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WORK SHEET ON PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES
Solve each of the following system of linear equations graphically:
1. x + 2y = 3;4x + 3y = 2.
2. 2x + 3y = 8; x−2y + 3 = 0.
3. 2x−3y = 1; 3x−4y = 1.
4 Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 2x−3y− 17 = 0;4x +y−13 = 0.
Shade the region bounded by the above lines and x-axis.
5. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 2x + 3y = 4; 3x−y = −5. Shade the
region bounded by the above lines and y-axis.
Solve for x and y: By Method of Substitution.
1. 11x+15y +23 = 0; 7x−2y−20 = 0.
2. 2x + y = 7;4x−3y+1 =0.
3. 23x−29y = 98;29x−23y=110.
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4. 2x + 5y = 3; 3x − 2y = 6.
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5. 4x−3y = 8;6x−y= .
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Solve for x and y: By Method of Elimination
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6. 2x−4y = 3;5x = 2y + 7.
7. 2x−3y= 13;7x−2y = 20.
8. 3x−5y−19 = 0;−7x + 3y+1 =0.
9. 2x−3y + 8 = 0;x−4y + 7 = 0.
10. x+y = 5xy;3x + 2y = l3xy ; x0,y0.
Solve for x and y: By Method of Cross Multiplication
11. 152x−378y = −74;−378x + l52y = −604 .
12. 47x + 3ly = 63;3lx + 47y = l5.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS (Solve by any method convenient to you)
13. (a − b)x + (a + b)y = a2− 2ab − b2; (a + b)(x + y) = a2 + b2
x y x y
14. + = a + b; 2
+ =2
a b a b2
ax by
15. − = a + b; ax − by = 2ab
b a
QUESTIONS ON CONDITIONS OF SOLVABILITY
Find the value of k, so that the following system of equations has no solution:
1. 3x − y − 5 = 0; 6x − 2y − k = 0.
2. 3x + 5y = 0; kx + 10y = 0.
3. 3x + y = 1; (2k − 1)x + (k − 1)y = (2k − 1)
Find the value of k, so that the following system of equations has a unique solution:
4. (3k + 1)x + 3y − 2 = 0; (k2 + 1)x + (k − 2)y − 5 = 0
5. x − 2y = 3; 3x + ky = 1
6. kx + 2y = 5; 3x − 4y = 10
For what value of k, the following pair of linear equations has infinite number of solutions:
7. kx + 3y = (2k + 10; 2(k + 1)x + 9y = (7k + 1)
8. 2x + 3y = 2; (k + 2)x + (2k + 1)y = 2(k − 1)
9. (k − 1)x − y = 5; (k + 1)x + (1 − k)y = (3k + 1)
10. (a − 1)x + 3y = 2; 6x + (1 − 2b)y = 6
WORD PROBLEMS
NUMBER PROBLEMS
1. The sum of two numbers is 137 and their difference is 43. Find the numbers.
2. The sum of thrice the first and the second is 142 and four times the first exceeds the second by
138, then find the numbers.
3. The sum of twice the first and thrice the second is 92 and four times the first exceeds seven times
the second by 2, then find the numbers.
4. The difference between two numbers is 14 and the difference between their squares is 448, then find
the numbers.
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5. The sum of two natural numbers is 8 and the sum of their reciprocals is 15. Find the numbers.
TWO-DIGIT PROBLEMS
1. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. The number obtained by interchanging the two
digits exceeds the given number by 18. Find the number. How many such numbers are there?
2. Seven times a two-digit number is equal to four times the number obtained by reversing the order
of its digit. If the difference between the digits is 3, then find the number.
3. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. Also, nine times this number is twice thenumber
obtained by reversing the order of the digits. Find the number.
4. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. If 27 is added to it, the digits of the numbers get
reversed. Find the number.
5. The sum of a two-digit number and the number formed by interchanging its digit is 110. If 10 is
subtracted from the original number, the new number is 4 more than 5 times the sum of the digits
of the original number. Find the original number.
FRACTION PROBLEMS
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1. A fraction becomes , if 2 is added to both the numerator and the denominator. If 3 is added to both
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the numerator and the denominator it becomes 6. Find the fraction.
2. The sum of numerator and denominator of a fraction is 12. If the denominator is increased by 3then
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the fraction becomes 2. Find the fraction.
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3. If 1 is added to both the numerator and denominator of a given fraction, it becomes 5. If however, 5 is
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subtracted from both the numerator and denominator, the fraction becomes2. Find the fraction.
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4. In a given fraction, if the numerator is multiplied by 2 and the denominator is reduced by 5, we get 5.
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But if the numerator of the given fraction is increased by 8 and the denominator is doubled, we get 5.
Find the fraction.
