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Linear equations in two variables

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 Assignment 05
Linear Equations in two Variables

1. Show that x = 1 , y = -1 and x = -1 , y = -2 are solutions of the equation x - 2y = 3

2. Show that x = 3, y = -4 and x = 0 and y = 2 are solutions of the equation 2x + y = 2
3. Express y in terms f x in the equation 2x + 3y = 17. Check whether x = 4, y = 3 is a
solution of the equation 2x + 3y = 17. Also, find the point where the line represented
by 2x + 3y = 17 cuts the y-axis.
4. If 3x + 7y = 14, express y in terms of x. Check whether ( 3, -2) is a point on the given
line.
5. Express x in terms of y for the equation 4x - y + 7 = 0. Find the pont where the line
4x - y + 7 = 0 cuts x-axis.
6. Show that x = 3, y = 1 is a solution of system of linear equations x - 2y = 1 and
x+y=4
7. Draw the graph of the system of equations x + y = 5 and 2x - y + 2 = 0. Shade the
region bounded by these lines and x-axis.
8. Draw the graphs of x + 2y - 7 = 0 and 2x - y - 4 = 0. Shade the region bounded by
the two lines and x-axis.
9. Draw the graphs of 2x - y = 1 and x + 2y = 13. Find the coordinaes of the vertices of
the triangle formed by the two lines and the y-axis.
10. Find graphically, the vertices of the triangle fromed by x axis and the lines :
2x - y + 8 = 0 and 8x + 3y - 24 = 0.
11. Use a single graph paper and draw the graphs of the following equations 2y - x = 8;
5y - x = 14 and y - 2x = 1. Obtain the vertices of the riangle so obtained.
12. Determine the vertices of the triangle formed by the lines representing the equations
x + y =5, x - y = 5 and x = 0
13. For what value (s) of ‘a’ the system of given linear equations has a unique solution.
ax + 3y = a - 3 and 12x + ay = a
14. Find the value(s) of k for which the following system of equations has a
unique solution x - 2y = 3; 3x + ky = 1
15. Determine the value of a for which the following system of linear equations has an
infinite number of solutions.
ax + 3y = a - 3; 12a + ay = a

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16. Determine the value of k for which the following system of equations has infinite solutions.
9x + 3y = 5k and 6x + 2y = 3
17. Given below are three equations. Two of them have infinite solutions and two have a unique
solution. State the pairs
3x - 2y = 4, 6x + 2y = 4 and 9x - 6y = 12
18. Find the values of a and b, for which the following system of linear equations has an infinite
number of solutions
(a+b)x - 2by = 5a + 2b +1 and 3x - y = 14
19. Determine the value of k so that the following linear equations has no solution
3x - 4y + 7 = 0 and kx + 3y - 5 = 0
20. Find the value of k for which the system of linear equations has no solutions
2x + ky = 1 and 3x - 5y = 7
21. For what value of k the equations 2x + y - 5 = 0 and 6c + 3y + k = 0 represent coincident lines.
22. For what value of k will the equations 2x - y + 8 = 0 and 4x - ky + 16 = 0 represent coincident lines?
23. For what value of k, will the equations 3x + 4y + 2 = 0 and 9x + 12y + k = 0 represent coincident
lines?
24. For what value of k, the following system of equations will be inconsistent?
2x + 3y = 8 and 3x - ky = 4
25. For what value of k, the following equations are inconsistent?
x - 4y = 6 and 3x + ky = 5
26. Find the value of k for whaich the system of equations 5x + 6y = 0 and kx + 24y = 0 has non zero
solution.
27. Determine the value of k, for which the following system of equations becomes dependent
7x - y = 5 and 21 x - 3y = k
28. For what value of k, the system of equations kx - 3y + 8 = 0 and 4x - 6y + 15 = 0 represent parallel
lines.
29. Solve the following system of equations either by method of substitution or by method of
equalising coefficients
a) 2x + 3y = 9 and 3x + 4y = 5
b) 99x + 101y = 499 and 101x + 99y = 501
c) 37 + 41 y = 70 and 41x + 37y = 86
d) 6x + 3y = 8x + 9y -5 = 10x + 12y - 8
30 If the sum of the two numbers is divided by 3, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 1. If the
difference ot these two numbers is divided by 2, the quotient is 2 and the remainder is 1. Find the
two numbers.
31. The number 50 is divided into two parts such that the sum of the reciprocals of these parts is 1/12.
Find the two parts.

