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Basic Tests 1
Basic Tests 1
𝟑 + √𝟐
Q.1 Find the values of a and b if = a + b√2 .
𝟑 − √𝟐
𝟏𝟏 𝟔 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
(a) a = 11 , b = 6 (b) 𝑎 = ,𝑏= (c) 𝑎 = − ,𝑏= (d) 𝑎 = 11 , 𝑏 = −6
𝟕 𝟕 𝟕 𝟕
√𝟏𝟏 − √𝟕
Q.2 If a and b are rational numbers and = a - b√77 , find the values of a and b.
√𝟏𝟏 + √𝟕
𝟏 𝟗 𝟗 𝟏 𝟏 𝟗
(a) a = 9 , b = 2 (b) 𝑎 = , 𝑏 = (c) 𝑎 = , 𝑏 = (d) 𝑎 = − , 𝑏 =
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟒 + 𝟑√𝟓
Q.3 If a and b are rational numbers and = a + b√5 find the values of a and b.
𝟒 − 𝟑√𝟓
𝟔𝟏 𝟐𝟒 𝟔𝟏 𝟐𝟒 𝟔𝟏 𝟐𝟒
(a) a = 61, b = 29 (b) 𝑎 = ,𝑏= (c) 𝑎 = − ,𝑏= (d) 𝑎 = − ,𝑏=−
𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟗 𝟐𝟗
𝟐𝟓
Q.4 Evaluate after rationalising the denominator of , it being given that √5 =
√𝟒𝟎 − √𝟖𝟎
1
√𝟐 + 𝟏 √𝟐 − 𝟏
Q.10 if x = and y = , find the value of (𝐱 𝟐 + 𝐲 𝟐 + 𝐱𝐲).
√𝟐 − 𝟏 √𝟐 + 𝟏
2
(a) 2√𝟔 (b) 2√𝟓 (c) 24 (d) 20
√𝟐 − 𝟏
Q.24 If √2 = 1.4142, then √ is equal to
√𝟐 + 𝟏