MDR QE-IV

Quadratic Equation: Location & Exp

1. If b  a, then the equation (x − a) (x − b) − 1 = 0 has

(A) both roots in [a, b] (B) both roots in ( − , a )
(C) both root in (b, ) (D) one root in (−, a) and other in (b, )
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2.
For real x, the function
( x − a )( x − b ) will assume all real value provided –
(x − c)
(A)a>b>c (B)a<b<c (C)a>c>b (D)a<c<b
3. If f ( x ) = x + 2bx + 2c and g ( x ) = − x − 2cx + b such that min f(x)>max g(x), then the relation
2 2 2 2

between b and c, is-

(A)no real value of b and c (B) 0  c  b 2 (C) c  b 2 (D) c  b 2
4. For what value of ‘a’ the curve f ( x ) = x 2 + ax + 25 touches the x axis.
5. Find the value of ‘a’ which makes the expression f ( x ) = x 2 − ax + 1 − 2a2 always positive for real
values of x
6. Find the minimum and maximum value of expression
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1 1
(i) f ( x ) = 4x 2 + 2x + 1. (ii) f ( x ) = (iii) f ( x ) = x +
4 x 2 + 2x + 1 x
3 x 2 + 9 x + 17 x
(iv) f ( x ) = (v) f ( x ) = 2
3x + 9x + 7
2
x − 5x + 9
7. For what value of ‘a’ the roots of the equation x 2 − 6ax + 2 − 2a + 9a 2 = 0 are greater than 3.
8. Find the value of ‘a’ for which 6 lies between the roots of equation x 2 + 2(a − 3)x + 9 = 0 .
9. If both the roots of equation x 2 − 2kx + k 2 + k − 5 = 0 are less than 5 then find value of ‘k’ .
10. Find all possible value of ‘a’ for which exactly one root of equation (a − 2)x 2 + 2ax + a − 3 = 0 lies
between 1 and 2.
11. Find the values of the parameter ‘a’ for which the roots of the quadratic equation
x 2 + 2(a − 1)x + a + 5 = 0 are
(i) real and distinct. (ii) equal (iii) not real (iv) opposite in sign
(v) equal in magnitude but opposite in sign (vi) positive (vii) negative
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(viii) one root is greater than 3,and the other is less than 3. (ix) Greater than 3
(x) Smaller than 3 (xi) Exactly one root lies in interval (1,3).
(xii) Both root lies in the interval (1,3). (xiii) One root is greater than 3, and the other root is smaller than 1.
12. The smallest value of K, for which both the roots of the equation x2 − 8kx + 16 (k2 − k + 1) = 0 are
real, distinct and have values at least 4, is
13. If the difference between the roots of x2 + ax + 1 = 0 is less than 5 then set of possible values of a
lie in the interval
14. All the values of m for which both the roots of the equation x2 − 2mx + m2 − 1 are greater than - 2
but less than 4, lie in the interval -
15. For all x  R, x2 + 2ax + 10 − 3a  0, then the interval in which ‘a’ lie is
16. The set of all real numbers x for which x2 − x + 2 + x  0, is
17. If the roots of the equation x 2 – 2ax + a 2 + a – 3 = 0 are real and less than 3, then find a .
18. Let f (x) = (1 + b2 )x2 + 2bx + 1 and let m (b) be the minimum value of f (x). As b varies, the range
of m (b) in

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19. Let a, b, c be real. If ax 2 + bx + c = 0 has two real roots  and  , where  < –1 and  > 1, then
c b
show that 1 + + < 0.
a a
20. Find k ( k  R ) if equation x 4 + kx 2 + k = 0 has all root real and unequal.
x 2 − 6x + 5
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21.
Let f(x) = 2
x − 5x + 6
Column-I Column-II

(A) If –1 < x < 1, then f(x) satisfies (P) 0 < f(x) < 1
(B) If 1 < x < 2, then f(x) satisfies (Q) f(x) < 0
(C) If 3 < x < 5, then f(x) satisfies (R) f(x) > 0
(D) If x > 5, then f(x) satisfies (S) f(x) < 1
22. Solve for x
2
 x   x   3x + 1  x + 1  5
(i)   − 5 +6=0 (ii)  + =
 x + 1  x + 1  x + 1   3x + 1 2
 1  1
(iii) 4  x 2 + 2  − 8  x +  + 3 = 0 (iv) ( x + 1)( x + 2)( x + 3)( x + 4) + 1 = 0
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 x   x
(v) ( x − 6) + ( x − 8) = 16
4 4
(vi) x +9 +3= x
(vii) 2x 2 − 2x + 1 − 2x + 3 = 0 (viii) x 2 + 4x + 3 + 2x + 5 = 0
2
(ix) x − 2 + x − 2 − 2 = 0 (x) 2 x − 2 x −1 − 1 = 2 x −1 + 1

(xi) (5 + 2 6)x −3 −3
( x + 1) − ( x − 1) = ( 4x − 1)
2
+ (5 − 2 6)x
2
= 10 (xii)
2
(xiii) ( x 2 − 5x + 5)x + 4 x −60 = 1
2
(xiv) 32x −7x+7 = 9
2 2
(xv) x − = 1− (xvi) log 4 (x − 1) = log2 (x − 3)
x −1 x −1

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