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32. If three times the larger of the two numbers is divided by the smaller, then the quotient is 4 and
remainder is 5. If 6 times the smaller is divided by the larger, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is
2. find the numbers.
33. The number 50 is divided into tw parts such that the sum of the reciprocals of thes parts is 1/12.
Find the two parts.
34. Two audio cassettes and three video cassetes cost Rs 680. Also, three audio cassettes and two video
cassettes cost Rs 620. Find the price of an audio cassette and that of a video cassette.
35. 2 tables and 3 chairs together cost Rs 2000; whereas 3 tables and 2 chairs together cost Rs 2500.
Find the tota cost of 5 chairs and 1 table.
36. If 1 is added to each of the given two numbers, then their rati is 1:2. If 5 is subtracted from each of
the numbers, then their ratio is 5 : 11. find the numbers.
37. In an examination the ratio of passes to failures was 4 : 1. Had 30 less appeared and 20 less passed,
the ratio of passes to failures would have been 5 : 1. How many students appeared in the
examinaion?
38. If two liquids are mixed in ratio 3 : 2, a mixture is obtained weighing 1.04 g per cc, while if they are
mixed in the ratio 5 : 3, the resulting mixtures weighs 1.05 g per cc. Find the weight of the cc of each
of the original mixture.
39. If we add 5 to the denominator and subtract 5 from the numerator of a fraction, it reduces to 1/7. If
we subtract 3 from the numerator and add 3 to its denominator, it reduces to 1/3. Find the fraction.
40. The numerator of a fraction is 4 less than its denominator. If the numerator is decreased by 2 and
the denominator is increased by 1, then denominator is eight times the numerator. Find the
fraction.
41. If the numerator of a fraction is multiplied by 2 and the denominator is reduced by 5, the fraction
becomes 6/5. And if the denominator is doubled and the numerator is increased by 8, the fraction
becomes 2/5. Find the fraction.
42. If the denominator of a fraction is added to its numerator and the numerator subtracted from the
denominator, the fraction becomes 11/3. Determine the fraction if its denominator is 3 more than
the numerator.
43. Out of 940 km journey, a part of the journey was covered by a motor car at a speed of 72 km per
hour. the remaining part of the journey was covered by train at a speed of 84 km per hour. If the
total distance was covered in 12 hours, find the disance travelled by the train and the time taken by
it to cover that distance.
44. A man travels 600 km partly by train and partly by car. If he covers 400 km by train and the rest by
car, it takes him 6 hours and 30 minutes. But if he travels 200 km by train and the rest by car,
he takes half an hour longer. Find the speed of the train and that of the car.

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45. Ramesh travels 760 km to his home partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8 hours, if he travels
160 km by train and rest by car. He takes 12 minutes more if he travels 240 km by train and the rest
by car. find the speed of train and car separaely.

