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RELATION BETWEEN ROOTS & COEFFICIENT

ASSIGNMENT-3
1. If one root of 5x2  13x  k  0 is reciprocal of the other, then k =
(a) 0 (b) 5
(c) 1/6 (d) 6
2. If the sum of the roots of the equation x2  px  q  0 is three times their difference, then which
one of the following is true
(a) 9 p 2  2q (b) 2q 2  9 p
(c) 2 p 2  9q (d) 9q 2  2 p
3. If the roots of the given equation (2k  1) x2  (7k  3) x  k  2  0 are reciprocal to each other, then
the value of k will be
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
4. If the roots of the equation ax2  bx  c  0 are l and 2l , then
(a) b2  9ac (b) 2b2  9ac
(c) b2  4ac (d) a 2  c2
5. If  ,  be the roots of the equation 2 x2  35x  2  0 then the value of (2  35)3 .(2  35)3 is equal
to
(a) 1 (b) 64
(c) 8 (d) None of these
  1
6. If the roots of the equation ax2  bx  c  0 are real and of the form and , then the value
 1 
of (a  b  c)2 is
(a) b2  4ac (b) b2  2ac
(c) 2b2  ac (d) None of these
7. If the ratio of the roots of ax2  2bx  c  0 is same as the ratio of the roots of px2  2qx  r  0 , then
b q b2 q 2
(a)  (b) 
ac pr ac pr
2b q 2
(c)  (d) None of these
ac pr
8. If one root of x2  x  k  0 is square of the other, then k =
(a) 2  3 (b) 3  2
(c) 2  5 (d) 5  2
9. The harmonic mean of the roots of the equation (5  2) x2  (4  5) x  8  2 5  0 is

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 (a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) 8
10. If the roots of x2  bx  c  0 are two consecutive integers, then b2  4c is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
xm xn
11. If the roots of the quadratic equation  are reciprocal to each other, then
mx  1 nx  1
(a) n  0 (b) m  n
(c) m  n  1 (d) m2  n2  1
12. Let  ,  be the roots of x2  x  p  0 and  ,  be the roots of x2  4 x  q  0 . If  ,  ,  , are in
G.P., then integral values of p, q are respectively
(a) – 2, – 32 (b) – 2, 3
(c) – 6, 3 (d) – 6, – 32
13. If the roots of the equation 12 x2  mx  5  0 are in the ratio 2 : 3, then m =
(a) 5 10 (b) 3 10
(c) 2 10 (d) None of these
14. The condition that one root of the equation ax2  bx  c  0 is three times the other is
(a) b2  8ac (b) 3b2  16ac  0
(c) 3b2  16ac (d) b2  3ac  0
15. If  ,  are the roots of the equation 6 x2  5x  1  0 . Then the value of tan 1   tan 1  is
(a)  / 4 (b) 1
(c) 0 (d)  / 2

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