6.

m = 4, n = 2

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E XERCISE - 1.5
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

(i)

log3 243 = 5

(ii)

log2 1024 = 10

(iv)

log10 0.001 = - 3

(vii)

log5

(x)

log32

(i)

182 = 324

(ii)

104 = 10000

iv)

4x = 8

(v)

3y =

(i)

1
2

(ii)

1
4

(iii)

(v)

1
2

(vi)

(vii)

(i)

log 10

(ii)

(iv)

log

(v)

(i)

3(log 2 + log 5) (ii)

(iv)

2log p + 3 log q - log r

(iii)

1
= - 2 (vi)
9

(v)

log3

log

7 = 1 (ix) log27 9 =

1
= - 1 (viii)
5

49

log10 1000000 = 6
log6 1 = 0
2
3

1
2
=4
5

9
8

(iii)

ab =

-4

( iv)

-2

(viii)

log 8

(iii)

log 64

log 243

(vi)

log 45

1
27

7log 2 - 4log 5

(iii) 2log x + 3 log y + 4 log z

(v)

1
(3 log x - 2 log y)
2

(iii)

Not set

(iv)

E XERCISE - 2.1
1.

(i)

Set

(ii)

Not set

(iv)

Set

(v)

Set

(i)

(ii)

(v)

(vi)

3.

(i)

x A

(ii)

dB

(iii)

1N

(iv)

4.

(i)

Not true

(ii)

Not true

(iii)

True

(iv) Not true

2.

(iii)

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5.

6.

7.

8.

(i)

B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

(ii)

C = {17, 26, 35, 44, 53, 62, 71}

(iii)

D = {5, 3}

(iv)

E = {B, E, T, R}

(i)

A = {x : x is multiple of 3 & less than 13}

(ii)

B = {x : x is in power of 2x & x is less than 6}

(iii)

C = {x : x is in power of 5 & x less than 5)

(iv)

D = {x : x in square of natural number and not greater than 10}

(i)

A = {51, 52, 53, .................., 98, 99}

(ii)

B = {+2, - 2}

(iii)

D = {L, O, Y, A}

(i)

- (c)

(ii)

- (a)

(iii)

(d)

(iv)

(b)

E XERCISE - 2.2
1.

(i)

Not empty

(ii)

Empty

(iii)

Empty

(iv)

Empty

(v)

Not empty

2.

(i)

Finite

(ii)

Finite

(iii)

Finite

3.

(i)

Finite

(ii)

Infinite

(iii)

Infinite

(iv) Infinite

E XERCISE - 2.3
1.

Yes, equal set

2.

(i) Equal (=)

(ii) Not equal ( )

(iii) Equal (=)

(v) Not equal ( )

(vi) Not equal ( )

(vii) Not equal ( )

(i) A = B

(ii) A B

(iii) A = B

3.

(iv) Not equal ( )

(iv) A B

E XERCISE - 2.4
1.

(i)

True

(ii)

Not false

(iii)

False

(iv)

False

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2.

3.

(i)

{1, 2, 3, ..... 10} {2, 3, 4, ..... 9}

(ii)
(iii)
(iv)

x = 2x + 1 means x is odd
x is multiple of 15. So 5 does not exist
x is prime number but 9 is not a prime number

(i)

{p}, {q}, {p, q}, { f }

(ii)

{x}, {y}, {z}, {x, y}, {y, z}, {z, x}, {x, y, z}, f

(iii)

{a}, {b}, {c}, {d}, {a, b}, {b, c}, {c, d}, {a, c}, {a, d}, {b, d}, {a, b, c},
{b, c, d}, {a, b, d}, {a, c, d}, {a, b, c, d}, f

(iv)

f , {1}, {4}, {9}, {16}, {1, 4}, {1, 9}, {1, 16}, {4, 9}, {4, 16}, {9, 16},
{1, 4, 9}, {1, 9, 16}, {4, 9, 16}, {1, 4, 16}, {1, 4, 9, 16}

(v)

f , {10}, {100}, {1000}, {10, 100}, {100, 1000}, {10, 1000},

{10, 100, 1000}

E XERCISE - 2.5
1.

Yes, A B & B B are same

2.

A f=f
A A= A

3.

A - B = {2, 4, 8, 10}
B - A = {3, 9, 12, 15}

4.

A B=B

5.

A B = {even natural number}

{2, 4, 6, ............}
A C = {odd natural numbers}
A D = {4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, ................. 100}
B C= f
B D = {even natural number}
C D = {4, 6, 8, 9, ................ 99}

6.

369

(i)

A - B = {3, 6, 9, 15, 18, 21}

(ii)

A - C = {3, 9, 15, 18, 21}

(iii)

A - D = {3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 21}

(iv)

B - A = {4, 8, 16, 20}

(v)

C - A = {2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16}

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(vi) D - A = {5, 10, 20}

(vii) B - C = {20}
(viii) B - D = {4, 8, 12, 16}
(ix) C - B = {2, 6, 10, 14)
(x) D - B = {5, 10, 15}
7.