46. Ved Prakash 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 the remaining distance by car. If he travels 200 km by train and
the remaining distance by car he takes 20 minutes longer. Find the speed of the train and the
car separately.
47. A man starts his job with a certain monthly salary and earns a fixed increment every year. If his
salary was Rs 1500 after 4 years of service and Rs 1800 after 10 years of service, what was his
starting salary and what is the annual increment?
48. A part of monthly expenses of a family is constant and the remaining varies with the price of wheat.
When the rate of wheat is Rs 250 a quintal, the total monthly expenses of the family are Rs 1000 and
when it is Rs 240 quintal, the toal montly expenses are Rs 980. find the total monthly expenses of
the family when the cost of wheat is Rs 360 a quintal.
49. Ram is three times as old as Rahim. Five years later, Ram will be two and a half times as old as Ra
him. How old are Ram and Rahim now?
50 The age of father is four times the age of his son. 5 years hence the age of father will be three times
the age of his son. find their present ages.
51. Two years ago, afather was five times as old as his son. Two years later, his age will be 8 more than
three times the age of the son. Find their present ages.
52. Ten years ago, the sum of the ages of two sons was one third of their father’s age, On son is two
years older than the other and the sum of their present ages is 14 years less than the fatherr’s present
age of the father. Fidn the age of father.
53. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 10. If the order of the digits is reversed, the number is
decresed by 54. Find the number.
54. The two digit number is seven times the sum of its digits. the number formed by reversing the digits
is 18 less than the original number. Find the number.
55. The sum of the digits of two digit number is 8 and the difference between the number and that ob
tained by reversing the digits is 18. find the number.
56. If the length and the breadth of a room are increased by 1 m each, the area is increased by 21 sq m.
If the length is increased by 1 m and the breadth is decreased by 1 m , the area is decreased by
5 sq m. Find the perimeter of the room.
57. A and B each has some money . If A gives Rs 50 to B, then B will have twice the money left with
A. But if B gives Rs 20 to A, then A will have thrice as much as is left with B. How much money
does each have?

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58. A amn wished to give Rs 12 to each person and found that he fell short of Rs 6 when he wanted
to give to all the persons present. He therefore distributed Rs 9 to each person and found that Rs
were left over. How much money did he have and how many persons were there?
59. There are lotus flowers in a lake. If one betterfly sits on each flower, one buerrfly is left behind. If
two butterflies sit on each flower, one flower is left behind. What is the number of flowers ? What is
the number of butterflies?
60. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours it can go 40 km up
stream and 55 km downstream. Determine the speed of the stream and of the boat in still water.
61. A rail way half ticket costs half the full fare and the reservation charge is same on half-ticket as on
full ticket. One reserved first class ticket from Bombay to Ahmedabad coss Rs 216 and one full and
one half reserved first class tickets cost Rs 327. What is the basic first class full fare and what is the
reservation charge?
62. On selling a tea set at 5% loss and a lemon set at 15% gain, a crockery seller gains Rs 7. If he sells
the tea set at 5% gain and lemon set at 10% gain, he gains Rs 13. Find the actual price of the tea set.
63. Places A and B are 80 km apart from each othe on a highway. A car starts from A and another
from B at the same time. If they move in the same direction, they meet in 8 hours and if they move
in opposite directions, they meet in 1 hour and 20 minutes. Find the speeds of the cars.
64. A jeweller has bars of 18 carat gold and 12 carat gold. How much of each must be melted together
to obtain a bar of 16 carat gold, weighing 120 gm ? it is given that pure gold is 24 carat.
65. A 90% acid solution is mixed with a 97% acid solution to obtain 21 litres of a 96% solution. Find
the quantity of each of the solutions to get the resultant mixture.
66. Taxi charges in a city comprise of a fixed charges togetherr with the charges for distance covered.
For a journey of 10 km the charges paid are Rs 75 and for a journey of 15 km the charges paid are
Rs 110. What will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 25 km?
67. Points A and B are 90 km apart from each other on a highway. A car starts from A and another
from B at the same time. If they move in the same direction, they meet in 8 hours and if they move
in opposite directions, they meet in 1 hour and 20 min. find the speeds of the cars.
68. A cyclist after riding a certain distance stopped for half an hour to repair his machine after which
he completes the whole journey of 30 km at half speed in 5 hours. If the breakdown has oc
curred 10 km at further off, he would have done the whole journey in 4 hours. find
where the breakdown occurred and his original speed.
69. After covering a distance of 30 km with a uniform speed there is some defect in a train engine and
therefore, its speed is reduced to 4/5 of its original speed. consequently the train reaches its
destination late by 45 minutes. Had it happened after covering 18 kim more, the train the
train would have reached 9 minutes earlier. Find the speed of the train and the length of the
journey.

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