POLYNOMIALS

1. If the sum of the zeros of the polynomial f(x)=(k 2–14)x2-2x–12 is 1, then what is the value of
k?
2. If one zero of the polynomial x 2–4x+1 is 2+ 3 , find the other zero.
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3. If one of the zeros of the polynomal 6x 2–mx+35 is , find the value of m.
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4. If  and  are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x)=x2-5x+6. Find the value of 2  2 .
 
5. If and are zeroes of f(x)=x2–6x+k, find k such that 2+ 2=40.
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6. If and –3 are the zeroes of the polynomial ax2+7x+b, then find the values of a and b.
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7. If ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial p(x)=x 2-p(x+1)-c such that (  1)(  1)  0 . What is
the value of c?
8. Quadratic polynomial 2x2–5x+7 has zeroes as  and . Find a quadratic polynomial whose
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zeroes are and .
2   2  
9. If  and  are the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial such that  +  = 24 and  -  =8. Find
the quadratic polynomial having  and  as its zeroes.
10. Find the zeroes of polynomial 8x 2-21-22x and verify the relationship between the zeroes
and the coefficients of the polynomial.
11. If 1 is a zero of the polynomialp(x)=ax 2-3(a-1)x-1, then find the value of a.
12. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are (4+ 3 ) and (2– 3 ).
Case Study
12. An asana is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation poses,
and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of pose or
position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing poses. In the figure,
one can observe that poses can be related to representation of quadratic polynomial.

(i) What is the shape of the poses shown?

(ii) In the graph, how many zeroes are there for the polynomial?
(iii) Find the quadratic polynomial represented by the above graph.
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PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES
1. Solve for x and y :
x3 y2
i. – 1
2 7
x2 y3
ii.  1
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iii. 152x - 378y = -74 and -378x + 152y = -604.
2. If 3x + 4y = 4 and 5x –3y = 26, find the value of x + 2y.
3. i. Find the value of k for which the system of equations :
2x+3y=2, (k+2)x + (2k+1)y = 2 (k–1) has infinitely many solutions.
ii. For what value of k, the system of equations : (3k+1)x+3y=2; (k 2+1)x+(k–2)y=5
represents parallel lines?
iii. For which value of k, the given pair of linear equations 4x+ky + 5 = 0 and 2x+3y+7 = 0
has exactly one solution.
4. Raman travels 800 km partly by train and rest by car. He takes 17 hrs, if he travels 600 km
by train and the rest by car. He takes 12 minutes more if he travels 560 km by train and rest
by car. Find the speed of train and car.
5. Ten years ago, the sum of the ages of two sons was one third of their father's age. One son
is two years older than the other and sum of their present ages is 14 years less than the
father's present age. Find the present ages of all.
6. 4 men and 6 boys can do a work in 20 days, while 3 men and 4 boys can do it in 28 days.
Find the time taken by one man and one boy to finish the job separately.
7. Students are made to stand in rows. If one student is extra in a row there would be 2 rows
less. If one student isless in a row there would be 3 rows more. Find the number of students
in the class.
8. If we add 1 to the denominator and subtract 2 from the numerator of a fraction, it reduces to
1
. However if we subtract 4 from the numerator and add 9 to the denominator, it reduces to
3
1
. Find the fraction.
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9. The sum of a two digit number and the number formed by interchanging its digits is 110. If
10 is subtracted from the first number, the new no. is 4 more than 5 times the sum of the
digits in the first number. Find the first number.
10. Draw the graphs of x–y+1=0 and 3x+2y–12=0. Determine the coordinates of the vertices of
the triangle formed by these lines and x-axis and shade the triangular area.
Case Study
11. Aman is planning to buy a house and the layout is given below. The design and the
measurement has been made such that areas of two bedrooms and kitchen together is 95
sq.m.

(i) Form the pair of linear equations in two variables from this situation.
(ii) Find the length of the outer boundary of the layout 3.
(iii)Find the area of each bedroom and kitchen in the layout.
Or
Find the area of living room in the layout.
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INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRY
1. Prove the following :
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a. Sin2 A  1
1  tan2 A
b. Sin4  (1–Sin4  )–2tan2  =1
c. (1  cot  – cos ec) (1  tan   sec )  2
2. If Sin  + Cos  = 2 Cos  , show that Cos  –Sin  = 2 Sin  .
a a sin  – b cos  a2 – b2
=
3. If tan= b ; prove that a sin   b cos  a2  b2 .

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4. If tanA + = 2, then prove that cot 2 A + tan2A= 2
tan A

1 – cos 
5. Prove the identity: (cosec  - cot  )2 =
1  cos 

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6. If cot  =
8

4Cot  5Sec  8Co sec 

Evaluate : 4
5 tan   Cot  17Sin
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7. If sec  =x+ , prove that sec  +tan  =2x or .
4x 2x

 1 
2
 1 
2
 1  sin 2  
 tan      tan  –   2 
8. Prove that
 cos    cos    1 – sin 2   .
 