(i)

False, because they have common element '3'

(ii) False, because the two sets have a common element 'a'
(iii) True, because no common elements for the sets.
(iv) True, because no common elements for the sets.

E XERCISE - 3.1
1.

2.

-6

(ii)

(iii)

-6

(a)

(i)

(b)

Left to children

(i)

False ( 2 is coefficient of x2 not a degree)

(ii)

False (Coefficient of x2 is - 4)

(iii)

True (For any constant term, degree is zero)

(iv)

False (It is not a polynomial at all)

(v)

False (Degree of a polynomial is not related with number of terms)

3.

p(1) = 0, p ( - 1) = - 2, p(0) = - 1, p(2) = 7, p( - 2) = - 9

4.

Yes, - 2 and - 2 are zeroes of the polynomial x4-16

5.

Yes, 3 and - 2 are zeroes of the polynomial x2 - x - 6

E XERCISE - 3.2
1.

(i)

No zeroes

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

2.

(i)

3.

(i)
(iv)

4.

- 2, - 3

(iii)

- 2, - 3

4, - 3

(ii)

3, 3

(iii)

No zeroes

- 4, 1

(v)

- 1, 1

(ii)

(iv) - 2, 2, -4

1
= 0 and p ( - 1) = 0
4

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E XERCISE - 3.3
1.

2.

3.

4.

(iii)

3 -1
,
2 3

(vi)

-1,

3x 2 - 3 2 x +1

(iii)

x2 + 5

(v)

4 x 2 + x +1

(vi)

x 2 - 4 x +1

(ii)

x2 - 3

(iii)

4 x 2 + 3x -1

(i)

4, - 2

(ii)

(iv)

0, - 2

(v)

(i)

4x2 - x - 4

(ii)

(iv)

x 2 - x +1

(i)

x2 - x - 2

(iv)

4 x2 - 8x + 3

1 1
,
2 2
15 - 15

4
3

- 1, - 1 and 3 are zeros of the given polynomial .

E XERCISE - 3.4
(i)

Quotient = x - 3 and remainder = 7x - 9

(ii)

Quotient = x2 + x - 3 and remainder = 8

(iii)

Quotient = - x2 - 2 and remainder = - 5x + 10

2.

(i)

Yes

3.

- 1, - 1

4.

g(x) = x2 - x + 1

5.

(i)

p(x) = 2x2 - 2x + 14, g(x) = 2, q(x) = x2 - x + 7, r(x) = 0

(ii)

p(x) = x3 + x2 + x + 1, g(x) = x2 - 1, q(x) = x + 1, r(x) = 2x + 2

(iii)

p(x) = x3 + 2x2 - x +2, g(x) = x2 - 1, q(x) = x + 2, r(x) = 4

1.

(ii)

Yes

(iii)

No

E XERCISE - 4.1
1.

2.

(a)

Intersect at a point

(b)

Coincident

(c)

Parallel

(a)

Consistent

(b)

Inconsistent

(c)

Consistent

(d)

Consistent

(e)

Consistent

(f)

Inconsistent

(g)

Inconsistent

(h)

Consistent

(i)

Inconsistent

3.

Number of pants = 1;

Number of shirts = 0

4.

Number of Girls = 7;

Number of boys = 4

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5.

Cost of pencil = 23;

Cost of pen = 25

6.

Length = 20 m;

Width = 16 m

7.

(i)

3x + 2y - 7 = 0

(ii)

3x + 3y - 12 = 0

(iii)

4x + 6y - 16 = 0

8.

Length = 56 units;

Breadth = 100 units

9.

Number of students = 16;

Number of benches = 5

E XERCISE - 4.2
1.

Income of Ist person = <18000;

2.

42 and 24

3.

Angles are 54 and 36

4.

(i) Fixed charge = < 40;

5.

7
9

6.

60 km/h;

7.

61 and 119

8.

659 and 723

9.

40 ml and 60 ml

10.

< 7200 and < 4800

2.

Charge per km = < 18

(ii) < 490

40 km/h.

E XERCISE - 4.3
1.

Income of IInd person = <14000

(i)

(4, 5)

(ii)

-1
,
2

(iv)

(1, 2)

(v)

(3, 2)

(vii)

(3, 2)

(viii)

(1, 1)

(i)

Speed of boat = 8 km/h;

Speed of streem = 3 km/h

(ii)

Speed of train = 60 km/h;

Speed of car = 80 km/h

(iii)

Number of days by man = 18;

Number of days by woman = 36

(iii)

(4, 9)

(vi)

1
,
2

E XERCISE - 5.1
1.

(i)

Yes

(ii)

Yes

(iii)

No

(iv)

Yes

(v)

Yes

(vi)

No

(vii)

No

(viii)

Yes

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(i)

2x2 + x - 528 = 8 (x = Breadth)

(ii)

x2 + x - 306 = 0 (x = Smaller integer)

(iii)

x2 + 32x - 273 = 0 (x = Rohan's Age)

(iv)

x2 - 8x + 1280 = 0 (x = Speed of the train)

373

E XERCISE - 5.2
1.

