Worksheet - 4 X - Class

WORKSHEET - 4
Class : X Subject : Mathematics
Topic : Quadratic Equations

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS - CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY - 1:
Raj and Ajay are very close friends. Both the families decide to go to Ranikhet by their own cars.
Raj’s car travels at a speed of x km/h while Ajay’s car travels 5 km/h faster than Raj’s car. Raj took
4 hours more than Ajay to complete the journey of 400 km.

1. What will be the distance covered by Ajay’s car in two hours? [ ]

a) 2(x +5) km b) (x – 5) km c) 2( x + 10) km d) (2x + 5) km
2. Which of the following quadratic equation describe the speed of Raj’s car? [ ]
a) x2 – 5x – 500 = 0 b) x2 + 4x – 400 = 0
c) x2 + 5x – 500 = 0 d) x2 – 4x + 400 = 0
3. What is the speed of Raj’s car? [ ]
a) 20 km/hour b) 15 km/hour c) 25 km/hour d) 10 km/hour
4. How much time took Ajay to travel 400 km? [ ]
a) 20 hour b) 40 hour c) 25 hour d) 16 hour
Answers
1. a) 2(x + 5)km
2. c) 25km/hour
3. a) 20km/hour
4. d) 16 hour

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CASE STUDY - 2:
The speed of a motor boat is 20 km/hr. For covering the distance of 15 km the boat took 1 hour
more for upstream than downstream.

1. Let speed of the stream be x km/hr. then speed of the motorboat in upstream will be [ ]
a) 20 km/hr b) (20 + x) km/hr c) (20 - x) km/hr d) 2 km/hr
2. What is the relation between speed ,distance and time? [ ]
a) speed = (distance)/time b) distance = (speed)/time
c) time = speed × distance d) speed = distance × time
3. Which is the correct quadratic equation for the speed of the current ? [ ]
a) x2 + 30x – 200 = 0 b) x2 + 20x – 400 = 0
c) x2 + 30x – 400 = 0 d) x2 – 20x – 400 = 0
4. What is the speed of current ? [ ]
a) 20 km/hour b) 10 km/hour c) 15 km/hour d) 25 km/hour
5. How much time boat took in downstream? [ ]
a) 90 minute b) 15 minute c) 30 minute d) 45 minute
Answers
1. c) (20 – x)km/hr
2. b) distance=(speed)/ time
3. c) x 2 + 30x – 400= 0
4. b) 10 km/hour
5. c) 45 minute

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Determine, if 3 is a root of the equation given below : x 2 − 4 x + 3 + x 2 − 9 = 4 x 2 − 14 x + 16 .

2. Solve the following quadratic equations by factorization method :
i) x2 + 3x – (a2 + a – 2) = 0 ii) a2b2x2 + b2x – a2x – 1 = 0
3. If p, q, r are real and p ≠ q , then show that the roots of the equation (p – q)x2 + 5(p + q)x – 2(p – q) =
0 are real and unequal.
4. If p, q, r and s are real numbers such that pr = 2(q + s), then show that at least one of the equations
x2 + px + q = 0 and x2 + rx + s = 0 has real roots.
5. If the roots of the equation x2 + 2cx + ab = 0 are real unequal, prove that the equation x2 – 2(a + b)x
+ a2 + b2 + 2c2 = 0 has no real roots.

6. Prove that the equation x2(a2 + b2) + 2x(ac + bd) + (c2 + d2) = 0 has no real root, if ad ≠ bc .

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7. If the roots of the equation (b – c)x2 + (c – a)x + (a – b) = 0 are equal, then prove that 2b = a + c.
8. If the equation (1 + m2)x2 + 2mcx + (c2 – a2) = 0 has equal roots, prove that c2 = a2(1 + m2).
9. A plane left 30 minutes late than its scheduled time and in order to reach the destination 1500km
away in time, it had to increase its speed by 100 km/h from the usual speed. Find the usual speed.
10. A pole has to be erected at a point on the boundary of a circular park of diameter 13m in such
away that the difference of its distances from two diametrically opposite fixed gates A and B on
the boundary is 7m. Is it possible to do so ? If yes, at what distances from the two gates should the
pole be erected ?
11. A shopkeeper buys a number of books for <80. If he had bought 4 more books for the same
amount, each book would have cost <1 less. How many books did he buy ?
12. A motorboat whose speed in still water is 9 km/h, goes 15 km downstream and comes back to the
same spot, in a total time of 3 hours 45 minutes. Find the speed of the stream.
13. A motor boat whose speed is 18km/hr in still water takes 1hr more to go 24km upstream than to
return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
14. A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 63km and then travels at a distance of
72km at an average speed of 6 km/hr more than its original speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete
total journey, what is the original average speed ?

