ANSWERS TO II PERIODIC TEST : JAN 2023

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, ASHOK NAGAR,CHENNAI

CLASS XI MATHEMATICS

PREPARED BY
M SRINIVASAN, PGT(MATHS), KVS
1. The number of terms in the expansion of 𝟏 + 𝒙 𝟏𝟏 + 𝟏 − 𝒙 𝟏𝟏
is
a) 12 b) 24 c) 6 d) 5
𝒏
𝟏+𝒙 = 𝟏 + 𝒏𝑪𝟏 𝒙 + 𝒏𝑪𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + ⋯ + 𝒏𝑪𝒏 𝒙𝒏
𝒏
𝟏−𝒙 = 𝟏 − 𝒏𝑪𝟏 𝒙 + 𝒏𝑪𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − ⋯ + −𝟏 𝒏 𝒏𝑪𝒏 𝒙𝒏
𝟏𝟏 𝟐 𝟏𝟏
𝟏+𝒙 = 𝟏 + 𝟏𝟏𝑪𝟏 𝒙 + 𝟏𝟏𝑪𝟐 𝒙 + ⋯ + 𝟏𝟏𝑪𝟏𝟏 𝒙
𝟏𝟏
𝟏−𝒙 = 𝟏 − 𝟏𝟏𝑪𝟏 𝒙 + 𝟏𝟏𝑪𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − ⋯ − 𝟏𝟏𝑪𝟏𝟏 𝒙𝟏𝟏
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
Both 𝟏 + 𝒙 and 𝟏 − 𝒙 has 12 terms
The terms in even places gets cancelled in 𝟏 + 𝒙 𝟏𝟏 + 𝟏 − 𝒙 𝟏𝟏

The number of terms in 𝟏 + 𝒙 𝟏𝟏 + 𝟏 − 𝒙 𝟏𝟏 is 6

c) 6
2. The value of is
𝒏 𝒏 𝒏
a) 𝟔 b) 𝟓 c) 𝟒 d) 6n
𝒏 𝒏 𝒏−𝟏 𝒏−𝟐 𝟐 𝒏
𝒂+𝒃 = 𝒏𝑪𝟎 𝒂 + 𝒏𝑪𝟏 𝒂 𝒃 + 𝒏𝑪𝟐 𝒂 𝒃 + ⋯ + 𝒏𝑪𝒏 𝒃

𝒏
𝒂+𝒃 =

Let a = 1 and b = 5
𝒏 𝒏
𝟏+𝟓 = 𝟔 =
𝒏
a) 𝟔
3. If A.M and G.M of roots a quadratic equation are 9 and 6 respectively, then the quadratic
equation is :
a) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝒙 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 b) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝒙 − 𝟔 = 𝟎 c) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟗𝒙 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 d) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝒙 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
Let 𝒂 and 𝒃 be the roots of the quadratic equation
Then the quadratic equation is given by 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒂 + 𝒃 𝒙 + 𝒂𝒃 = 𝟎
𝒂+𝒃
Arithmetic Mean = 9 ⟹ 𝟐 = 𝟗 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟏𝟖

Geometric Mean = 6 ⟹ 𝒂𝒃 =6 𝒂𝒃 = 𝟑𝟔
𝟐
The quadratic equation is 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟖𝒙 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
d) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟖𝒙 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
 𝟏ൗ 𝟏ൗ 𝟏ൗ
4. The value of 𝟗 × 𝟗 𝟑 𝟗 × 𝟗 𝟐𝟕× ⋯ 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 ∞ 𝒊𝒔
𝟏
a) 1 b) 3 c) 9 d)
𝟑
𝟏ൗ 𝟏ൗ 𝟏ൗ 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
+ + +⋯𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 ∞
𝟗 𝟑 × 𝟗 𝟗 × 𝟗 𝟐𝟕 × ⋯ 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 ∞ = 𝟗 𝟑 𝟗 𝟐𝟕
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
+ + + ⋯ 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 ∞ is a Geometric Progression with 𝒂 = and 𝒓 =
𝟑 𝟗 𝟐𝟕 𝟑 𝟑
𝟐 𝒂
For the Geometric Progression 𝒂 , 𝒂𝒓, 𝒂𝒓 , … . 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 ∞, 𝑺∞ =
𝟏 −𝒓
𝟏ൗ𝟏
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟑
𝟑 𝟏
+ +
𝟑 𝟗 𝟐𝟕
+ ⋯ 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 ∞ =
𝟏
=
𝟐ൗ =
𝟏 −
𝟑 𝟑 𝟐
𝟏ൗ 𝟏ൗ 𝟏ൗ 𝟏ൗ
𝟗 𝟑 × 𝟗 𝟗 × 𝟗 𝟐𝟕 × ⋯ 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 ∞ = 𝟗 𝟐 =𝟑 b) 3
5. The value of k for which the points (𝒌 , −𝟏), (𝟐 , 𝟏) and (𝟒 , 𝟓) are collinear is
a) 1 b) -1 c) 2 d) 3
Let the given points be 𝑨(𝒌 , −𝟏), 𝑩(𝟐 , 𝟏) and 𝐂(𝟒 , 𝟓)
A, B , C are collinear if Slope of AB = Slope of BC
𝟏 − (−𝟏) 𝟓 − 𝟏
⟹ =
𝟐−𝒌 𝟒−𝟐
𝟐 𝟒 𝟐
⟹ = ⟹ =𝟐
𝟐−𝒌 𝟐 𝟐−𝒌
𝟐 −𝒌=𝟏 𝒌=𝟏

