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TEST PAPER QUADRATIC EQUATION
1. Find the values of m and n for which x = 2 and x = –3 are solutions of the equation: 3x2 – 2mx +
2n = 0
2. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization:
           1         = 1 + 1 + 1
     a + b + x      a    b    x
3. Solve by quadratic formula 6a2x2 – 7abx – 3b2 = 0
4. In a celebration party, each child gives a gift to every other child. If the number of gifts is 132,
find the number of children.
5. Solve for x:   2x   + 2x – 5  = 25
x – 4     x – 3       3
6. If the list price of a toy is reduced by Rs.2, a person can buy 2 toys more for Rs.360. Find the
original price of the toy. 

7. Find the roots: (x + 2) / (x - 2) + (x - 2) / (x + 2) = 5/2, x ≠2, x≠ -2

8. Determine the values of p for which the quadratic equation: 2x 2 + px + 8 = 0 ,has real roots.

9. A shopkeeper buys a number of bananas for Rs. 600. If he had bought 10 dozen more bananas
for the same amount, each dozen would have cost him Rs. 2 less. Find the number of bananas
bought by him.

10. If the roots of the equation (c2 - ab)x2 – 2(a2 - bc) x + b2-ac = 0 are equal, prove that either a=0 or
a3 + b3 + c3=3abc

11. Find three consecutive positive integers whose product is equal to sixteen times their sum .

ANSWERS 

1. m = –3/2, n = –9 2. x = –a, –b 3. 3b/2a, –b/3a 4. 12 5. 6,

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KAPIL`S NEXUS EDUCATION CIRCLE ,734E,MAIN BABARPUR ROAD,BABARPUR ,DELHI-110032