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15. Two taps running together can fill a tank in 3 hours. If one tap takes 3 hours more than the other
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to fill the tank, then how much time will each tap take to fill the tank?
16. A train covers a distance of 300 km at a uniform speed. If the speed of the train is increased by
5 km/ hour, it takes 2 hours less in the journey. Find the original speed of the train.
17. A takes 6 days less than B to do a work. If both A and B working together can do it in 4 days, how
many days will B take to finish it ?
18. A motor boat whose speed is 24 km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 32 km upstream than
to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.

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19. Two pipes running together can fill a tank in 11 minutes. If one pipe takes 5 minutes more than
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the other to fill the tank separately, find the time in which each pipe would fill the tank separately.
20. The diagonal of a rectangular field is 16 metres more than the shorter side. If the longer side is 14
metres more than the shorter side, then find the lengths of the sides of the field.
21. A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 54km and then travels a distance of
63km at an average speed of 6km/h more than the first speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete the
total journey, what is its first speed?
22. Is the following situation possible ? If so, determine their present ages. “The sum of the ages of
two friends is 20 years. Four years ago, the product of their ages in years was 48.”
23. If 1 is a root of the quadratic equation 3x2 + ax – 2 = 0 and the quadratic equation a (x2 + 6x) – b = 0
has equal roots, find the value of b.
24. Swati can row her boat at a speed of 5km/hr in still water. If it takes her 1 hour more to row the
boat 5.25 km upstream than to return downstream, find the speed of the stream.
25. 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.
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26. Determine the positive values of p for which the equation x2 + 2px + 64 = 0 and x2 – 8x + 2p = 0
will both have real roots.
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27. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 2 hrs. The tap of smaller diameter takes 2 hours more
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than the larger one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can separately fill the
tank ?
28. A dealer sells a toy for <24 and gains as much percent as the cost price of the toy.
i) Find the cost price of the toy?
ii) Which mathematical concept is used in the above problem?
29. Had Ajita scored 10 more marks in her mathematics test out of 30 marks, 9 times these marks
would have been the square of her actual marks. How many marks did she get in the test ?
30. Find a natural number whose square diminished by 84 is equal to thrice of 8 more than the given
number.
31. A natural number, when increased by 12, equals 160 times its reciprocal. Find the number.
32. In the centre of a rectangular lawn of dimensions 50m × 40m , a rectangular pond has to be
constructed so that the area of the grass surrounding the pond would be 1184 m2 [see figure ]. Find
the length and breadth of the pond.
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33. An old lady while boarding a plane got hurt and the captain immediately called for the medical
aid. Thus the plane left with the lady, 30 minutes later than the scheduled time. Then in order to
reach its destination 1500 km away in time, it has to increase its speed by 250 km/h from its usual
speed. Find the usual speed of the plane.
34. A shopkeeper buys a number of books for Rs 1200. If he had bought 10 more books for the same
amount, each book would have cost is Rs 20 less. How many books did he buy ?
35. Two trains travel a railway station at the same time. The first train travels due west and the second
train due north. The first train travels 5 km/ hr faster than the second train. If after two hours, they
are 50km apart, find the average speed of each train.
36. A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 63 km and then travels a distance of
72km at an average speed of 6 km/h more than its original speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete the
total journey, what is its original average speed ?
37. If Zebra were younger by 5 years than what she really is, then the square of her age (in years)
would have been 11 more than five times her actual age. What is her age now ?
38. At present Asha's age (in years) is 2 more than the square of her daughter Nisha's age. When
Nisha grows to her mother's present age, Asha's age would be one year less than10 times the
present age of Nisha. Find the present ages of both Asha and Nisha.
39. At 't' minutes past 2 pm, the time needed by the minutes hand of a clock to show 3 pm was found
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to be 3 minutes less than minutes. Find 't'.

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