a) 1
6. The line through the points (𝒌, 𝟑) and (𝟒 , 𝟏) intersect the line
𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟒 𝒚 – 𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎 at right angles. The value of 𝒌 is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 4
Let the given points be 𝑨(𝒌, 𝟑), 𝑩(𝟒 , 𝟏)
𝟏−𝟑 −𝟐
Slope of AB = 𝒎𝟏 = 𝒎𝟏 =
𝟒 − 𝒌
𝟒−𝒌
The given line is 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟒 𝒚 – 𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎
𝟕 𝟏𝟗 𝟏 𝟏𝟗
⟹ 𝟏𝟒 𝒚 = −𝟕𝒙 – 𝟏𝟗 ⟹ 𝒚 = − 𝒙– ⟹ 𝒚=− 𝒙–
𝟏
𝟏𝟒 𝟏𝟒 𝟐 𝟏𝟒
Slope of given line = 𝒎𝟐 = −
𝟐
−𝟐 𝟏
As AB is perpendicular to the given line, 𝒎𝟏 × 𝒎𝟐 = −𝟏 ⟹ 𝟒 − 𝒌 × − 𝟐 = −𝟏
𝟏
𝟒−𝒌
= −𝟏 ⟹ 𝟒 − 𝒌 = −𝟏 ⟹ 𝒌 = 𝟓 c) 5
The line through the points (𝟓 , 𝟑) and (𝟒 , 𝟏) intersect the line
𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟒 𝒚 – 𝟏𝟗 = 𝟎 at right angles
 𝟑 𝟏𝟔
7. For what values of 𝒙, − ,𝒙 ,− are in G.P
𝟒 𝟑
a) 2 b) -2 c) ±𝟏 d) ±𝟐
If a, b, c are in Geometric Progression, 𝒃 = 𝒂𝒄
𝟑 𝟏𝟔 𝟑 𝟏𝟔
− ,𝒙 ,− are in G.P ⟹ 𝒙 = − −
𝟒 𝟑 𝟒 𝟑

𝒙= 𝟒 = ±𝟐
𝟑 𝟏𝟔 𝟑 𝟏𝟔
− ,𝟐 ,− and− , −𝟐 , − are in G.P
𝟒 𝟑 𝟒 𝟑

d) ±𝟐
8. The acute angle between the lines 𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 and 𝟑 𝒚 − 𝒙 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 is
a) 60 b) 30 c) 45 d) 150
The given line is 𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 ⟹ 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟓
Slope = 𝒎𝟏 = 𝟑
The given line is 𝟑𝒚 − 𝒙 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 ⟹ 𝟑𝒚 = 𝒙 − 𝟓
𝟏 𝟓 𝟏
⟹𝒚= 𝒙− Slope = 𝒎𝟐 =
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟏
𝟑 −
𝒎𝟏 −𝒎𝟐 𝟑
The acute angle between the lines = 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝜽 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 =
𝟏+𝒎𝟏 𝒎𝟐 𝟏
𝟏+ 𝟑
𝟑
𝟑−𝟏
𝟐 𝟏
𝟑 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 =
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 =
𝟏+𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟑 b) 30
The acute angle between the lines 𝒚 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓 = 𝟎 and 𝟑 𝒚 − 𝒙 + 𝟔 = 𝟎 is 30
9. The equation of the line perpendicular to the line 𝒙 – 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 and
having 𝒙 – intercept 2 is
a) 𝒙 + 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎 b) 𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎 c) 𝟕𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎 d) 𝟕𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎

