QUADRATIC EQUATION 1

QUADRATIC EQUATION

1. Two students Rama and Govinda were asked to solve a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, a ¹ 0. Rama
made some mistake in writing b and found the roots as 3 and – 1/2. Govinda, too made a mistake in
writing c and found the roots as –1 and – 1/4. The correct roots of the given equation should be

(a) –2, 3/4 (b) 3, –1 (c) –1/2, –1 (d) 3, –1,4

x y 10
2. If + = and x + y = 10, then the value of xy will be
y x 3

(a) 36 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 9

3. Roots of the equation x2 + x (2 – p2) – 2p2 = 0 are

(a) – p2 and – 2 (b) p2 and – 2 (c) – p2 and 2 (d) p2 and 2

4. If one root of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, a ¹ 0, is reciprocal of the other, then

(a) b = c (b) a = c (c) a = 0 (d) b = 0

(x - b)(x - c) 2 (x - a)(x - c) 2
5. Roots of equation a + b = x 2 are
(a - b)(a - c) (b - a)(b - c)

(a) 1, 1 (b) a, 0 (c) b, 0 (d) a, b

6. If a, b, g and d are the roots of the polynomial equation (x2 – 3x + 4) (x2 + 2x + 5) = 0, then the quadratic
equation whose roots are a + b + g + d and abgd is

(a) x2 – x + 20 = 0 (b) x2 – 5x + 20 = 0 (c) x2 + x – 20 = 0 (d) none of these

7. If the roots of the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 be a and b, then the roots of the equation
cx2 + bx + a = 0 are :

1 1 1
(a) –a, –b (b) a, (c) , (d) none of these
b a b
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8. If a and b are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, find the values of following :

1 1 b a
(a) + (b) + (c) (aa + b)–3 + (ab + b)–3
aa + b ab + b aa + b ab + b

1 1
(d) (aa + b)–2 + (ab + b)–2 (e) + 2 (f) a4b7 + a7b4
a 2
b

9. If a, b are the roots of x2 + ax + b = 0, then prove that a/b is a root of the equation :

bx2 + (2b – a2)x + b = 0.

10. If one root of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 is square of the other, then prove that :

p3 – q(3p – 1) + q2 = 0

ANSWER KEY

1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (d)

b -2 b 3 - 3abc b 2 - 2ac b 2 - 2ac bc 4 (3ac - b 2 )

7. (c) 8. (a) ; (b) ; (c) ; (d) ; (e) ; (f)
ac a a 3c 3 a 2c 2 c2 a7

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