OUR OWN HIGH SCHOOL, Al WARQA’A, DUBAI

WORKSHEET -1: March - 2019

LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES

Name: ______________________________________ Grade: 10_: ___ Sec: ____

Subject: MATHEMATICS

SECTION - A

1. For what vale of k does the pair of equations given below has a unique K  4,3
solutions?
6x+2y = 3 ; kx +y =2
2. For what value of k will the pair of equations have no solutions? K=2
3x +y = 1; (2k -1) x + (k -1) y = 2k +1
3. Find the value of p for which the following pair of linear equations p=2
have no solutions.
(2p – I ) x + (p -1 )y = 2p +1 ; y + 3x – 1 =0
4. Find the value of m for which the pair of linear equations m=5
2x + 3y – 7=0 ; ( m-1) x + ( m + 1 ) y = 3m – 1 has infinitely many
solutions.
5. Find the value of k for which the following pair of equation will have K = 11
no solutions.
2x+3y =9, 6x+ (k-2)y =3k-2

6. In the given parallelogram, find the value of x and y.

SECTION - B

7. Determine value of m and n so that the pair of linear equations have 17 11

m= ,n=
infinite number of solutions (2m-1)x + 3y = 5; 3 x +( n-1) y = 2 4 5

8. Find the values of a and b for which the following pair of linear a =5 ,
equations has infinitely many solutions. b=1
2x + 3y =7 , (a + b) x + ( 2a – b) y =21

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9. For what value of p and q will the following pair of equations has P= -1,
infinitely many solutions q =2
4x +5y = 2; (2p + 7q) x + (p + 8q) y = 2q - p +1

10. Solve : i ) 99 x + 101 y = 499; 101 x + 99 y = 501 x=3,y=2

Ii )37x +43 y = 123 ; 43 x + 43 y = 117 x =1, y = 2

11. Without drawing the graph, find out the lines representing the i)parallel
following pair of equations intersect at a point or parallel or ii) intersecting
coincident. lines
9 7 9
i)18x - 7y = 24 and x  y
5 10 10
ii)2x – 3 y + 6 =0 and 4x - 5 y +2 =0

12. Solve using cross multiplication method: x+y =1; 2x – 3y = 11 32 3

x= , y=
5 5
SECTION - C

13. In the given figure, ABCD is a pentagon with BE ǁ CD and BC ǁ DE. BC is

perpendicular to CD . If the perimeter of ABCDE is 21 cm, find the
value of
x and y.

14. In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, A 2x 4, B y 3,

C 2y 10and D 4x 5Find the four angles.

15. 5 1 6 3 x=4
Solve for x and y: i)   2 and  1
x 1 y  2 x 1 y2 y=5
10 2 15 5
Ii )   4 and   2 x=3
x y x y x y x y
y=2

16. Solve for x and y: i ) 6 (ax  by )  3a  2 b ; 6 (bx  ay )  3b  2 a : 1 1

i) x= ,y=
ax by 2 3
Ii )   a  b; a x - by = 2ab
b a ii) x = b, y = - a

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17. Check graphically whether the pair of linear equations 4x – y – 8 = 0 Intersecting
and 2x – 3y + 6 = o is consistent. Also find the vertices of the triangle lines,
formed by these lines with x axis and the area of the triangle . consistent.

18. Draw the graph of pair of equations x+ 2y = 5 and 2x – 3y = - 4.Also

find the points where the lines meet the x axis.

19. The path of a train A is given by the equation x+2y-4=0 and the path of
another train B is given by the equation 2x+4y-12=0 represent this
situation Graphically.

20. Determine graphically whether the following pair of equations

2x – 3y = 5 ; 3x + 4y = -1 has
i) a unique solutions
ii ) infinitely many solutions
iii) no solution

21. Solve the following system of equations graphically.

3x + y – 12 = 0 ; x - 3y + 6 = 0
Shade the region bounded by the lines and X axis. Also find the area
of the shaded region.

22. Draw the graphs of the equations x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y – 12 = 0.

Determine the coordinates of the vertices of the triangle formed by
these lines and the x-axis, and shade the triangular region

SECTION – D

23 A lab assistant has a solution of 50 % acid and other which has x= 6

25%acid.How much of each should be mixed to make 10 litres of a 40 y= 4
% acid solution?(Hint: x+y =10,50%of x + 25% of y = 40 %of 10)

24 Ved travels 600km to his home partly by train and partly by car. He Train=60km/h,
takes 8 hours if he travels 120 km by train and the rest by car. He car = 80km/h
takes 20 minutes longer if he travels200 km by train and the rest by
car. Find the speed of the train and the car.

OR
A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed . if the train
would have been 6km/hr faster, It would have taken 4 hrs less than X=30, y= 24
the scheduled time .if the train was slower by 6km/hr , it would have D= 720km
taken 6 hrs more than the scheduled time. Find the length of the
journey.

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25. A shop keeper sold a shirt and a trouser together for ₹850 at a loss of ₹ 700,
10% on Shirt and a gain of 10 % on the trouser. By selling them ₹ 200
together for ₹95o, he would have made a gain of 10% on the shirt and
a loss of 10 % on the trouser. Find the cost price of each.

26. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. The number 57
obtained by interchanging the digits exceeds the given number by 18.
Find the number.
OR
A two digit number is obtained by either multiplying the sum of the
digit by 8 and then subtracting 5 or by multiplying the difference of 83
the digit by 16 and then adding three. Find the number.

27. Two Places P an Q are 80 km apart from each other on a high way . A i) 35km/h
car starts from P and another from Q at the same time. If they move in and 25km/h
the same direction, they meet in 8 hours. if they move in opposite
direction, they meet in 1hr 20 minutes. Find the speed of the cars.
OR ii)---
Two Places A an B are 120 km apart from each other on a high way . A
car starts from A and another from B at the same time. If they move in
the same direction, they meet in 6 hours. if they move in opposite
direction, they meet in 1hr 12 minutes. Find the speed of the cars.

28. Students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 3 students are extra in 36
a row, there would be 1row less. If 3 students are less in a row , there
would be 2 rows more. Find the number of students in the class.

29. A boat goes 24 km upstream and 28 km downstream in 6 hrs. It goes speed of the
1 boat =10km/h
30 km upstream and 21 km downstream in 6 hrs. Find the speed of
2
the boat in still water and also the speed of the stream. speed of the
stream=4km/h

30. A father’s age is three times the sum of the ages of two children. After 45years
5 years , his age will be twice the sum of age of two children.
Find the age of father.

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