9 Prove geometrically the value of trigonometric ratios of sin 60° & tan 45°
10. Prove that
a. sin2 + cos2=1, for any acute angle 
b. Cos 900= 4 Sin2600+3 tan2 300–8 sin 450 cos450

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11. If x tan2 60°+3sin2 60° – tan2 30° = 6, find x.
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x y x y x 2 y2
12. If cos   sin   1 and sin  – cos   1 prove that 2  2  1
a b a b a b

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Case Study
13. In the given figure, ABC, ADE, and AQP are three right triangles.

i. The value of sin A is the greatest for triangle PQA. Do you agree? Justify your answer.
ii. ABC is an isosceles right triangle, right-angled at B. What is the value of 2sin A cos A?
iii. In the isosceles triangle ABC, BD is the altitude and  ABC = 120°. What is the
value of cosC?

TRIANGLES
1 1 1
1. In fig. AB II PQ II CD, AB = x units, CD = y units and PQ = z units prove that + = .
x y z
A
C
Q
x
Y
Z
B P D
2. In  ABC he on the same ride of bare BC. From a point P on BC, PQ II AB and PR II BD are
drawn. Prove that QR II AD
3. State and Prove Basic Proportionality theorem

A D

Q
R

B P C
4. In the given figure, AB || DC. Find the value of x.

D C

3
5
x-
O
9 x-
-1 3
3x

A B

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5. In given figure, AB || DE and BD|| EF. Prove that DC 2=CF×AC

D E

A B

6. A vertical pole of length 6 m casts a shadow 4 m long on the ground and at the same time a
tower casts a shadow 28 m long. Find the height of the tower.
7. In a trapezium, show that any line drawn parallel to parallel sides of trapezium divides the
non-parallel sides proportionally.
8. Answer the following questions based on similarity of the triangles:
a. Define AAA similarity criterion of two triangles.
b. Two triangles are similar,is it true to say that they are congruent also? Justify it.
c. D is a point on the side BC of triangle ABCsuch that  ADC =  BAC.
Prove that
CA2 =CB× CD
9. In given figure, P is the mid-point of BC and Q is the mid-point of AP. If BQ when produced
meets AC at R, Prove that RA= 1/3 CA.

Case Study
11. Some concrete water towers have been built to supply water to the localities nearby. They
are usually mounted with a cylindrical tank. A water tower for a locality is 40 m high.

i. The water tower cast a shadow of 25 m. At the same time, a tree near it casts a
shadow of 5 m. What is the height of the tree?
ii. A scale model of the water tower of 100 cm height is created. The height of its pillars is

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 75 cm each. What is the height of a pillar (in m) in the actual water tower?
iii. Dharmendra made a scale model of a water tower for another locality. The radius of
the reservoir in the model is 6 cm and its volume is 216 cm 3. The radius of the actual
water reservoir is 2.5 m. What is its volume?
STATISTICS
1. If Mode of data 64, 60, 48, x, 43, 48, 43, 34 is 43 then x+3 is
2. If the class marks of a continuous frequency distribution are 22, 30, 38, 46, 54, 62 then find
the class corresponding to the class mark 46.
3. The median and mode of a distribution are 21.2 and 21.4 respectively. Find its mean.
For the following distribution, find the median class and the modal class

Marks 0–9 10–19 20–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69 70–79 80–89 90–99

No of Students 2 5 7 8 11 12 9 7 5 4

4. Find the mean age in years from a frequency distribution given below :

Class Interval of
15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 Total
Age (in years)

Frequency 3 13 21 15 5 4 2 63

5. The following distribution shows the daily pocket allowance of children of a locality. The
mean daily pocket allowance is Rs. 36.10. Find the missing frequency f.
Daily pocket
20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55
allowance (in Rs.)
Number of children 7 6 9 13 f 5 4

6. The mean of the following frequency table is 50. But the frequencies f 1 and f2 in classes 20-
40 and 60-80 are missing. Find the missing frequencies.

Cla ss Inte rva l 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Total

Fi 17 f1 32 f2 19 120

7. 250 apples of a box were weighed and distribution of the masses of the apples is given
below in the following table. Find the mode.

Mass (in grams) 80-100 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180

No. of apples 20 60 70 X 60

8. Find the median of the following data :

Class 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100

Frequency 4 5 6 9 11 12 8 5

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9. The median of the following data is 50. Find the values of 'p' and 'q', if the sum of all frequencies
is 90.

Mark s obtained 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90

No. of students p 15 25 20 q 8 10

10. Compute the mode for the following data.

Marks Obtained No. of Students
Less than 10 12
Less than 20 19
Less than 30 35
Less than 40 47
Less than 50 66
Less than 60 76
Less than 70 90
Less than 80 100
11. Transport department of Jaipur wants to buy some Electric buses for the city. For which
they want to analyze the distance travelled by existing public transport buses in a day.

The following data shows the distance travelled by 60 existing public transport buses in a
day.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

a. Find the median class of daily distance travelled?
b. What is the cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class?
c. Find the median of the distance travelled.
d. Find the average distance travelled by bus in a day.