Let the slope of the required line = 𝒎

𝒙 – intercept = 2 ⟹ Point on the required line is (2 , 0)
The given line is 𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 ⟹ −𝟕𝒚 = −𝒙 − 𝟓
−𝟏 𝟓 𝟏
⟹𝒚=
−𝟕
𝒙−
−𝟕
Slope =
𝟕
𝟏
𝒎 = −𝟕
As the lines are perpendicular to the given line, 𝒎 × = −𝟏
𝟕
The equation of the line with slope −𝟕 and passing through (2 , 0) is
given by 𝒚 − 𝟎 = −𝟕 𝒙 − 𝟐
𝒚 = −𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟒 c) 𝟕𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎
The line 𝟕𝒙 + 𝒚 – 𝟏𝟒 = 𝟎 is perpendicular to the line
𝒙 – 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟓 = 𝟎 and having 𝒙 – intercept 2
10. If the second term of a G.P is 2 and the sum of infinite terms is 8,
then the first term is
𝟏 𝟏
a) b) c) 2 d) 4
𝟒 𝟐
Let I term = 𝒂 and common ratio = 𝒓 for the Geometric Progression
𝟐
Given Second term = 𝒂𝒓 = 𝟐 ⟹𝒓=
𝒂
Given sum of infinite terms = 8
𝒂 𝒂 𝒂
=𝟖 ⟹ =𝟖 ⟹ = 𝟖
𝟏−𝒓 𝟐 𝒂−𝟐
𝟏−
𝒂 𝒂
𝒂𝟐
⟹ = 𝟖 ⟹ 𝒂𝟐 − 𝟖𝒂 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟎 ⟹ 𝒂 − 𝟒 𝟐
= 𝟎 𝒂 =4
𝒂−𝟐
d) 4
11.
𝟑
Assertion (A) : Slope of line 𝟑𝒙 – 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 is
𝟒
𝟏𝟎 𝟓
Reason(R): 𝒙 – intercept and 𝒚 – intercept of 3x – 4y + 10 = 0 is − and
𝟑 𝟐

𝟑𝒙 – 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 ⟹ 𝟒𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎
𝟑 𝟏𝟎 𝟑
𝒚= 𝒙+ Slope =
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒

Assertion is True
𝟑𝒙 – 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎 ⟹ 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟒𝒚 = −𝟏𝟎
𝟑 𝟒 𝒙 𝒚
− 𝒙+ 𝒚=𝟏 + =𝟏
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎
− ൗ𝟑 𝟓ൗ𝟐

𝟏𝟎 𝟓
The intercepts are − and
𝟑 𝟐
Reason is True

But reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

12. Which term of the G.P 2, 8, 32, …… is 131072?
Let I term = 𝒂 and common ratio = 𝒓 for the Geometric Progression
𝟖 4 65536
𝒂 = 𝟐 and 𝒓 = = 𝟒 Given 𝒂𝒏 = 𝟏𝟑𝟏𝟎𝟕𝟐
𝟐 4 16384
𝒏−𝟏 4 4096
𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝒓 4 1024
𝒏−𝟏 4 256
𝟏𝟑𝟏𝟎𝟕𝟐 = 𝟐 × 𝟒 4 64
𝒏−𝟏
𝟔𝟓𝟓𝟑𝟔 = 𝟒 4 16
𝟖 𝒏−𝟏 4
𝟒 = 𝟒 𝟒 × 𝟒 × 𝟒 × 𝟒 × 𝟒 × 𝟒 × 𝟒 × 𝟒 = 𝟔𝟓𝟓𝟑𝟔
𝒏−𝟏=𝟖 𝒏=𝟗
9 th term is 131072
13.Find the 12th term of G.P whose 8th term is 192 and
common ratio is 2?
Let I term = 𝒂 and common ratio = 𝒓 for the Geometric Progression
𝒏−𝟏 𝟕
𝒂𝟖 = 𝟏𝟗𝟐 and 𝒓 = 𝟐 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝟖 = 𝒂𝒓
𝟏𝟗𝟐 𝟑
𝟕 𝒂= 𝒂=
⟹𝒂 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟗𝟐 ⟹ 𝟏𝟐𝟖 × 𝒂 = 𝟏𝟗𝟐 𝟏𝟐𝟖 𝟐
𝟏𝟏
𝒂𝟏𝟐 = 𝒂𝒓
𝟑 𝟏𝟎
=
𝟐
𝟐 𝟏𝟏
=𝟑× 𝟐 = 𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒
𝒂𝟏𝟐 = 𝟑𝟎𝟕𝟐
 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎
14.Which is larger 𝟏. 𝟎𝟏 or 10000?
𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝟏. 𝟎𝟏 = 𝟏 + 𝟎. 𝟎𝟏

