Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables
Q.1 The value of k for which the system of linear
equation 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 3, 5𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 + 7 = 0 is
inconsistent is ___
Q.2 The value of p for which the system of linear
equation 3𝑥 − 𝑦 − 5 = 0, 6𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 𝑝 = 0 is
parallel is ___
Q.3 If 𝑥 = 𝑎 + 𝑏, 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑏 is the solution of the
equations 𝑥 − 𝑦 + 1 = 0, 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 11
Q.4 The value of p for the following pair of linear
equations (𝑝 − 3)𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 𝑝, 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑝𝑦 = 12
have infinitely many solutions is
Q.5 Find the value(s) of k for which the pair of
𝑘𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 3
equations { has a unique solution.
3𝑥 + 6𝑦 = 10
Q.6 The larger of two supplementary angles exceeds the
smaller by 18o. Find the angles.
Q.7 For which values of a and b will the following pair
of linear equations have infinitely many solutions?
𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 1, (𝑎 − 𝑏)𝑥 + (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑦 = 𝑎 + 𝑏 − 2
Q.8 The present age of a father is three years more than
3 times the age of his son. Three years hence the
father’s age will be 10 years more than twice the age
of the son. Determine their present ages.
Q.9 Taxi charges in a city consists of fixed charges and
the remaining charges depend upon the distance
travelled. For a journey of 10 km, the charge paid
is Rs. 75 and for a journey of 15 km, the charge is
Rs. 110. Find the fixed charge and the charges per
km. Also, find the charges of covering a distance of
35 km.
Q.10 There are some students in two examination halls
A and B. To make the number of students equal in
each hall, 10 students are sent from A to B. But, if
20 students are sent from B to A, the number of
students in A becomes double of students in B.
Find the total number of students in two halls.
Q.11 In a competitive examination, 1 mark is awarded
for right answer and ½ mark is deducted for wrong
answer. Rahul answered 120 questions for 90
marks. How many questions did he answered
correctly?
Q.12 A man wished to give Rs. 12 to each person and
found that he fell short of Rs. 6 when he wanted to
give to all the persons present. He, therefore
distributed Rs. 9 to each person and found that Rs.
9 were left over. How much money did he have and
how many persons were there?
Q.13 Ratio between the girls and boys in a class of 40
students is 2 : 3. Five new students joined the class.
How many of them must be boys so that the ratio
of boys to girls become 5 :4?
Q.14 A two-digit number is 4 times the sum of its digits.
It is also equal to 3 times the product of its digits.
Find the number.
Q.15 It can take 12 hours to fill a swimming pool using
two pipes. If the pipe of larger diameter is used for
4 hours and the pipe of smaller diameter for 9
hours, only half the pool can be filled. How long
would it take for each pipe to fill the pool
separately?
Q.16 Ankita travels 14 km to her home partly by
rickshaw and partly by bus. She takes half an hour
if she travels 2 km by rickshaw and the remaining
distance by bus. On the other hand, if she travels 4
km by rickshaw and the remaining distance by bus,
she takes 9 minutes longer. Find the speed of the
rickshaw and of the bus.
Q.17 Ruhi invested a certain amount of money in two
schemes, A and B, which offer interest at the rate
of 8% per annum and 9% per annum, respectively.
She received Rs. 1860 as annual interest. However,
had she interchanged the amount of investments in
the two schemes, she would have received Rs. 20
more as annual interest. How much money did she
invest in each scheme?
Q.18 Rahul had some bananas and he divided them into
two lots A and B. He sold the 1st lot at the rate of
Rs. 2 for 3 bananas and 2nd lot at the rate of Rs. 1
per banana and got a total of Rs. 400. If he had sold
the 1st lot at the rate 1 per banana and the 2nd lot at
the rate of Rs. 4 for 5 bananas, his total collection
would have been Rs. 460. Find the total number of
bananas he had?
Q.19 A two-digit number is obtained by either
multiplying the sum of the digits by 8 and then
subtracting 5 or by multiplying the difference of the
digits by 16 and then adding 3. Find the number.
Q.20 If (𝑥 + 1) is a factor of 2𝑥 3 + 𝑎𝑥 2 + 2𝑏𝑥 + 1,
then find the value of 𝑎 and 𝑏 given that
2𝑎 − 3𝑏 = 4
Q.21 Draw the graphs of the following equations:
2𝑥 − 𝑦 − 2 = 0
4𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 24 = 0
𝑦+4=0
Obtain the vertices of the triangle so obtained.
Also, determine its area.
Q.22 Graphically, solve the following pairs of equations:
2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 6
2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2 = 0
Find the ratio of the areas of the two triangles
formed by the lines representing these equations
with the x-axis and the lines with the y-axis.
Q.23 Solve the following pairs of equations
i) 217𝑥 + 131𝑦 = 913; 131𝑥 + 217𝑦 = 827
2 3 9 4 9 21
ii) 𝑥
+ 𝑦 = 𝑥𝑦 ; 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑥𝑦
iii) (𝑎 − 𝑏)𝑥 + (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑦 = 𝑎2 − 2𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏 2 ;
(𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑥 + 𝑦) = 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2
𝑎 𝑏 𝑏 𝑎 (𝑎+𝑏)2
iv) 𝑥
+ 𝑦 = 1; 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑎 2 +𝑏2
−1
v) 𝑎(𝑥 + 𝑦) + 𝑏(𝑥 − 𝑦) = 𝑎2 − 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 ;
𝑎(𝑥 + 𝑦) − 𝑏(𝑥 − 𝑦) = 𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2
𝑎𝑏 𝑎𝑏
vi) 𝑥 (𝑎 − 𝑏 + ) = 𝑦 (𝑎 + 𝑏 − )
𝑎−𝑏 𝑎+𝑏
𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2𝑎2
vii) 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐𝑦 = 𝑎 + 𝑏;
1 1 1 1 2𝑎
𝑎𝑥 (𝑎−𝑏 − 𝑎+𝑏) + 𝑐𝑦 (𝑏−𝑎 − 𝑎+𝑏) = 𝑎+𝑏