(i)

- 2; 5

(ii)

- 2;

(iv)

1 1
;
4 4

(v)

(vii)

1,

(viii)

2
3

3
2

(iii)

- 2;

1
1
;
10 10

(vi)

- 6; 2

- 1; 3

(ix)

7,

2.

13, 14

3.

17, 18; - 17, - 18

4.

5 cm, 12 cm

5.

Number of articles = 6; Cost of each article = 15

6.

4 m; 10 m

7.

Base = 12 cm; Altitide = 8 cm

8.

15 km, 20 km

9.

20 or 40

10.

9 kmph

E XERCISE - 5.3
(i)

-1 + 33
,
4

(iii)
3.

(i)

4.

7 years

5.

Maths = 12, Einglish = 18

6.

120 m; 90 m

1.

-1- 33
4

(ii)

- 3
,
2

7 + -71 7 - 71
,
10
10

(iv)

- 1,

3 - 13
,
2

(ii)

1, 2

3 + 13
2

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7.

18, 12; - 18, - 12

8.

40 kmph

9.

15 hours,

10.

Speed of the passenger train = 33 kmph

25 hours

Speed of the express train = 44 kmph

11.

18 m; 12 m

12.

6 seconds

13.

13 sides;

No

E XERCISE - 5.4
1.

(i)
(ii)

Real roots do not exist

2
2
,
Equal roots;
3
3

(iii)

Distinct roots;

2.

(i)

k = 2 6

3.

Yes; 40 m; 20 m

4.

No

5.

Yes; 20 m; 20 m

8.

3
7

3 + 3 3- 3
,
2
2

(ii)

k =6

E XERCISE - 6.1
1.

(i)

AP

2.

(i)

10, 20, 30, 40

(ii)

- 2, - 2, - 2, - 2

(iii)

4, 1, - 2, - 5

(iv)

1
1
- 1, - , 0,
2
2

(v)

- 1.25, - 1.5, - 1.75, - 2

(i)

a1 = 3; d = - 2

(ii)

a1 = - 5;

(iii)

1
a1 = ;
3

4
3

(iv)

a1 = 0.6;

(i)

Not AP

3.

4.

(ii)

d=

Not AP

(iii)

AP

(iv)

Not AP

d=4
d = 1.1

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9
,5
2

(ii)

AP, next three terms = 4,

(iii)

AP, next three terms = - 9.2, - 11.2, - 13.2

(iv)

AP, next three terms = 6, 10, 14

(v)

AP, next three terms = 3 + 4

(vi)

Not AP

(vii)

AP, next three terms = - 16, - 20, - 24

(viii)

AP, next three terms =

(ix)

Not AP

(x)

AP, next three term = 5a, 6a, 7a

(xi)

Not AP

(xii)

AP, next three terms =

(xiii)

Not AP

2,3+5

2,3+6

-1 -1 -1
,
,
2
2
2

50 ,

72 ,

98

E XERCISE - 6.2
1.

(i)

a8 = 28

(ii)

d=2

(iv)

n = 10

(v)

an = 3.5

2.

(i)

- 84

(ii)

22

3.

(i)

a2 = 14

(ii)

a1 = 18;

(iii)

a2 =

13
;
2

a3 = 8

(iv)

a2 = - 2;

a3 = 0;

a4 = 2;

a5 = 4

(v)

a1 = 53;

a3 = 23;

a4 = 8;

a5 = - 7

4.

16th term

5.

(i)

6.

No

34

a = 46

a3 = 8

(ii)
7.

(iii)

27

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10.

100

14.
16.

11.

128

12.

60

13.

13

AP = 4, 10, 16, ....

15.

158

- 13, - 8, - 3

17.

11

18.

13

(iii)

555

(iv)

33
13
=1
20
20

(iii)

- 8930

E XERCISE - 6.3
- 180

1.

(i)

245

2.

(i)

2093
1
= 1046
2
2

(ii)

286

3.

(i)

440

(ii)

7
d = , S13 = 273
3

(iii)

a = 4, S12 = 246

(iv)

d = 1, a10 = 22

(v)

x = 5; a5 = 37

(vi)

x = 7; a = - 8

(vii)

a=4

4.

x = 38;

5.

5610

6.

x2

7.

(i)

8.

S1 = 3;

(ii)

S38 = 6973

525

(ii)
S2 = 4;

- 465
a3 = - 1;

a2 = 1;

a10 = - 15

an = 5 - 2x
9.

4920

11.

234

10.

160, 140, 120, 100, 80, 60, 40

12.

143

(ii)

No

13.

16

14.

370

E XERCISE - 6.4
1.

(i)

No

2.

(i)

3.

(iii)

Yes

4, 12, 36, ....