= 𝟏 + 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝑪𝟏 𝟎. 𝟎𝟏 + Positive terms

𝟏
= 𝟏 + 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 × + Positive terms
𝟏𝟎𝟎
= 𝟏 + 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 + Positive terms
> 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎

𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎
𝟏. 𝟎𝟏 is larger
 𝟒
14.Using Binomial evaluate 𝟗𝟗
𝟒 𝟒
𝟗𝟗 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎 − 𝟏
𝟒 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒
= 𝟒𝑪𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎 − 𝟒𝑪𝟏 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏 + 𝟒𝑪𝟐 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏 − 𝟒𝑪𝟑 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏 + 𝟒 𝑪𝟒 𝟏

𝟒 𝟑 𝟐 𝟒
= 𝟏𝟎𝟎 − 𝟒 𝟏𝟎𝟎 + 𝟔 𝟏𝟎𝟎 − 𝟒 𝟏𝟎𝟎 + 𝟏

= 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟒 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟔 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟒 𝟏𝟎𝟎 + 𝟏

= 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟒𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟔𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟒𝟎𝟎 + 𝟏

= 96059601
15. Find the equation of the line passing through the point (2 , 2)
and cutting off intercepts on the axes whose sum is 9
𝒙 𝒚
Let the equation of the lines be + = 𝟏 a , b are intercepts
𝒂 𝒃
on the axes
Given sum of intercepts = 9 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟗
𝒃 = 𝟗– 𝒂
The line passing through the point (2 , 2)

𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
⟹ + =𝟏 ⟹ + =𝟏
𝒂 𝒃 𝒂 𝟗−𝒂

𝟗−𝒂+𝒂 𝟏𝟖
⟹𝟐 =𝟏 ⟹ =𝟏
𝒂 𝟗−𝒂 𝟗𝒂 − 𝒂 𝟐
 𝟏𝟖
𝟐
=𝟏
𝟗𝒂 − 𝒂
𝟐
𝟗𝒂 − 𝒂 = 𝟏𝟖 ⟹ 𝒂𝟐 −𝟗𝒂 + 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎
𝟐
𝒂 − 𝟔𝒂 − 𝟑𝒂 + 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟎 ⟹ 𝒂(𝒂 − 𝟔) − 𝟑(𝒂 − 𝟔) = 𝟎
(𝒂 − 𝟔)(𝒂 − 𝟑) = 𝟎 𝒂 = 𝟔 ;𝒂 = 𝟑
𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟗
𝒙 𝒚
When 𝒂 = 𝟔, 𝒃 = 𝟑 The equation of the line is + =𝟏
𝟔 𝟑

