Summer Home Work

Class 10th (2009)

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

1. Solve the following equations by factorization.

a. x 2 + 2 x − 35 = 0
b. x 2 + 20 x + 51 = 0
c. 4 x 2 − 13 x − 66 = 0
d. 7 x 2 + 58 x − 45 = 0
e. 25 x 2 − 414 x − 187 = 0
f. 28 x 2 + 51x − 27 = 0
g. 5 x 2 + 4 x + 1 = 3(1 − 3 x )

2. Solve the following equations.

a. ( x + 3) = 25
2

b. ( 2 − 2 x ) 2 = 14
c. 6 x 2 − 7 x = 3
d. 4 x 2 − 7 = 14 x
e. x 2 − 7 x − 5 = 0
1 2 1
f. x − 3x =
5 4
3. Solve the following inequalities and illustrate each solution by a
number line.
a. x + 3 ≥ 4
b. x + 8 ≤ 9
c. 15 − x 〈−4
d. 8 − 2 x < 5 − 5 x
e. 6( 3 x + 4) > 10( 2 x − 1)
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f. 12 − 2 x ≥ ( x _ 5)
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 VARIATIONS

4.if x : y = 4 : 5, then find 3 x + 2 y : 2 x + 4 y

5.The ratio of two numbers is 2 : 3 . If 8 is added to both numbers,

then the new ratio becomes 4:5. Find the numbers.

6.Find the value of x if, 17 − x : 31 − x :: 25 − x : 47 − x

3 2 x +1 x − 2
7.Find the value of x if, : :: :
x −1 x −1 3 4

8.Find the unknown term in the following proportions;

a) ? : a 2 + ab + b 2 :: a 2 − ab + b 2 : a 3 − b 3
b) 6 x 3 y 3 z 3 : 2 xyz 2 :: 3 x 2 yz : ?

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9.If xα and x = 8, y = 3 ; then find value of “x” when y = 2
y3

10.Given that y varies directly as x and y=20 when x=200, find

a. y when x=10
b. x when y=3

11.Complete the following table where mα s ;

m 15 30 75
s 36 72

12.If y varies inversely as x and y=5 when x=16, find the value of
y when x=100.

13.A developer estimates that he needs 96 men to build a house in

14 days. If he asked to complete the building in 12 days, how many
more men must he hire, assuming that the men work at the same
rate?

2 5
14.Given that AαB and that A =1
3
when B = , find
6

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c. A when B = and
3
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d. B when A = 7
2

16.If a : b = c : d ,(where a,b,c,d ≠ 0 ) then prove that;

e.
a 2 − ab + b 2
=
( a − b) 2

c 2 − cd + d 2 ( c − d ) 2
a+b a 2 − ab + b 2
f. =
c+d c 2 − cd + d 2
 1 1  1 1  ( a − b )( a − c )
g.  −  −  =
 a b  d c  abc

a b c
17.If = = , ( where a, b, c, d ≠ 0), then prove that
p q r
p 2 q 2 r 2 qr rp pq
h. + + = + +
a 2 b 2 c 2 bc ca ab
a+b+c a+b−c a−b−c
i. = =
p+q+r p+q−r p−q−r
p 3 q 3 r 3 pqr
j. + − =
a 3 b 3 c 3 abc

18-26)Eliminate the indicated variable from the following equations

a) x  2t , 3 y  5t (Eliminate t)

b) 2 x  1  3t , y  5  2t (Eliminate t)

c) u  3 p  1, v  2p 7 (Eliminate p)

d) x  2t  1, y  t2 1 (Eliminate t)

e) x  y  1, 2x  3y 1  0 (Eliminate x)

f) 3 x  2 y  3, 4x  y  6 (Eliminate y)

g) 2 x  p  1  0, 4 x  2 p  7 (Eliminate p)

h) x  at 2 , y  2at (Eliminate t)

i) x  3t , y  5t (Eliminate t)

27-32)Eliminate the indicated variable from the following equations

 a) y  4 x  3, 2 x  y  1  0 (Eliminate y)

b) 2 x  3 y  1  0, 2 x  y  3  0 (Eliminate x)

c) y  mx  c, x  2 y  1  0 (Eliminate y)

d) x 2  my, y  lx (Eliminate x)

