QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

PAPER 1

1. Express x(3x 2) = x2 + 5 in the general form. [2 marks]

Answer : ........

2. Form the quadratic equation which has roots 2 dan 3. [2 marks]

Answer: ........

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3. Form the quadratic equation which has roots 3 dan . Give your answer in the form
2
ax 2 bx c 0 , where a, b and c are constants. [2 marks]

Answer: ........

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

Answer : ........

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

Answer : ........

6. Solve the quadratic equation 2x(x 4) = (1 x)(x + 2).

Give your answer correct to four significant figures. [4 marks]

Answer : ........

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

Answer : ........

8 Given one of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + kx +1 = 0 is four times the other
root. Determine the values of k. [3 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.
[4 marks]

Answer : roots =........

k = ........

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

Answer : ........

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11. Find the range of values of p if the quadratic equation (4 p ) x 3 x 2 0 has two
distinct roots. [3 marks]

Answer : ........

12. The quadratic equation x 2 2(1 k ) x k 2 5 has no roots. Find the range of values of
k. [3 marks]

Answer : ........

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13. The quadratic equation 2 x( x 2 p ) x 2 p 2 has two distinct roots. Find the range
of values of p. [2 marks]

Answer : ........

14. A quadratic equation x 2 px 9 2 x has two equal roots.

Find the possible values of p. [3 marks]

Answer : ........

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ANSWER

1. 2x2 2x 5 = 0
2. x2 + x 6 = 0
3. 2x2 + 5x 3 = 0
5 1
4. x , x
3 2
5. h = 1, h = 4
6. x = 2.591 , x = 0.2573
7. x = 3.351, x = 0.149
5
8. k
2
7
9. Roots = 1, 3, k
2
10. 4x2 + 6x 9 = 0
41
11. p
8
12. k>3
1
13. p<
8
14. p = 8,- 4.