(ii)

5,

(iii)

81, - 27, 9, ....

(iv)

1 1 1
,
,
, ......
64 32 16

(i)

Yes; 32, 64, 128

(ii)

Yes,

5 5
,
,...
5 25

-1 1 -1
,
,
24 48 96

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(iii)

No

(vi)
(viii)

(iv)

No

377

(v)

No

Yes; - 81, 243, - 729

(vii)

Yes;

Yes; -16, 32 2, -128

(ix)

Yes; 0.0004, 0.00004, 0.000004

1 1 1
,
,
, ......
x 2 x3 x 4

-4

E XERCISE - 6.5
1.

1 n-1
an = 3
2

(i)

1
ra = ;
2

(ii)

r = - 3;

an = 2( - 3)n-1

(iii)

r = 3;

an = 3(3)n-1

(iv)

2
r= 5;

2 n-1
an = 5
5

2.

a10 = 510;

3.

(i)

1
34

4.

(i)

5.

212

an = 5n
(ii)

-4
34

(ii)

12

(iii)

6.

9 3
, , 1, ....
4 2

7.

(ii)

4 2

(iii)

5 2

(ii)

Trepezium

E XERCISE - 7.1
1.

(i)

2.

39

3.

Points are not collinear

9.

(i)

10.

(7, 0)

11.

7 or - 5

12.

3 or - 9

13.

2 5 units

2 2

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(iv)

2 a 2 + b2

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E XERCISE - 7.2
1.

(1, 3)

2.

-5
2,
3

and

3.

2:7

4.

x=6;

y=3

5.

(3, - 10)

6.

-2 -20

7
7

7.

-3,

8.

13
1,
2

11.

(i)

3
, (-2, 3), -1,

2
,
3

-7
0,
3

9.

24 sq. units

10.

5a - b 5a + b

5
5

(ii)

10 , -5
3 3

(iii)

-2 ,
3

(ii)

32 sq. units

(iii)

3 sq. units

(ii)

K=3

(iii)

K=

5.

1500 3 sq. units

E XERCISE - 7.3
1
sq. units
2

1.

(i)

2.

(i)

K=4

3.

1 sq. unit ; 1 : 4

4.

33
sq. units
2

7
3

E XERCISE - 7.4
1.

(i)

(ii)

(v)

-25
19

(vi)

(iii)

4b
a

(iv)

-a
b

(vii)

1
7

(viii)

-1

E XERCISE - 8.1
4.

x = 5 cm and y = 2

13
cm or 2.8125 cm
16

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E XERCISE - 8.2
1.

(ii)

2.

8 cm

DE = 2.8 cm
3.

1.6 m

7.

16 m

6.

96 cm2

12.

1: 2

E XERCISE - 8.3
3.

1: 4

2 -1
1

4.

8.

3.5 cm

(iii)

Two

(v)

E XERCISE - 8.4
8.

6 7 m

9.

13 m

E XERCISE - 9.1
1.

2.

(i)

One

(ii)

Secant of a circle

(iv)

Point of contact

(v)

Infinite

PQ = 13 cm

4.

306 cm

E XERCISE - 9.2
1.

(i)

2.
5.

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

8 cm

4.

AB = 15 cm, AC = 13 cm

8 cm each

6.

2 5 cm

9.

Two

E XERCISE - 9.3
(ii)

285.5 cm2

88.368 cm2

3.

1254.96 cm2

4.

57 cm2

5.

10.5 cm2

6.

9.625 cm2

7.

102.67 cm2

8.

57 cm2

3.

264 c.c.

1.

(i)

2.

28.5 cm2

E XERCISE - 10.1
1.

5500 cm2

2.

124800 cm2 (12.48 m2)

4.

1:2

5.

4772

8.

188.57 m2

9.

37 cm

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E XERCISE - 10.2
1.

103.71 cm2

2.

1156.57 cm2

3.

220 mm2

4.

160 cm2

5.

<765.6

6.

4:4:

7.

p
a 2 5 + sq. units

374 cm2

8.

E XERCISE - 10.3
1.
3.

693 kg
88.83 cm3

2.
4.

Height of cone = 22.05 cm;

Surface area of toy = 793 cm2
616 cm3
5. 309.57 cm3

6.

150

7.

523.9 cm3

E XERCISE - 10.4
1.

2.74 cm

2.

12 cm

3.

0.714 m (71.4 cm)

4.

5m

5.

10

6.

57

7.

100

8.

224

E XERCISE - 11.1
15
;
17

cos A =

18
;
17

1.

sin A =

2.

527
168

4.

sin A =

5
;
13

tan A =

5
12

5.

sin A =

4
;
5

cos A =

3
5

7.

(i)

47
62

(ii)

8.

(i)

(ii)

(ii)

3
4 2

3.

49
cos q =
;
25

tan A =

15
8

tan q =

24
49

(iii)

111 + 8
7

E XERCISE - 11.2
1.

(i)

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-1
3

(v)

-1

2.