𝒙 𝒚
When 𝒂 = 𝟑, 𝒃 = 𝟔 The equation of the line is + = 𝟏
𝟑 𝟔
The required lines are 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟔 and 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟔
15. What are the points on 𝒚 −axis whose distance from the line
𝒙 𝒚
+ = 𝟏 is 4 units
𝟑 𝟒
𝒙 𝒚
The given equation is + = 𝟏
𝟑 𝟒
⟹ 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟏𝟐 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎
Let the points on 𝒚 −axis be (𝟎, 𝒚)
The distance of the point (𝟎 , 𝒚) from the lines 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 – 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟎 is 4
𝟒 𝟎 + 𝟑 𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 𝟑 𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐
=𝟒 ⟹ =𝟒
𝟒 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟐 𝟓
𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐
⟹ = ±𝟒
𝟓
 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐
= ±𝟒
𝟓
𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐
= 𝟒 ⟹ 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = 𝟐𝟎
𝟓
𝟑𝟐
⟹ 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟑𝟐 𝒚 =
𝟑
𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐
= −𝟒 ⟹ 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐 = −𝟐𝟎
𝟓
𝟖
⟹ 𝟑𝒚 = −𝟖 𝒚 = −
𝟑
𝟑𝟐 𝟖
The required points are 𝟎 , and 𝟎 , −
𝟑 𝟑
 𝟑𝟐 𝟖 𝒙 𝒚
The points 𝟎 , and 𝟎 , − are at a distance of 4 units from + = 𝟏
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟒
 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑𝟎𝟔𝟗
16. How many terms of the G.P 𝟑, , , … are needed to give the sum
𝟐 𝟒 𝟓𝟏𝟐
Let I term = 𝒂 and common ratio = 𝒓 for the Geometric Progression
𝟑ൗ 𝟏 𝟑𝟎𝟔𝟗
𝒂=𝟑 𝒓= 𝟐 = Given 𝑺𝒏 =
𝟓𝟏𝟐
𝟑 𝟐
𝒂 𝟏 − 𝒓𝒏 𝟑𝟎𝟔𝟗
=
𝟏− 𝒓 𝟓𝟏𝟐
𝒏
𝟏
𝟑 𝟏−
𝟐 𝟑𝟎𝟔𝟗
⟹ =
𝟏 𝟓𝟏𝟐
𝟏−
𝟐
𝒏
𝟏 𝟑𝟎𝟔𝟗
⟹𝟔 𝟏− =
𝟐 𝟓𝟏𝟐
𝟏 𝒏 𝟑𝟎𝟔𝟗
⟹𝟏− =
𝟐 𝟑𝟎𝟕𝟐
 𝟏 𝒏 𝟑𝟎𝟔𝟗
⟹ = 𝟏−
𝟐 𝟑𝟎𝟕𝟐

𝟏 𝒏 𝟑𝟎𝟔𝟗 𝟑
⟹ = 𝟏− =
𝟐 𝟑𝟎𝟕𝟐 𝟑𝟎𝟕𝟐
𝒏
𝟏 𝟏
⟹ =
𝟐 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒

𝒏 𝟏𝟎
𝟏 𝟏 n = 10
⟹ =
𝟐 𝟐

10 terms of the Geometric Progression are needed to get the sum

𝟑𝟎𝟔𝟗
𝟓𝟏𝟐
 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒 𝟒
17. Find 𝒂 + 𝒃 − 𝒂 − 𝒃 . Hence evaluate 𝟑+ 𝟐 − 𝟑− 𝟐
𝟒 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒
𝒂+𝒃 = 𝟒𝑪𝟎 𝒂 + 𝟒𝑪𝟏 𝒂 𝒃 + 𝟒𝑪𝟐 𝒂 𝒃 + 𝟒𝑪𝟑 𝒂 𝒃 + 𝟒𝑪𝟒 𝒃
𝟒 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒
𝒂+𝒃 = 𝒂 + 𝟒𝒂 𝒃 + 𝟔𝒂 𝒃 + 𝟒𝒂 𝒃 + 𝒃
𝟒 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒
𝒂−𝒃 = 𝒂 − 𝟒𝒂 𝒃 + 𝟔𝒂 𝒃 − 𝟒𝒂 𝒃 + 𝒃
𝟒 𝟒 = 𝟖𝒂𝟑 𝒃 + 𝟖𝒂 𝒃𝟑
𝒂+𝒃 − 𝒂−𝒃
𝟒 𝟒 = 𝟖𝒂𝒃 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
𝒂+𝒃 − 𝒂−𝒃
Put 𝒂 = 𝟑 , 𝒃 = 𝟐
𝟒 𝟒 𝟐 𝟐
𝟑+ 𝟐 − 𝟑− 𝟐 =𝟖 𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 + 𝟐

=𝟖 𝟔 𝟑+𝟐 = 40 𝟔
18. The sum of two numbers is 6 times their geometric mean. Show
that the numbers are in the ratio 𝟑 + 𝟐 𝟐 : 𝟑 − 𝟐 𝟐
Let the numbers be 𝒂 and 𝒃 be the given numbers
The Geometric Mean of 𝒂 and 𝒃 = 𝒂𝒃
Given 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟔 𝒂𝒃
𝟐
𝒂+𝒃 = 𝟑𝟔 𝒂𝒃
𝟐 𝟐
𝒂−𝒃 = 𝒂+𝒃 − 𝟒 𝒂𝒃
𝟐
𝒂−𝒃 = 𝟑𝟔𝒂𝒃 − 𝟒 𝒂𝒃

