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GD GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, SEC-22, ROHINI

MATHEMATICS CLASS 10
QUADRATIC EQUATION

Q.1 If a and b are roots of the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0, then a+b=


(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) -2 (d) -1

Q.2 The values of k for which the quadratic equation 16𝑥 2 + 4𝑘𝑥 + 9 = 0 has real and equal roots
are
−1 3 −3
(a) 6, 6 (b) 36, -36 (c) 6,-6 (d) ,
4 4

Q.3 If y=1 is a common root of the equations 𝑎𝑦 2 + 𝑎𝑦 + 3 = 0 and 𝑦 2 + 𝑦 + 𝑏 = 0, then 𝑎𝑏 equals


(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) 2 (d) -2
2
Q.4 If x = 3 and x = -3 are the roots of the equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0, find the values of a and b.

Q.5 Solve the quadratic equations:


(i) 4𝑥 2 − 4𝑎2 𝑥 + (𝑎4 − 𝑏4 ) = 0
(ii) 9𝑥 2 − 9(𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑥 + (2𝑎2 + 5𝑎𝑏 + 2𝑏2 ) = 0
(iii) 3𝑥 2 − 2√6𝑥 + 2 = 0
𝑥+3 1−𝑥 17
(iv) − =
𝑥−2 𝑥 4
3 4 29
(v) + 𝑥−1 = 4𝑥−1
𝑥+1

Q.6 If -5 is a root of the quadratic equation 2𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 − 15 = 0 and the quadratic equation 𝑝(𝑥 2 + 𝑥 ) +
𝑘 = 0 has equal roots, find the value of k.

Q.7 Find the values of k for which the roots are real and equal of the quadratic equations:
𝑥 2 − 2(𝑘 + 1)𝑥 + 𝑘 2 = 0

Q.8 Find the values of k for which the quadratic equation 𝑘𝑥(𝑥 − 2√5) + 10 = 0
has real roots and equal roots.

Q.9 The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd positive integers is 394. Find them.

Q.10 The numerator of a fraction is 3 less than the denominator. If 2 is added to both the numerator
29
and the denominator, then the sum of the new fraction and original fraction is 20. Find the original
fraction

Q.11 A motor boat whose speed is 18 Km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24 Km upstream
than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.

Q.12 A plane left 40 minutes late due to bad weather and in order to reach its destination, 1600km
away in time, it had to increase its speed by 400km/hr from its usual speed. Find the usual speed
of the plane.

Q.13 A girl is twice as old as her sister. Four years hence, the product of their ages (in years) will
be 160. Find their present ages.
7
Q.14 Two water taps together can fill a tank in 1 8 hours. The tap with longer diameter takes 2 hours
less than the tap with smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can
fill the tank separately.

Q.15 In a class test, the sum of Shefali's marks in Mathematics and English is 30. Had she
got 2 marks more in Mathematics and 3 marks less in English, the product of their marks would
have been 210. Find her marks in the two subjects.

Answer Key

1. (d)
2. (c)
3. (a)
4. a=3, b=-6
𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐 −𝒃𝟐
5. (i) 𝒙 = or 𝒙 =
𝟐 𝟐
𝟐𝒂+𝒃 𝒂+𝟐𝒃
(ii) 𝒙 = or 𝒙 =
𝟑 𝟐

𝟐 𝟐
(iii) √𝟑 , √𝟑
−𝟐
(iv) 4, 𝟗

(v) 4, -7
𝟕
6. 𝒌=𝟒
−𝟏
7. 𝒌= 𝟐

8. 𝒌=𝟐
9. 13, 15
𝟕
10. 𝟏𝟎

11. 6 km/hr
12. 800 km/hr
13. 6 years, 12 years
14. larger diameter tap fills in 3 hours, smaller diameter tap fills in 5 hours
15. Marks in Math=12, Marks in English=18 or Marks in Math=13, Marks in English=17

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