(i)

(ii)

3.

4.

Yes

5.

QR = 6 3 cm;

PR = 12 cm

6.

YXZ = 60;

YXZ = 30

(iii)

381

7.

It is true

E XERCISE - 11.3
1.

3.

(i)

(ii)

(iv)

(v)

6.

cos 15 + sin 25

A = 24

(iii)

E XERCISE - 11.4
1.

(i)

6.

(ii)

(iii)

8.

9.

1
p

E XERCISE - 12.1
1.

15 m

2.

6 3m

3.

4m

4.

60

5.

11.55 m

6.

4 3m

7.

4.1568 m

8.

300 m

9.

15 m

10.

12.99 cm2

E XERCISE - 12.2
1.

Height of the tower = 5 3 m;

Width of the road = 5 m

2.

32.908 m

3.

1.464 m

4.

19.124 m

5.

7.608 m

6.

10 m

7.

51.96 feets;

9.

200 m/sec.

10.

24 m

30 feets

E XERCISE - 13.1
1.

2.

(i)

(ii)

0, Impossible event

(iv)

(v)

0, 1

(i)

No

(ii)

No

(iii)

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1, Sure event

(iv)

Yes

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3.

0.95

4.

(i)

5.

0.008

6.

(i)

1
2

(ii)

(iii)

13
17

(ii)

1
2

(iii)

(iv)

b.

1
4

(ii)

15
19

1
2

E XERCISE - 13.2
1.

(i)

3
8

(ii)

5
8

2.

(i)

5
17

(ii)

4
17

3.

(i)

5
9

(ii)

17
18

4.

5
13

5.

0.35

6.

(i)

1
8

(ii)

1
2

(iii)

3
4

7.

(i)

1
26

(ii)

1
13

(iii)

1
26

(iv)

1
52

(v)

1
13

(vi)

1
52

9.

4
15

(ii)

a.

1
4

12.

(i)

1
5

(ii)

1
10

(iii)

1
5

15.

(i)

31
36

(ii)

8.

3
10

10.

(i)

11.

11
12

13.

(i)

14.

11
21

1
5

9
10

5
36

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16.
Sum on 2 dice

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 1 1 1 5 1 5 1 1 1
36 18 12 9 36 6 36 9 12 18

Probability

17.

(i)

1
2

(ii)

1
36

1
2

E XERCISE - 14.1
1.

8.1 plants. We have used direct method because numerical values of xi and fi are small.

2.

<145.20

3.

f = 20

4.

75.9

5.

22.31

6.

<211

7.

0.099 ppm

8.

49 days

9.

69.43%

E XERCISE - 14.2
1.

Mode = 36.8 years, Mean = 35.37 years, Maximum number of patients admitted in the
hospital are of the age 36.8 years (approx.), while on an average the age of a patient
admitted to the hospital is 35.37 years.

2.

65.625 hours

3.

Modal monthly expenditure = < 1847.83, Mean monthly expenditure = < 2662.5.

4.

Mode : 30.6, Mean = 29.2. Most states/U.T. have a student teacher ratio of 30.6 and
on an average, this ratio is 29.2.

5.

Mode = 4608.7 runs.

6.

Mode = 44.7 cars

E XERCISE - 14.3
1.

Median = 137 units, Mean = 137.05 units, Mode = 135.76 units.

The three measures are approximately the same in this case.

2.

x = 8, y = 7

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Median age = 35.76 years

4.

Median length = 146.75 mm

5.

Median life = 3406.98 hours

6.

Median = 8.05, Mean = 8.32, Modal size = 7.88

7.

Median weight = 56.67 kg

E XERCISE - 14.4
1.

2.

Daily income (in <)

Cumulative frequency

Less than 120

12

Less than 140

26

Less than 160

34

Less than 180

40

Less than 200

50

Draw ogive by plotting the points :

(120, 12), (140, 26), (160, 34),
(180, 40) and (200, 50)

Draw the ogive by plotting the points : (38, 0), (40, 3), (42, 5), (44, 9), (46, 14),
n
=17.5. Locate the point on the ogive whose
2
ordinate is 17.5. The x-coordinate of this point will be the median.

(48, 28), (50, 32) and (52, 35). Here

3.

Production yield (kg/ha)

Cumulative frequency

More than or equal to 50

100

More than or equal to 55

98

More than or equal to 60

90

More than or equal to 65

78

More than or equal to 70

54

More than or equal to 75

16

Now, draw the ogive by plotting the points : (50, 100), (55, 98), (60, 90), (65, 78),
(70, 54) and (75, 16).