𝒂 − 𝒃 = 𝟒 𝟐 𝒂𝒃
𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟔 𝒂𝒃
𝒂 − 𝒃 = 𝟒 𝟐 𝒂𝒃
Adding 𝟐𝒂 = 𝟔 𝒂𝒃 + 𝟒 𝟐 𝒂𝒃
𝒂= 𝟑+𝟐 𝟐 𝒂𝒃
𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟔 𝒂𝒃 ⟹ 𝒃 = 𝟔 𝒂𝒃 − 𝒂
⟹ 𝒃 = 𝟔 𝒂𝒃 − 𝟑 + 𝟐 𝟐 𝒂𝒃
⟹𝒃= 𝟑−𝟐 𝟐 𝒂𝒃

𝒂 𝟑+𝟐 𝟐 𝒂𝒃
= 𝒂∶𝒃= 𝟑+𝟐 𝟐 : 𝟑−𝟐 𝟐
𝒃 𝟑−𝟐 𝟐 𝒂𝒃
18. If 𝒂 and 𝒃 are the roots of 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒑 = 𝟎 and 𝒄 and 𝒅 are roots
of 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝒒 = 𝟎 where 𝒂, 𝒃, 𝒄, 𝒅 are in G.P. Prove that
𝒒 + 𝒑 : 𝒒 − 𝒑 = 𝟏𝟕: 𝟏𝟓
𝒂 and 𝒃 are the roots of 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝒑 = 𝟎
𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟑 ; 𝒂𝒃 = 𝒑
𝒄 and 𝒅 are roots of 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝒒 = 𝟎
𝒄 + 𝒅 = 𝟏𝟐 ; 𝒄𝒅 = 𝒒
Given 𝒂, 𝒃, 𝒄, 𝒅 are in G.P
Let 𝒙 = I term and 𝒓 = common ratio of the G.P
𝟐 𝟑
Then 𝒂 = 𝒙 , 𝒃 = 𝒙𝒓, 𝒄 = 𝒙𝒓 , 𝒅 = 𝒙𝒓
 𝟐 𝟑
𝒂 = 𝒙 , 𝒃 = 𝒙𝒓, 𝒄 = 𝒙𝒓 , 𝒅 = 𝒙𝒓
𝒂+𝒃=𝟑 ⟹ 𝒙 + 𝒙𝒓 = 𝟑
𝒄 + 𝒅 = 𝟏𝟐 ⟹ 𝒙𝒓𝟐 + 𝒙𝒓𝟑 = 𝟏𝟐
𝒙 + 𝒙𝒓 𝟑
𝟐 𝟑
=
𝒙𝒓 + 𝒙𝒓 𝟏𝟐
𝒙 𝟏+𝒓 𝟏
𝟐
=
𝒙𝒓 𝟏 + 𝒓 𝟒
𝟐
𝒓 =𝟒 𝒓 = ±𝟐
 𝒓 = ±𝟐 𝒙 + 𝒙𝒓 = 𝟑 𝒙 𝟏+𝒓 =𝟑
When 𝒓 = 𝟐, 𝒙 𝟏 + 𝟐 = 𝟑 𝒙=𝟏
When 𝒓 = −𝟐, 𝒙 𝟏 − 𝟐 = 𝟑 𝒙 = −𝟑
When 𝒓 = 𝟐 and 𝒙 = 𝟏
𝒑 = 𝒂𝒃 = 𝒙 𝒙𝒓 𝒑 = 𝒂𝒃 = 𝟐
𝟐 𝟑 𝒒 = 𝒄𝒅 = 𝟑𝟐
𝒒 = 𝒄𝒅 = 𝒙𝒓 𝒙𝒓
𝒒 + 𝒑 𝟑𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟑𝟒
= = 𝒒 + 𝒑 : 𝒒 − 𝒑 = 𝟏𝟕: 𝟏𝟓
𝒒 − 𝒑 𝟑𝟐 − 𝟐 𝟑𝟎
When 𝒓 = −𝟐 and 𝒙 = −𝟑
𝒑 = 𝒂𝒃 = 𝒙 𝒙𝒓 𝒑 = 𝒂𝒃 = −𝟏𝟖
𝟐 𝟑 𝒒 = 𝒄𝒅 = −𝟐𝟖𝟖
𝒒 = 𝒄𝒅 = 𝒙𝒓 𝒙𝒓
𝒒 + 𝒑 −𝟐𝟖𝟖 − 𝟏𝟖 −𝟑𝟎𝟔
= = 𝒒 + 𝒑 : 𝒒 − 𝒑 = 𝟏𝟕: 𝟏𝟓
𝒒 − 𝒑 −𝟐𝟖𝟖 + 𝟏𝟖 −𝟐𝟕𝟎

