QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

DPP-3
x2  2
1. (i) Given y  , determine the values of y for which x is real.
x2 1
2 x 2  3x  2 1
(ii) If x is real, show that lies between and 7.
2 x  3x  2
2
7
x 2  bc
2. (i) If x be real and 0  b  c , show that cannot lie between b and c.
2x  b  c
12 x 3
(ii) Prove that  1 for all real values of x, the equality being satisfied only if x  .
4x  9
2
2

mx 2  3x  4
3. (i) Show that the expression will be capable of all values when x is real,
m  3x  4 x 2
provided that m has any value between 1 and 7.
ax 2  7 x  5
(ii) Find all value of a for which takes all real values.
5x 2  7 x  a
mx 2  3x  4
4. If  5 for all x  R , find possible values of m.
x 2  3x  4
tan 2   2 tan   8
5. (i) Find the range of the expression y  for all permissible values of  .
tan 2   4 tan   5

(ii) Find the range of the expression y

 cot 2
  5 cot 2   10 
for all permissible values of
cot 2   1
.
2x  1
6. (i) Find the range of y  .
x 1
ax  3
(ii) If y  has range R  2 , then find a .
x 1

(iii) If y 
 x  3 x  2  has range R  a, b , then find a  b .
 x  1 x  2 

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 x 2  bx m  1
7. For what value of m will the equation  have roots equal in magnitude but
ax  c m  1
opposite in sign?
8. Find all values of m for which the equation 1  m  x 2  2 1  3m  x  1  8m   0, m  R,

m  1, gives roots according to the following conditions:

(i) Both roots are
(a) Imaginary (b) Equal (c) Real and distinct
(d) Positive (e) Negative
(ii) Roots are opposite in sign
(iii) Roots are equal in magnitude
(iv) Roots are equal is magnitude but opposite in sign
(v) Atleast one root is positive
(vi) Atleast one root is negative
(vii) Roots are reciprocal to each other
(viii) Negative root is greater than positive root numerically
(ix) Positive root is greater than negative root numerically
9. For what values of a, does the equation ax 2   a  1 x  3  0 have roots lying between 1 and

2?
10. Find all the values of a for which the roots of the equation x 2  x  a  0 exceed a.
11. Given f  x   ax 2  bx  c, f  1  4, f 1  0 and f  3  5 , find the sign of a.

12. Find all values of m for which the equation 1  m  x 2  2 1  3m  x  1  8m   0, m  R, ,

m  1, gives roots according to the following conditions:

(i) Exactly one root in the interval  2,3

(ii) One root smaller than 1 and other root greater than 1
(iii) Both roots smaller than 2
(iv) Alteast one root in the interval  2,3

(v) Atleast one root greater than 2

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 (vi) Roots such that both 1 and 2 lie between them
(vii) One root in 1, 2  and other root in  2,3

13. If the quadratic equation ax 2  bx  c  0 has roots of opposite sign lying in the interval
c b
 2, 2  , then prove that 1    0.
4 a 2a

14. (i) For what values of a does the equation 2 log32 x  log 3 x  a  0 possesses four solutions?

(ii) Find the values of the parameter k for which the equation x 4   k  3 x 2  k  0 has

(a) four real roots (b) exactly two real roots (c) no real root
15. Find all values of k for which the inequality k  4 x   k  1 2 x  2  k  1 is satisfied for all

xR.
16. Find all values of k for which the inequality 2 x 2  4k 2 x  k 2  1  0 is valid for all real x
which do not exceed unity in the absolute value.
17. Prove that for any value of a, the inequality  a 2  3 x 2   a  2  x  4  2 is true for atleast

one negative x.
18. For what values of m  R, m  1 , the function f  x   1  m  x 2  2 1  3m  x  1  8m  is

(a) positive for all x  2

(b) negative for all x  2
(c) less than 1 for all x   , 0 

(d) greater than 5 for all x   1,1

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19. (i) Find all values of a for which 9 x  a  3x  a   0 is satisfied for atleast one x  R .
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(ii) If ax 2  bx  c  0 have two distinct roots lying in the interval  0,1 , a, b, c  N , then

prove that log 5 abc  2 .

20. (i) If a  b  c  d , then prove that the roots of the equation

 x  a  x  c   2  x  b  x  d   0 are real and distinct.

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 (ii) If  is a root of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 ,  is a root of the equation
a 2
 ax 2  bx  c  0 and  is a root of the equation x  bx  c  0 , then prove that  lies
2
between  and  .

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 ANSWER KEY

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(1) (i) y   , 2  1,   (3) (ii) 12  a  2 (4) m 
4

1  2
(5) (i)  ,   (ii)  25,   (6) (i) R    (ii) a  2 (iii)
2 3

a b
(7) (8) (i) (a)  0,3 (b) 0,3 (c)  , 0    3,  
ab

 1  1 
(d)  , 1  3,   (e)  (ii)  1,   (iii)  , 0,3
 8  3 

 1   1   1
(iv)   (v)  , 1   1,   3,   (vi)  1,   (vii) 0
3  8  8

 1  1 1
(viii)  1,   (ix)   ,   (9)  (10) a  2
 3  3 8

(11) Positive (12) (i)  4,   (ii)  1, 0  (iii)  1, 0 (iv) 3,  

 1
(v)  , 1  1,   (vi)  (vii)  (14) (i)  0,  (ii) (a)  9,  
 8

 1 1 
(b)  , 0   9 (c)  0, 9  (15) k  1,   (16) k    , 
 2 2

(18) (a)  0,3 (b)  (c)  , 1 (d) 1,   (19) (i) 1,  

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