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Note to the Teachers

Dear teachers,
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has decided to revise the curriculum of all the subjects
based on Andhra Pradesh State Curriculum Framework (APSCF-2011). The framework emphasises
that all children must learn and the mathematics learnt at school must be linked to the life and
experience of them. The NCF-2005, the position paper on Mahtematics of the NCERT and the Govt.
of Andhra Pradesh emphasise, building understanding and developing the capability, exploration and
inclination to mathematize experiences. This would become more possible at the secondary level.
We have consolidated the basic framework of mathematics in class-IX and now we are at level of
completion of secondary level of mathematics. In previous classes, we have encouraged the students
for greater abstraction and formal mathematical formulation. We made them to deal with proofs and
use mathematical language. It is important to recognise that as we go forward the language- in which
mathematical arguments and statements- are presented would become even more symbolic and
terse. It is therefore important in this class to help children become comfortable and competent in
using mathematical ideas. In class-X, we will make all such idea at level of total abstraction.
It would be important to consider all the syllabi from class-VI to X while looking at teaching
class X. The nature and extent of abstraction and use of mathematical language is gradually increasing.
The program here would also become axiomatic and children must be slowly empowered to deal with
that. One of the major difficulties children have in moving forward and learning secondary mathematics
is their inability to deal with the axiomatic nature and language of symbols. They need to have an
apportunity to learn and develop these perspectives by engaging with, as a team. Peer support in
overcoming the difficulties is critical and it would be important to put them in a group to think, discuss
and solve problems. When children will learn such things in class-X, it will be helpful for them in future
mathematical learning also.
The syllabus is based on the structural approach, laying emphasis on the discovery and
understanding of basic mathematical concepts and generalisations. The approach is to encourage
participation and discussion in classroom activities.
The syllabus in textbook of Class-X Mathematics has been divided broadly into six areas
Number System, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics and Coordinate Geometry.
Teaching of the topics related to these areas will develop the skills such as problem solving, logical
thinking, mathematical communication, representing data in various forms, using mathematics as
one of the disciplines of study and also in daily life situations.
This text book attempts to enhance this endeavor by giving higher priority and space to
opportunities for contemplations. There is a scope for discussion in small groups and activities
required for hands on experience in the form of Do this and Try this. Teachers support is needed in
setting the situations in the classroom and also for development of interest in new book.
Exercises in Do This and Try This are given extensively after completion of each concept.
The problems which are given under Do This are based on the concept taught and Try This problems

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are intended to test the skills of generalization of facts, ensuring correctness and questioning. Think,
Discuss and Write has given to understand the new concept between students in their own words.
Entire syllabus in class-X Mathematics is divided into 14 chapters with an appendix, so that
a child can go through the content well in bit wise to consolidate the logic and enjoy the learning of
mathematics. Colourful pictures, diagrams, readable font size will certainly help the children to adopt
the contents and care this book as theirs.
Chapter-1 : Real number, we are discussing about the exploration of real numbers in which
the brief account of fundamental theorem of arithmetic, rational numbers their decimal expansion
and non-terminating recurring rational numbers has given. Here we are giving some more about the
irrational numbers. In this chapter, first time we are introducing logarithms in this we are discussing
about basic laws of logarithms and their application.
Chapter-2 : Sets, this is entirely a new chapter at the level of secondary students. In old
syllabus it was there but here we are introducing it in class X. This chapter is introduced with wide
variety of examples which are dealing about the definition of sets, types of set, Venn diagrams,
operations of sets, differences between sets. In this chapter we dealt about how to develop a common
understanding of sets. How can you make set of any objects?
Chapter-3 : Polynomials, we are discussing about the fact "what are polynomials?" and
degree and value of polynomials come under it. This time we look at the graphical representation of
linear equations and quadratic equations. Here we are taking care of zeros and coefficients of a
polynomial & their relationship. We also start with cubic polynomials and division algorithm of
polynomials.
Chapter-4 : Pair of linear equations in two variables, we start the scenario with discussing
about finding of unknown quantities and use of two equations together. Solution of pair of linear
equations in two variables with the help of graphical and algebraic methods has done. Here we have
illustrated so many examples to understand the relation between coefficients and nature of system
of equations. Reduction of equation to two variable linear equation has done here.
The problem is framed in such a way to emphasis the correlation between various chapters
within the mathematics and other subjects of daily life of human being. This chapter links the ability
of finding unknown with every day experience.
Chapter-5 : Quadratic equations, states the meaning of quadratic equation and solution of
quadratic equation with the factorizations completion of squares. Nature of roots is defined here with
the use of parabola.
Chapter-6 : Progressions, we have introduced this chapter first time on secondary level. In
this chapter use are taking about arithmetic progressions and geometric progressions. How the
terms progressing arithmetically and geometrically in progressions discussed. The number of terms,
nth terms, sum of terms are stated in this chapter.
Chapter-7 : Coordinate geometry, deals with finding the distance between two points on
cartesion plane, section formula, centroid of a triangle and tsisectional points of a line. In this, we are

