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Application of Quadratic Equation in Real Context

This document contains 3 word problems involving quadratic equations. 1) The first problem involves finding the quadratic equation, solving it, and calculating the area of two shapes - a trapezium and a right-angled triangle - where side lengths are related to variables. 2) The second problem relates the ages of 3 people on 2 dates and derives a quadratic equation from their relationships, solves it, and finds one of the ages. 3) The third problem derives a quadratic equation from a rotated square shape, solves it, and calculates the perimeter and area of the resulting 16-sided shape.

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Application of Quadratic Equation in Real Context

This document contains 3 word problems involving quadratic equations. 1) The first problem involves finding the quadratic equation, solving it, and calculating the area of two shapes - a trapezium and a right-angled triangle - where side lengths are related to variables. 2) The second problem relates the ages of 3 people on 2 dates and derives a quadratic equation from their relationships, solves it, and finds one of the ages. 3) The third problem derives a quadratic equation from a rotated square shape, solves it, and calculates the perimeter and area of the resulting 16-sided shape.

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CAMBRIDGE SECONDARY 3

MODERNLAND

APPLICATION OF QUADRATIC EQUATION IN REAL


CONTEXT
1. (a)
2x + 4

x+2 x NOT TO
SCALE

x2 – 40

The diagram shows a trapezium.


Two of its angles are 90o.
The lengths of the sides are given in terms of x.
The perimeter is 62 units.

(i) Write down a quadratic equation in x to show this information. Simplify your equation. [2]

(ii) Solve your quadratic equation. [2]

(iii) Write down the only possible value of x. [1]

(iv) Calculate the area of the trapezium. [2]

(b)

2y – 1
y NOT TO
SCALE

y+2

The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.


The lengths of the sides are given in terms of y.

(i) Show that 2y2 – 8y – 3 = 0. [3]


(ii) Solve the equation 2y2 – 8y – 3 = 0, giving your answers to 2 decimal places. [4]
(iii) Calculate the area of the triangle. [2]

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2. (a) On 1st January 2000, Ashraf was x years old.
Bukki was 5 years older than Ashraf and Claude was twice as old as Ashraf.

(i) Write down in terms of x, the ages of Bukki and Claude on 1st January 2000. [2]
(ii) Write down in terms of x, the ages of Ashraf, Bukki and Claude on 1st January 2002. [1]
(iii) The product of Claude’s age and Ashraf’s age on 1st January 2002 is the same as the square of
Bukki’s age on 1st January 2000.
Write down an equation in x and show that it simplifies to x2 – 4x – 21 = 0. [4]
(iv) Solve the equation x2 – 4x – 21 = 0. [2]
(v) How old was Claude on 1st January 2002? [1]

(b) Claude’s height, h metres, is one of the solutions of h2 + 8h – 17 = 0.

(i) Solve the equation h2 + 8h – 17 = 0.


Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places. [4]
(ii) Write down Claude’s height, to the nearest centimetre. [1]

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3. A'

xc
m
xc

m
A x cm x cm B
P Q

12 cm

D' B'

D C

C'

An equilateral 16-sided figure APA′QB …… is formed when the square ABCD is rotated 45° clockwise
about its centre to position A′B′C′D′.
AB = 12 cm and AP = x cm.

(a) (i) Use triangle PA′Q to explain why 2x2 = (12 – 2x)2. [3]
(ii) Show that this simplifies to x2 – 24x + 72 = 0. [3]
(iii) Solve x2 – 24x + 72 = 0. Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places. [4]

(b) (i) Calculate the perimeter of the 16-sided figure. [2]


(ii) Calculate the area of the 16-sided figure. [3]

0580/4, 0581/4 Jun02

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