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e) v  u  at , s  ut  at 2 (Eliminate a)
2

33-39)Eliminate x from the following equations

1 1
a) x  t , x 2  2  2t
x x
1 1
b) x  p  1, x 2  2  5 p
x x
1 1
c) x  p, x 2  2  q
x x
1 1
d) x  2t , x   4t
x x
1 1
e) x  p  1, x   2 p  3
x x
1 1
f) x2  2
 r , x 2  2  2r  1
x x
1 1
g) 2 x2  2
 p, 2 x 2  2  q  1
2x 2x

40-45.Rewrite the following statements by replacing k in place of 

a) y  t
b) v t
c) y  x2
d) r A
e) v  r3

46.Find the value of k from the following tables

x 3 6 12
y 6 12 24
x 9 27 15
y 3 9 5

x 1 2 5
y 6 12 30

47.There is direct variation between x and y, and y=5 when x=10, find
a) y when x = 10
b) x when y = 15

48.There is direct variation between x 2 and y, when x=7, y=49, find

a) Y when x = 9
b) X when y =100

49.There is direct variation between x and y, and x=25, y=5, find

a) Y when x = 7
b) X when y = 4

50.If y  x then complete the following tables:

x 4 6 15
y 2 3,5

x 2 4 7
y 28 42

51.if A  r 2 then complete the following table:

R 1 3
A 22/7 88/7

52.If y x then complete the following table:

x 1 4 25/4
y 2 6

x 4 9 9/4
y 6 15
53.If v  r 3 then complete the following table:

r 1 2 4
v 3 81

54.There is direct variation between n and a+2. when n = 24, a = 2, find

a) n when a =6
b) a when n =54

55.A hedge is made of wooden planks. The thickness of the hedge varies
directly as the number of planks. 4 planks make 12 cm thick edge. Find:
a) Thickness of the hedge when number of planks is 6.
b) Number of planks when thickness of the hedge is 9cm.

56.In a fountain, pressure ‘p’ of water at any internal point varies directly
as depth ‘d’ the from surface. Pressure is 51 Newton/cm2 when depth is 3
cm. Find pressure when depth is 7cm.

57.A body is thrown down resting position. Distance covered ‘d’ varies
directly as time ‘t2’. Body covers a distance of 45m in 3 seconds. Find:
a) Distance covered in 6 seconds.
b) The time when the body falls up to 20m.

58.Pressure of gas in a container varies directly as the temperature. When

pressure is 50 N/m2, temperature is 750. Find pressure when temperature is
1500.

59.If y varies inversely with the square root of x and y=5 when x=16, find
the value of y when x=100.

60.Given that y is inversely proportional to r 2 , and y=32 when r=1, find the
value of y when r=8.
61.Two quantities s and t vary such that s  at  bt 2 . If s=82 when t=2 and
s=171 when t=3, find the value of s when t=4.

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62.Given that p , copy and complete the table below:
q

Q 2 3 1
3
p 6 12

63.If y varies directly as x 2 and if the difference in the values of y when x=1
and x=3 is 32, find the value of y when x=-2.
64. Solve by using Componendo-dividendo property:
(x + 7)² + (x – 5)² -- 5
(x + 7)² - (x – 5)² 4

4ab
65. If m  , then find the value of:
ab
m + 2a _ m + 2b by using Componendo-dividendo property.
m - 2a m - 2b

x  5  14  x 1  2 x  7
66. Find the solution set of    
6  2 4 12
67. Find the mean, median and mode.

Max. Load (Kg) No. of Ropes

93 – 97 2
98 – 102 5
103 – 107 8
108 – 112 12
113 – 117 6
118 – 122 2
68. The ratio among the sides of a triangle is 3, 4 and 5. Its perimeter is
156m. Find the length of each side.

69. Find the solution set of | x – 2 | ≤ 4, where x ε R. Also represent it on

the number line.

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70. Find the relation independent of “t” for:
1
v  u  at ; s  ut  at 2 (t)
2