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Quadratic Equations

The document contains 24 problems involving quadratic equations. The problems cover a range of topics including: expressing quadratic equations in standard form; finding roots of quadratic equations; determining values of constants in quadratic equations based on given information about roots; determining the range of values of constants for which quadratic equations have certain properties.

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Quadratic Equations

The document contains 24 problems involving quadratic equations. The problems cover a range of topics including: expressing quadratic equations in standard form; finding roots of quadratic equations; determining values of constants in quadratic equations based on given information about roots; determining the range of values of constants for which quadratic equations have certain properties.

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QUADRATIC EQUATIONS 1. Express x(3x 2) = x2 + 5 in the general form.

(2x2 2x 5 = 0) [2 marks]

Answer : ........ 2. Form the quadratic equation which has roots 2 dan (x2 + x 6 = 0) 3. marks] [2

Answer: ........ 3. Form the quadratic equation which has roots dan 3 where a, b and c are constants. marks] (2x2 + 5x 3 = 0) 1 . Give your answer in the form ax 2 + bx + c = 0 , 2 [2

Answer: ........ 4. Solve the quadratic equation 2x(3x 1) + 9x = 5. marks] (x = 5 1 , x= ) 3 2 [3

Answer : ........

5. Solve the quadratic equation h2 3h + 2 = 2(h 1). marks]

(h = 1, h = 4)

[3

Answer : ........ 6. Solve the quadratic equation 2x(x 4) = (1 x)(x + 2).Give your answer correct to four significant figures. marks] (x = 2.591 , x = 0.2573) [4

Answer : ........ 7. Solve the qudratic equation x(2 x 5) = 2 x 1 .Give your answer correct to 3 decimal places. (x = 3.351, x = 0.149) [4 marks]

Answer : ........ 8 Given one of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + kx +1 = 0 is four times the other root. Determine 5 the values of k. (k = ) [3 2 marks]

Answer : ........ 9. One of the roots of the quadratic equation 2x2 + 8x = 2k + 1 is three times the other root ,where k is a constant. Find the roots and the value of k. (Roots = 1, 3, 7 k = ) 2 [4 marks]

Answer : roots =........ k = ........ 10. Given that m and n are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 3x 9 = 0, form a quadratic equation whose roots are m n and . 2 2 (4x2 + 6x 9 = 0) [4 marks]

Answer : ........ 11. Find the range of values of p if the quadratic equation (4 p ) x + 3 x 2 = 0 has two distinct roots. 41 (p> ) 8 marks]
2

[3

Answer : ........

12.The quadratic equation x 2 + 2(1 k ) x + k 2 = 5 has no roots. Find the range of values of k . marks]

(k > 3) [3

Answer : ........ 13. The quadratic equation 2 x( x + 2 p ) = x 2 p 2 has two distinct roots. Find the range of values of p. ( 41 p> ) [2 marks] 8

Answer : ........ 14. A quadratic equation x 2 + px + 9 = 2 x has two equal roots. Find the possible values of p. (p = 8,- 4) [3 marks

Answer : ........ 15. The quadratic equation 2x = px 4( x + 2 ) , where p is a constant, has no real roots. Find the range of 3 the values of p. ( p < ) [3 2 marks]
2 2

16.The quadratic equation m x 2 4 x = m 5 ,where m 0, has real and different roots. of values of m. ( m<1 , m > 4 )

Find the range [4 marks]

17. Find the values of n for which the curve y = n + 8x 2 intersect the straight line y = 3 at a point. x (n = 13 ) [4 marks]

18. Solve the quadratic equation 5(2x 1) = (3x + 1)(x 3) . Give your answer correct to four significant figures (x = 0.1132, 5.887 ) [3 marks]

19. The straight line y + x = 4 intersects the curve y = x 2 + 7 x + w at two points . Find the range of values of w. ( w < 20 ) [4 marks]

20. Form the quadratic equation which has the roots and 7
ax 2 + bx + c = 0 , where a , b and c are constant

2 . Give your answer in the form 3 ( 3 x 2 + 19 x 14 = 0 )

[2 marks]

21. Given the roots of the quadratic equation 4kx 2 + hx + 8 = 0 are equal. Express k in terms of h. h2 (k = ) [2 128 marks]

2 22. The straight line y = 9 4px is a tangent to the curve y = ( p 1) x . Find the possible values of p. 3 ( p = and p = 3 ) [5 marks] 4

2 23. The straight line y =2x does not intersect the curve y = x 2 x + p. Find the range of values of p. 1 (p > 3 ) [5 marks]

24. The quadratic equation 3 x 2 kx + h = 0 has roots and 3. Find the values of k and h. 4 (k = -3 and h = -36)

[3 marks]

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