5. The denominator of a fraction is greater than its numerator by 11. If 8 is added to both its numerator
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and denominator, it reduces to 3. Find the fraction.
AGE RELATED QUESTIONS
1. Ten years hence, a man's age will be twice the age of his son. Ten years ago, man was four times
as old as his son. Find their present ages.
2. A man's age is three times the sum of the ages of his two sons. After 5 years his age will be twice the
sum of the ages of his two sons. Find the age of the man.
3. If twice the son's age in years is added to the mother's age, the sum is 70 years. But if twice the mother's
age is added to the son's age, the sum is 95 years. Find the age of the mother and her son.
4. Five years ago Nuri was thrice old as Sonu. Ten years later, Nuri will be twice as old as Sonu. Find the
present age of Nuri and Sonu.
5. The present age of a woman is 3 years more than three times the age of her daughter. Three years
hence, the woman's age will be 10 years more than twice the age of her daughter. Find their present
ages.
 SPEED, DISTANCE AND TIME RELATED QUESTIONS
1. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can go 40 km upstream
and 55 km down-stream. Determine the speed of the stream and that of the boat in still water.
2. Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the same
time. If the cars travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 5 hours. If they travel
towards each other, they meet in 1 hour. What are the speeds of the two cars?
3. Points A and B are 90 km apart from each other on a highway. A car starts from A and another from
B at the same time. If they go in the same direction they meet in hours and if they go in opposite
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directions, they meet in 9hours. Find their speeds.
4. A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train would have been 10 km/h faster, it
would have taken 2 hours less than the scheduled time. And, if the train were slower by10 km/h; it
would have taken 3 hours more than the scheduled time. Find the distance covered by the train.
5. Ritu can row downstream 20 km in 2 hours, and upstream 4 km in 2 hours. Find her speed of rowing
in still water and the speed of the current.
GEOMETRICAL FIGURES RELATED QUESTIONS
1. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 square units, if its length is reduced by 5 units and breadth is
increased by 3 units. If we increase the length by 3 units and the breadth by 2 units, the area increases
by 67 square units. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
2. The length of a room exceeds its breadth by 3 metres. If the length is increased by 3 metres and the
breadth is decreased by 2 metres, the area remains the same. Find the length and the breadth of the
room.
3. In a ABC, C = 3B = 2(A +B). Find the angles.
4. Find the four angles of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD in which
A = (2x − 1)o, B = (y + 5)°, C
= (2y + 15)° and D = (4x − 7)°.
5. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Find the angles of the cyclic quadrilateral.
TIME AND WORK-RELATED QUESTIONS
1. 2 men and 7 boys can do a piece of work in 4 days. The same work is done in 3 days by 4 men and 4
boys. How long would it take one man and one boy to do it alone.
2. 2 women and 5 men can together finish an embroidery work in 4 days, while 3 women and 6men can
finish it in 3 days. Find the time taken by 1 woman alone to finish the work, and also that taken by 1
man alone.
3. 8 men and 12 boys can finish a piece of work in 10 days while 6 men and 8 boys finish it in 14days.
Find the time taken by one man alone and by one boy alone to finish the work.
4. 8 men and 12 boys can finish a piece of work in 5 days while 6 men and 8 boys finish it in 7days. Find
the time taken by 1 man alone and by 1 boy alone to finish the work.
5. 2 men and 5 boys can do a piece of work in 4 days. The same work is done by 3 men and 6 boys in 3
days. . Find the time taken by 1 man alone and by 1 boy alone to finish the work.
REASONING BASED QUESTIONS
1. One says, "Give me a hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you". The other replies, "If
you give me ten, I shall be six times as rich as you". Tell me what is the amount of their (respective)
capital?
2. The students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 3 students are extra in a row, there would be1 row
less. If 3 students are less in a row, there would be 2 rows more. Find the number of students in the
class.
3. Yash scored 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each right answer and losing 1 mark for each wrong
answer. Had 4 marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks been deducted for each
incorrect answer, then Yash would have scored 50 marks. How many questions were there in the test?
4. A part of monthly hostel charges is fixed and the remaining depends on the number of days one has
taken food in the mess. When a student A takes food for 20 days she has to pay Rs 1000 as hostel
charges whereas a student B, who takes food for 26 days, pays Rs 1180 as hostel charges. Find the
fixed charges and the cost of food per day.
5. From a bus stand in Bangalore, if we buy 2 tickets to Malleswaram and 3 tickets to Yeshwanthpur, the
total cost is Rs 46; but if we buy 3 tickets to Malleswaram and 5 tickets to Yeshwanthpur the total cost
is Rs 74. Find the fares from the bus stand to Malleswaram, and to Yeshwanthpur.