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CIRCLES
1. In figure if O is centre of a circle, PQ is a chord and the tangent PR at P makes an angle of
50° with PQ, then angle POQ is equal to

2. Prove that the line segment joining the point of contact of two parallel tangents to the circle
is diameter of the circle.
3. From a point A, the length of the tangent to a circle is 24cm and the distance of A from the
centre is 26cm. What will be the radius of the circle?
4. If a hexagon ABCDEF circumscribe a circle. Prove that :
AB + CD + EF = BC + DE + FA.
5. In the given figure, AB is tangent to a circle with centre O and radius 75 cm. If PQ is parallel
to OA and  ABO = 30°, then find AP + PQ.

6. In figure, two equal circles, with centre O and O ', touch each other at X. OO ' produced,
meets the circle with centre O ' at A. AC is tangent to the circle with centre O, at point C.
DO '
O'D is perpendicular to AC. Find the value of
CO

A
'
O X O

7. ABC is a right trangle, right angled at B such that BC = 6cm and AB=8cm. Find the radius of
its incircle.

8. The tangent at a point C of a circle and a diameter AB when extended intersect at P. If

 PCA=110° , find  CBA .

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9. In fig. a  PQR is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 6 cm such that the segments QT
and TR into which QR is divided by the point of contact T, are of lengths 12 cm and 9 cm
r e s p e c t  PQR= 189 cm2, find the lengths of sides PQ and PR.
i v e l y . I f t h e a r e a o f

Q R
T
10. With 3 vertices of a  ABC, 3 circles of radii x, y, z are drawn which touch each other. Find
x, y, z if sides of  are 9 cm, 7 cm, 6 cm.
11. Find actual lengths of sides of  OTP

T
x–3
x–1

O x+1 P

12. In the given figure, AB is a chord of length 16 cm of the circle of radius 10 cm. The
tangents at A and B intersect at point P. Find the length of PA.

Case Study
13. Given below is the diagram of a pair of pulleys. C1 and C2 are two pulleys attached with a
belt. O and Q are the centres of C1 and C2 respectively.
P1 and P2 are points of contact, where the belt meets C1. S1 and S2 are points of contact,
where the belt meets C2.

i. Identify the common tangents to the two circles (pulleys)?

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 ii. Ankit joins the centre of the two pulleys and observes line segments P1S1 and P2S2
when extended meet at a point X.

iii. What is the length of OX when the diameter of C1 is 30cm, diameter of C2 is 10cm and
length of OQ is 100 cm?
iii. Which line segment is equal to the length of P1S1why?
iv. Given below is the diagram of a pair of tangents to a circle with radius 5cm. The length
of AC is 12cm

What is the perimeter of the triangle ABO?

a. 27cm b. 29cm c. 30cm d. 34cm
AREAS RELATED TO CIRCLE
1. A race track is in the form of a ring whose inner circumference is 352m. and the outer
circumference is 396m. Find the width of the track.
2. The minute hand of a clock is 10 cm long. Find the area of the face of the clock described by
the minute hand between 8.00 a.m. and 8.35 a.m.
3. A square OPQR is inscribed in a quadrant OSQT. If OP = 5 2 cm, find the area (in cm 2) of
the shaded region. (Take  = 3.14)

4. Find the ratio of the area of the semicircle fromed on the diagonal of a square of side 14cm to
that of the semicircle formed on the side of the square.
5. The cost of fencing a circular field at the rate of `12 per meter is `2640. Find the amount
required to plough the field at the rate of `0.50 per m2?

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6. C is the centre of the circle with radius BC = 35 cm. ABC is an isosceles right triangle.
Calculate the area of the triangle outside the circular region?(Use  =3.14)

7. The area of an equilateral triangle ABC is 17320.5 cm 2. With each centre of the triangle as
vertex, a circle is drawn with radius equal to half the length of the side of the triangle. Find
the enclosed area.
8. The wheels of a car are of diameter 80 cm each. How many complete revolutions does each
wheel make in 10 minutes when the car is travelling at a speed of 66 km per hour?
9. A cow is tied at one of the corners of a square shed. The length of the rope is 22 m. The cow
can only eat the grass outside the shed as shown below.
(Note: The figure is not drawn to scale.)

What is the area that the cow can graze on? Show your steps.
10. In the given figure, two concentric circles with centre O have radii 21 cm and 42 cm, If
 AOB=60°, find the area of the shaded region. [Use π =22/7]

11. A semicircle MON is inscribed in another semicircle. Radius OL of the larger semicircle is 6
cm. Find the area of the shaded segment in terms of π .

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Case Study
12. Sprinklers are crop irrigation equipment which rotate around a center and spray water on
the crops in the circular region.
Two such high power sprinklers, occupying negligible area are installed in a straight line in
a field such that they spray water on a common area. Shown below are the side and top
views where points A and B are the sprinklers.

(Note: The figures are not drawn to scale.)

Both the sprinklers spray over an equal area.
It is given that, CD = 400 m and  CAD =  CBD = 90°.
Find the radius of the circular region sprayed by the sprinkler.
Find the area of the overlapping region.

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