In both cases
𝒒 + 𝒑 : 𝒒 − 𝒑 = 𝟏𝟕: 𝟏𝟓
 19. Find the image of the point (3 , 8) with respect to the line
𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟕 assuming the line to be a plane mirror
Let 𝑩(𝒂, 𝒃) be the image of the point 𝑨(𝟑 , 𝟖) • A(3 , 8)
If B is the image of A, then AB is
perpendicular to the line 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟕 and •
M is the mid-point of AB 𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 7 M

The given line is 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟕

• B(a,b)
⟹ 𝟑𝒚 = −𝒙 + 𝟕
𝟏 𝟕 𝟏
⟹𝒚=− 𝒙+ Slope = 𝒎𝟏 = −
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
Slope of given line = 𝒎𝟏 = −
𝟏
• A(3 , 8)
𝟑
𝒃 −𝟖
Slope of AB = 𝒎𝟐 =
𝒂 −𝟑 •
𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 7 M
AB and the given line are perpendicular
• B(a , b)
𝒎𝟏 × 𝒎𝟐 = −𝟏
𝟏 𝒃 −𝟖
− = −𝟏
𝟑 𝒂 −𝟑
𝒃 −𝟖
=𝟏
𝟑𝒂 − 𝟗

⟹ 𝒃 − 𝟖 = 𝟑𝒂 − 𝟗 𝟑𝒂 − 𝒃 = 𝟏
 • A(3 , 8)
𝟑𝒂 − 𝒃 = 𝟏
The coordinates of Mid point M is M
𝒂+𝟑
,
𝒃+𝟖 •
𝟐 𝟐 𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 7 M
M lies on 𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟕
⟹
𝒂+𝟑
+𝟑
𝒃+𝟖
=𝟕
• B(a , b)
𝟐 𝟐
𝒂 + 𝟑 + 𝟑𝒃 + 𝟐𝟒 = 𝟏𝟒 𝒂 + 𝟑𝒃 = −𝟏𝟑
Solving 𝟑𝒂 − 𝒃 = 𝟏 and 𝒂 + 𝟑𝒃 = −𝟏𝟑
𝒂 = −𝟏 ; 𝒃 = −𝟒
The image of the point (𝟑 , 𝟖) with respect to the line
𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟕 is (−𝟏 , −𝟒)
The image of the point (𝟑 , 𝟖) with respect to the line
𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟕 is (−𝟏 , −𝟒)
20. Neerja’s house is 1 km in the east of origin (0,0). While going to the
school first he takes auto till hospital B(4,4). From the hospital (4,4) to
church (4, 8) he travels by city bus. From the church C(4, 8) he rides in a
metro train and he reached the school at D(-5, 8). All the units are in Km.
(i) What is the slope of the Neeraj’s journey form home to hospital?
𝟒 −𝟎 𝟒
Slope of AB = =
𝟒−𝟏 𝟑
𝟒
Slope of the Neeraj’s journey form home to hospital is
𝟑
(ii) What is distance of School from Hospital?
𝟐 𝟐
BD = 𝟒+𝟓 + 𝟒−𝟖 = 𝟖𝟏 + 𝟏𝟔

Distance of School from Hospital = 𝟗𝟕

(iii) What is the equation of the line parallel to line joining House and Church and passes
through D
𝟎−𝟖 𝟖 Slope of required line = 𝟖
Slope of AC = = 𝟑
𝟏−𝟒 𝟑
𝟖
The equation of the line through D(-5 , 8) and slope is
𝟑
𝟖
𝒚−𝟖 = 𝒙+𝟓 𝟖𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟔𝟒 = 𝟎
𝟑