Assignment: 06_Quadratic Equations 1.

Solve for x: 15x 2 (a) x2 7 8x (b) 3x 2 4 x 4 3 2 (c) x 1 2x 1 x 4 3 2 (d) 4 x 1 x 4 5x 2 3 (e) x x2 1 5 2 (f) 2 1 2x 14 x 7 x 2 3x (g) 1 x2 ( x 2) 2
x 1 3 x 14 0 3 2x 4x 2 9 2x 1 3 1 (i) 2 x3 x x6

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2. A cyclist rode 60 km from town A to B at an average speed of a km/h. (a) Write down an expression, in terms of a, for the number of hours taken to travel from town A to B. He returned from town B to A by using the same route. His average speed for the return journey was 5 km/h more than on the outward journey. (b) Write down an expression, in terms of a, for the number of hours taken to travel from town B to A. He took 2 hours more on the outward journey than on the return journey. (c) Write down an equation, in terms of a, and show that it reduces to
a 2 5a 150 0 . (d) Find the total time he spent on cycling.