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also talking about area of the triangle on plane and finding it with the use of 'Heron's formula'. The
slope on straight line is also introduced here.
We are keeping three chapters (8, 9, 10) in X mathematics book and all of them are having
emphasis on learning geometry using reasoning, intuitive understanding and insightful personal
experience of meanings. If helps in communicating and solving problems and obtaining new relations
among various plane figures. In chapter 9 Tangents and Secants to a circle, we have introduced the
new terms caked tangent and secant with their properties. We also discussed about the segment
and area of that which is formed by secant. Menstruations are presented in combination of solids
and finding of their volume and area.
We are keeping two new chapters (11 & 12) at second level for the first time. The applications
of triangles are used with giving relation with the hypotenuse, perpendicular and base. These chapters
are the introduction of trigonometry which have very big role in high level studies and also in
determination of so many measurements. Applications of trigonometry are also given with brief idea
of using triangle.
Chapter-13 : Probability, is little higher level chapter than the last chapter which we have
introduced in class IX. Here we are taking about different terms of probability by using some daily life
situations.
Chapter-14 : Statistics, deals with importance of statistics, collection of statistical grouped
data, illustrative examples for finding mean, median and mode of given grouped data with different
methods. The ogives are also illustrated here again. In appendix, mathematical modeling is given
there with an idea about the models and their modeling methods.
The success of any course depends not only on the syllabus but also on the teachers and
the teaching methods they employ. It is hoped that all teachers are concerned with the improving of
mathematics education and they will extend their full co operation in this endeavour.
The production of good text books does not ensure the quality of education, unless the
teachers transact the curriculum in a way as it is discussed in the text book. The involvement and
participation of learner in doing the activities and problems with an understanding is ensured.
Students should be made to digest the concepts given in What we have discussed
completely. Teachers may prepare their own problems related to the concepts besides solving the
problems given in the exercises. So therefore it is hopped that the teachers will bring a paradigm shift
in the classroom process from mere solving the problems in the exercises routinely to the conceptual
understanding, solving of problems with ingenity.
Good luck for happy teaching

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Syllabus
I. NUMBER SYSTEM (23
(i)

PERIODS)

Real numbers (15 periods)

More about rational and irrational numbers.
Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic - Statements.
Proofs of results - irrationality of 2, 3 etc. and Decimal expansions of rational numbers

in terms of terminating / non-terminating recurring decimals and vice versa.

Properties of real numbers (after reviewing lookdone earlier and after illustrating and
motivating through examples)
Introduction of logarithms
Conversion of a number in exponential form to a logarithmic form
Properties of logarithms loga a = 1; loga 1 = 0
Laws of logarithms
log xy = log x + log y; log

(ii)

x
= log x - log y;
y

log xn = n log x

Standard base of logarithm and use of logarithms in daily life situations (not meant for
examination)

Sets (8 periods)

Sets and their representations

Empty set, Finite and infinite sets, universal set
Equal sets, subsets, subsets of set of real numbers (especially intervals and notations)
Venn diagrams and cardinality of sets
Basic set operations - union and intersection of sets
Disjoint sets, difference of sets

II. ALGEBRA (46 PERIODS)

(i)

(ii)

Polynomials (8 periods)
Zeroes of a polynomial
Geometrical meaning of zeroes of linear, quadratic and cubic polynomials using graphs.
Relationship between zeroes and coefficients of a polynomial.
Simple problems on division algorithm for polynomials with integral coefficients
Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables (15 periods)
Forming a linear equation in two variables through illustrated examples.
Graphical representation of a pair of linear equations of different possibilities of solutions

(iii)

/ in consistency.
Algebraic conditions for number of solutions
Solution of pair of linear equations in two variables algebraically - by Substitution, by
elimination.
Simple and daily life problems on equations reducible to linear equations.

Quadratic Equations (12 periods)

Standard form of a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, a 0.
Solutions of quadratic equations (only real roots) by factorisation and by completing the
square i.e. by using quadratic formula.

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Relationship between discribmenant and nature of roots.

Problems related to day-to-day activities.
Progressions (11 periods)
Definition of Arithmetic progression (A.P)
Finding nth term and sum of first nterms of A.P.
Geometric progression (G.P.)
Find nth term of G.P.

III. GEOMETRY (33 PERIODS)

(i)

Similar Triangles (18 periods)

Similarly figures difference between congruency and similarity.
Properties of similar triangles.
(Prove) If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides

(ii)

in distinct points, the other twosides are divided in the same ratio.
(Motivate) If a line divides two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, then the line is
parallel to the third side.
(Motivate) If in two triangles, the corresponding angles are equal, their corresponding
sides are proportional and the triangles are similar (AAA).
(Motivate) If the corresponding sides of two triangles are proportional, their corresponding
angles are equal and the two triangles are similar (SSS).
(Motivate) If one angle of a triangle is equal to one angle of another triangle and the sides
including these angles are proportional, the two triangles are similar (SAS).
(Prove) The ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio of the squares
on their corresponding sides.
(Motivate) If a perpendicular is drawn from the vertex of the right angle to the hypotenuse,
the triangles on each side of the perpendicular are similar to the whole triangle and to
each other.
(Prove) In a right triangle, the square on the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the
squares on the other two sides.
(Prove) In a triangle, if the square on one side is equal to sum of the squares on the other
sides, the angles opposite to the first side is a right triangle.
(Construction) Division of a line segment using Basic proportionality Theorem.
(Construction) A triangle similar to a given triangle as per given scale factor.

