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Quadratic Equations
Quadratic Equations
Quadratic Equations
50 min
38 marks
5x
– 9 = 0,
(a) 2
2
(b) x + 12x + 3 = 0, giving your answers correct to 1 decimal place.
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2.
(x + 4 ) cm
R 4x cm
Q (x + 2 ) c m
(x + 1 2 ) c m NOT TO SCALE
2
Answer (a) (i) …….…………………. cm
[1]
2
(ii) Show that the total area of rectangles R and Q is 5x + 30x + 24 square centimetres.
[1
2
(b) The total area of rectangles R and Q is 64 cm .
Calculate the value of x correct to 1 decimal place.
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Answer (b) x = …………………………….
[4]
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3.
150 cm
7x cm
The right-angled triangle in the diagram has sides of length 7x cm, 24x cm and 150 cm.
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(a) Show that x = 36
[2]
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4.
2y – 1
y
y + 2 NOT TO SCALE
2
(i) Show that 2y – 8y – 3 = 0.
[3]
2
(ii) Solve the equation 2y – 8y – 3 = 0, giving your answers to 2 decimal places.
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[2]
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5.
(x + 1 ) c m
A (x + 6 ) c m D (x + 2 ) c m C NOT TO SCALE
2
(ii) Solve the equation x + 5x – 36 = 0.
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6.
2x + 4
x + 2 x
x2 – 40 NOT TO SCALE
(i) Write down a quadratic equation in x to show this information. Simplify your equation.
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