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Book 4 Chapter 3 Extra Exercise - Questions

This document provides 15 extra exercises involving quadratic equations. The exercises involve solving quadratic equations algebraically and graphically, finding the range of values for parameters in quadratic equations, relating graphical features to algebraic representations, and manipulating expressions involving the roots of quadratic equations.

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Book 4 Chapter 3 Extra Exercise - Questions

This document provides 15 extra exercises involving quadratic equations. The exercises involve solving quadratic equations algebraically and graphically, finding the range of values for parameters in quadratic equations, relating graphical features to algebraic representations, and manipulating expressions involving the roots of quadratic equations.

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Chapter 3 Extra Exercises

1. Solve the following quadratic equations by any algebraic method.


(Leave the radical sign ‘√’ in the answers if necessary.)
(a) x2 + 9x = 0 (2 marks) (b) x2 + 4x  21 = 0 (3 marks)
(c) 49  4x2 = 0 (3 marks) (d) 3x2  x  7 = 0 (3 marks)

y
2. The figure shows the graph of y = x2  2x  1. Use the graph y = x2  2x  1
2
to solve the equation x  2x  1 = 0. (2 marks) 1

x
1 0 1 2 3
1

2

3. The graph of y = x2  6x + k  3 does not intersect the x-axis. Find the range of values of k. (3 marks)

4. The quadratic equation (k + 1)x2  8x + 2 = 0 has real root(s), where k  1.


(a) Find the range of values of k. (3 marks)
(b) If k takes the maximum value in (a), form a quadratic equation in x with roots k and k  2.
(2 marks)

5. The sum and the product of two numbers are 20 and 96 respectively. Are both of the two numbers
even? Explain your answer. (4 marks)

6. The quadratic equation 9x2 + mx = 5  m has one double real root.


(a) Find the values of m. (3 marks)
(b) If m takes the minimum value in (a), solve the quadratic equation. (2 marks)

7. If  and  are the roots of the equation x2  7x  4 = 0, find the value of 2  3 + 2. (3 marks)

8. The lengths of two adjacent sides of a rectangular sheet are x cm and (12  x) cm respectively, where
2 < x < 10. A square of side 2 cm is cut from the sheet.
(a) If the area of the remaining part of the sheet is 22 cm2, find the value(s) of x, correct to
3 significant figures. (3 marks)
2
(b) Can the area of the remaining part of the sheet be 35 cm ? Explain your answer. (3 marks)
 9. The roots of the quadratic equation x2  ax + b = 0 are 4 + 2i and 4  2i.
(a) Find the values of a and b. (4 marks)
2
(b) If the quadratic equation x  ax + bk = 0 has two distinct real roots, find the range of values of k.
(2 marks)
2
  5  2  0
 10. It is given that  2 , where  > .
   5  2  0
(a) Find  – . Leave the radical sign ‘√’ in the answer. (3 marks)
3 3
(b) Form a quadratic equation in x with roots  and  . Leave the radical sign ‘√’ in the answer.
(4 marks)

11. In the figure, the graph of y = ax2 + bx + c (where a > 0, b  0 and c  0) y


y = ax2 + bx + c
intersects the x-axis at Q(c , 0) only. The graph intersects the y-axis at P.
(a) Find the value of b. (1 mark)

x
O Q(c , 0)

(b) It is given that the area of △POQ is 8. Does the point (5 , 20) lie on the graph of
y = ax2 + bx + c? Explain your answer. (1 mark)

2 2 52
12. One root of the equation x 2  (k  4) x  k   0 is twice the other root, where k is a constant.
3 9
4k
(a) Prove that one root is .
3
(b) Find the two possible values of k.
(c) Suppose k is a positive integer. Let a and b be the roots of the equation, where a ＞ b.
(i) Find the value of a2  b2.
(ii) Find the values of a and b.
(13 marks)

13. The figure shows the graph of y = ax2 + bx + c, where a  0.


(a) Find the values of a, b and c.
(b)  and  are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 2, when  ＞ .
(i) Find the value of α  β .
(ii) Find the value of α 3  β 3 .
(iii) Solve the equation ax2 + bx + c = 2 by the quadratic formula.

(13 marks)
14. It is given that  and  are the two roots of the equation 2x2 + 8x  3 = 0, where  ＞ .
(a) Write down the values of  +  and .
(b) Find the value of each of the following expressions without solving the equation.
(i) α2  β 2
(ii) α  β
(iii) α 2  β 2
(c) Form a quadratic equation in x with roots α 2  β 2 and α 2  β 2 .
(11 marks)

15. It is given that (k + 2)x2  (k  1)x + 5 = 0 (where k  2).


(a) Find the value of k in each of the following conditions.
(i) The sum of the two roots of the equation is 10.
(ii) The equation has two repeated roots.
(b) Suppose that k = 2. Let  and  be roots of the equation. Find the values of the following.
(i) α3  β 3
1 1
(ii) 
α β
(c) Suppose that k = 3. Determine whether the equation has real roots.
(14 marks)

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