Tangents and secants to a circle (15 periods)

Difference between tangent and secant to a circle
Tangents to a circle motivated by chords drawn from points coming closer and closer to

the point
(Prove) The tangent at any point on a circle is perpendicular to the radius through the
point contact.
(Prove) The lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.
(Construction) A tangent to a circle through a point given on it.
(Construction) Pair of tangents to a circle from an external point.
Segment of a circle made by the secant.
Finding the area of minor/major segment of a circle.

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IV.

Class-X Mathematics

COORDINATE GEOMETRY

Review the concepts of coordinate geometry by the graphs of linear equations.

Distance between two points P(x1, y1) and Q(x2, y2)

PQ =

( x2 x1 ) 2 ( y2 y1 )2

Section formula (internal division of a line segment in the ratio m : n).

Area of triangle on coordinate plane.
Slope of a line joining two points

V.

TRIGONOMETRY (23

(i)

Trigonometry (15 periods)

Trigonometric ratios of an actute angle of a right angled triangle i.e. sine, cosine, tangent,

(ii)

PERIODS)

cosecant, secant and cotangent.

Values of trigonometric ratios of 30o, 45o and 60o (with proofs).
Relationship between the ratios and trigonometric ratios for complementary angles.
Trigonometric Identities.
(i) sin2 A + cos2 A = 1, (ii) 1 + tan2 A = sec2 A, (iii) cot2 A + 1 = cosec2 A

Applications of Trigonometry (8 periods)

Angle of elevation, angle of depression.
Simple and daily life problems on heights and distomces
Problems involving not more than two right triangles and angles of elevation / depression
confined to 30o, 45o and 60o.

VI.

MENSURATION (10 PERIODS)

(i)

Surface Areas and Volumes

Problems on finding surface area and volumes of combinations of any two of the following

i.e. cubes, cubiods, right cicular cylinders, cones spheres and hemispheres.
Problems involving converting one type of mettalic solid into anothers and finding volumes
and other mixed problems involving not more than two different solids.

VII. DATA HANDLING (25 PERIODS)

(i)

Statistics

Revision of mean, median and mode of ungrouped (frequency distribution) data.

Understanding the concept of Arithmetic mean, median and mode for grouped (classified)
data.
Simple problems on finding mean, median and mode for grouped/ungrouped data with
different methods.
Usage and different values of central tendencies through ogives.

(ii)
Probability (10 periods)
Revision of concept and definition of probability.
Simple problems (day to day life situation) on single events using set notation.
Concept of complimentary events.
APPENDIX
Mathematical Modeling (8 periods)
Concept of Mathematical modelling
Discussion of broad stages of modelling-real life situations (Simple interest, Fair
installments payments etc. ....)

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Academic Standards -

High School

Academic Standards : Academic standards are clear statements about what students
must know and be able to do. The following are categories on the basis of which we lay
down academic standards.
Areas of Mathematics
1. Problem Solving

Content
Using concepts and procedures to solve mathematical
problems like following:
a. Kinds of problems :
Problems can take various forms- puzzles, word
problems, pictorial problems, procedural problems,
reading data, tables, graphs etc.
Reads problems.
Identifies all pieces of information/data.
Separates relevant pieces of information.
Understanding what concept is involved.
Recalling of (synthesis of) concerned procedures,
formulae etc.
Selection of procedure.
Solving the problem.
Verification of answers of raiders, problem based
theorems.
b. Complexity :
The complexity of a problem is dependent on Making connections( as defined in the connections
section).
Number of steps.
Number of operations.
Context unraveling.
Nature of procedures.

2. Reasoning Proof

Reasoning between various steps (involved invariably

conjuncture).
Understanding and making
generalizations and conjectures

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Understands and justifies procedures
Examining logical arguments.
Understanding the notion of proof
Uses inductive and deductive logic
Testing mathematical conjectures

3. Communication

Writing and reading, expressing mathematical

notations (verbal and symbolic forms)
Example :

3+4=7
n1+n2= n2+n1
Sum of angles in triangle = 180

Creating mathematical expressions

4. Connections

Connecting concepts within a mathematical domainfor example relating adding to multiplication, parts of
a whole to a ratio, to division. Patterns and symmetry,
measurements and space.
Making connections with daily life.
Connecting mathematics to different subjects.
Connecting concepts of different mathematical
domains like data handling and arithmetic or arithmetic
and space.
Connecting concepts to multiple procedures.

5. Visualization &
Representation

Interprets and reads data in a table, number line,

pictograph, bar graph, 2-D figures, 3- D figures,
pictures.
Making tables, number line, pictograph, bar graph,
pictures.
Mathematical symbols and figures.

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