Name:

___________
Sekolah Menengah Seri Omega

Teacher: WL Cheng
Class : 4C
Lesson No.:3
Date :13/1/09
Time :8.10-9.20

Subject: Mathematics
Chapter:2
Topic: Quadratic Expressions and Equations (2)

Sub-topic: Quadratic Equations

Notes:Exercise
1. Quadratic equations are equations which
fulfill the following characteristics:
(a) have an equal = sign
(b) have only one unknown
(c) have 2 as the highest power of the
unknown.
2. The general form of a quadratic equation is
written as:
(a) ax2 + bx + c = 0,
where a 0, b 0 and c 0,
e.g. 3x2 + 2x + 7 = 0

1 Using the substitution method, determine

whether the given values of the unknowns are
roots of the respective quadratic equations.
(a) x 2 x 12 0; x 4, 0, 2, 3

(b) ax2 + bx = 0,
where a 0, b 0 but c = 0,
e.g. 2x2 + 5x = 0
(c) ax2 + c = 0,
where a 0, c 0 but b = 0,
e.g. 3x2 + 7 = 0
Notes:1 Roots of a quadratic equation are values of
the unknown which satisfy the quadratic
equation.
2 To determine whether a given value of the
unknown is a root of a specific quadratic
equation, substitute the given value for the
unknown into the equation. If it satisfies the
equation, then the value of the unknown is a
root of the equation and vice versa.
3 Roots of an equation are also called the
solution of an equation. Therefore, in the
above example, x = - 1 and x = 1 are solutions
of the equation 3x2 + 4x + 1 = 0.

(b) p 2 6 p 7 0; p 7,0,1, 2

2. Determine the roots of the following

quadratic equations.

(e) 2d 3 8d 1 0

(a) x 2 x 1 0

(b) 3 y 5 6 y 1 0

(f) m m 1 0

(c) h 1 h 2 0
(g) 3q q 3 0

(d) 6 x 1 5 x 3 =0

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(h) x 5 x 0

(i) p 1 p 1 0
(c) m m 5 6 0

(j) y 13 =0
2

(d) y 2 5 y 6

(e) 2d 2 3d 0
3. Solve the following quadratic equations.
(a) x 6 x 2 2

(f) x 2 4 0

(b) p 2 3 p 4

(g) q 2 25
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(h) m 2 4m
(l) p 2 4 p 4 0

(i) 12 x 2 13 x 4

(m) 3 g 2 14 g 8 0

(j) 2 x 2 3 x 2 0
(n) 12m 2 7m 12 0

(k) 2 y 2 5 y 2 0

(o) 2 f 2 7 f 4 0
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(p) 5h 2 13h 6 0

(q) 6h 2 7 h 20

(s)

2x 7 x 6

3
3x 4

(t)

2x 1 5 x

x 3 2x 5

Answer
Exercise 2.4
1 (a) x = -4,3 :roots
x=0,2: not roots
(b) p = -7, 1 : roots
p = 0,2 : not roots

(r)

3
p

p 7 3p 5

2 (a) 2,-1

(b)

(c)-1,2

(d)

(e)

3 1
,
2 8

(g) 0,3
(i) 1,-1

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5
, 6
3
1 3
,
6 5

(f) 0,1
(h) 0, 5
(j) 13

3 (a)

1 2
,
2 3

(c) -1,6
(e) 0,

1 3
,
4 4

(g) -5,5
(i)

1 3
,
4 4

1
,2
2
2
(m) , 4
3
1
(o) , 4
2
4 5
(q) ,
3 2
1
(s) ,5
3
(k)

(b) -1, 4
(d) -1,6
(f) 2,-2

(b) State the price, in RM, of one orange after

the discount, in terms of x .

(h) 0,4
(j)

1
, 2
2

(l) 2

3 4
,
4 3
3
(p) , 2
5

(n)

(c) Write a quadratic equation for the money

paid by Mrs. Lee for the oranges she
bought.
[Ans. (a) 3/x
(b) 3/x -1/10
2
(c) x +37x-210=0]

(r) -3,5
(t) 2

Exercise
1. Write a quadratic equation for the area of the
following parallelogram.

[Ans. 14t2 21t 30 = 0]

2 Mr. Sam bought x oranges for RM3. Mrs. Lee

bought 7 oranges more than Mr. Sam and was
given a discount of 10 sen per orange.
Mrs. Lee paid RM6 for the oranges she
bought.
(a) State the price of one orange that Mr. Sam
bought, in terms of x .

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3 Ali is x years old. Raja is 5 years younger

than Ali. The product of their ages is 24.
Write a quadratic equation for the product of
their ages.
[Ans. x2-5x-24=0]

4. Ali thought of a number, squared it and

subtracted 6 from it. The same answer is
obtained when the number is multiplied by 6
and one is added to the product. What number
did Ali choose?

6 The values of two consecutive positive

numbers are such that the sum of their squares
is 265. Find the numbers.

5.The length of a pavement exceeds four times

its breadth by 3 m. The area of the pavement
1
is 32 square metres. Find the length and
2
breadth of the pavement.
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7 Find the length of the sides of a rectangular

card whose perimeter is 46 cm and area is
120 cm2.
7

8 The height of a ball above the ground,t

seconds after it is kicked, is given by the
formula h = 8t -t2, where h is the height in
metres. Find the duration the ball is more than
7 metres above the ground?

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9 An open box is 7 cm high and its length is

5 cm more than its breadth. If its total
external surface area is 500 cm2, find the
length and breadth of the box.

Answer
4. -1 or 7
5.Breadth =

5
m, Length == 13 m
2

6. 11,12
7. 8, 15
8.. 6 seconds
9.. Breadth = 10 cm, Length == 15 cm

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