Linear and Quadratic Equations

Conventional Questions
1. The length and the breadth of a rectangle are 7 cm and (28  2r) cm respectively. If the length
of a diagonal of the rectangle is (23  r) cm, find r.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2019 Paper 1 Section A(1) Q3

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2. In an event, the number of female visitors is 48% more than the number of male visitors. The
difference of the number of female visitors and the number of male visitors is 120. Find the
number of female visitors in the event.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2020 Paper 1 Section A(1) Q5

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3. Let p(x)  5x2  10x  c, where c is a constant. The equation p(x)  0 has equal roots. Find
(a) c,
(b) the x-intercept(s) of the graph of y  p(x)  80.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2020 Paper 1 Section A(1) Q7

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4. (a) Express in the form of p + qi, where p and q are real numbers.
2  3i
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(b) The roots of the quadratic equation x 2  ax  b  0 are and . Find
2  3i 2  3i
(i) a and b,
(ii) the range of values of c such that the quadratic equation x 2  ax  b  c has 2 distinct
real roots.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE Practice Paper Paper 1 Q17

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5. An airline sells only two kinds of air tickets for an airplane: economy class tickets and
premium class tickets. The prices of an economy class ticket and a premium class ticket are
$1250 and $3600 respectively. On a certain day, the number of economy class tickets sold is
greater than 4 times the number of premium class tickets sold by 2 and the sum of money for
the air tickets sold is $148 700. Find the total number of air tickets sold that day.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2017 Paper 1 Q04

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x2
6. (a) Let f(x) = 25x  . Using the method of completing the square, find the coordinates of
2

the vertex of the graph of y = f(x).

(b) The length of a piece of string is 200 m. A worker cuts the string into three pieces. One
piece is used to enclose a rectangular garden of area A m2. The other two pieces of length
x m each are used to divide the garden into three rectangular regions as shown in the
following figure.

xm
xm

(i) Express A in terms of x.

(ii) The worker claims that the area of the garden is less than 1300 m2. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.
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7. (a) Express in the form of p + qi, where p and q are real numbers.
4  3i
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(b) The roots of the quadratic equation x 2  ax  b  0 are and . Find
4  3i 4  3i
(i) a and b,
(ii) the range of values of c such that the quadratic equation x 2  ax  b  c has real
roots.
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8. Let  and  be the roots of the equation 2x2  6x  k  0, where k is a real constant.
(a) Express (  )2 in terms of k.
(b) Let A(n) be the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. It is given that A(1)  k, A(2)  12 and
A(3)  (  )2. Find the least value of n such that the sum of the first n terms of the
sequence is greater than 5  105.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2022 Paper 1 Section B Q17

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Multiple-choice Questions
1. Let k be a constant. Solve the equation (x + k)(x – k + 3) = (x + k).
A. x = k – 3
B. x = k – 2
C. x = –k or k – 2
D. x = –k or k – 3
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE Sample Paper Paper 2 Q06

2. Find the range of values of a such that the quadratic equation x 2  8x  a  7 has two distinct real
roots.
A. a  9
B. a  9
C. a  23
D. a  23
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE Sample Paper Paper 2 Q07

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3. Let c be a constant. If the quadratic equation 9 x 2  6cx  5c  0 has equal roots,

then c =
A. –5.
B. 5.
C. –5 or 0.
D. 0 or 5.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE Practice Paper Paper 2 Q06

Let c be a constant. Solve the equation ( x  c)  9c 2 .

2
4.

A. x = 4c
B. x = 2c
C. x  2c or x = 4c
D. x  –4c or x = 2c
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2013 Paper 2 Q06

If the roots of the quadratic equation x 2  2kx  k  0 are  and  , then  3 
3
5.

A. 8k 3  6k 2 .
B.  8k 3  6k 2 .
C. 8k 3 .
D.  8k 3 .
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE Practice Paper Paper 2 Q33

4m 2  3m  2
6. If m  n, and  2 , then m  n =
4n  3n  2

3
A.  .
4
3
B. .
4
1
C.  .
2
1
D. .
2
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2013 Paper 2 Q35

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  2 2  4
7. If    and  , then  
  2 2  4

A. 2.
1
B.  .
2
1
C. .
2
D. 2.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2013 Paper 2 Q35

8. Let k be a constant. If the quadratic equation 3x 2  (k  1) x  1  k has equal roots,

then k =
A. –1.
B. 13.
C. 1 or 13.
D. –1 or –13.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2014 Paper 2 Q04

9. If a is a root of the equation 1 + 4x – 6x2 = 0, then 6a(2 – 3a) =

A. –6.
B. –3.
C. 0.
D. 3.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2015 Paper 2 Q07

10. Let k be a constant. If the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + kx – 3 = 0 are a and b, then
a2 + b2 =
A. k2.
B. k2 – 6.
C. k2 + 6.
D. k2 – 12.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2015 Paper 2 Q34

11. Let k be a constant. If the roots of the quadratic equation x 2  kx  9  0 are  and , then
2  2 
A. k2.
B. k2  18.
C. k2  18.
D. 2k  81.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2015 Paper 2 Q34

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12. If m is a constant such that the quadratic equation x2 + (m + 2)x + 5m – 11 = 0 has equal roots,
then m =
A. –7 or –3.
B. –4 or –12.
C. 3 or 7.
D. 4 or 12.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2016 Paper 2 Q08

13. If x  y and 4x2  11x  4y2  11y  19, then (x  1)(y  1) 

13
A.  .
2
B. 1.
C. 3.
17
D. .
2
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2018 Paper 2 Q36

14. Let m be a constant. If (x  2m)(x  3m)  (2x  m)(x  3m), then

A. x  m.
B. x  m.
C. x  m or x  3m.
D. x  m or x  3m.
Public Exam Reference: HKDSE 2022 Paper 2 Section A Q4

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