(MATHEMATICS) HOMEWORK
x2 +34x−71
1. If x be real, prove that can have no value between 5 and 9.
x2 +2x−7
2. If α, β are roots of the equation x 2 − px + q = 0, find the value of
(1) α2 (α2 β−1 − β) + β2 (β2 α−1 − α),
(2) (α − p)−4 + (β − p)−4 .
3. If the roots of the equation ax 2 + 2bx + c = 0 be a and β, and those of the equation
b2 −ac B2 −AC
Ax 2 + 2Bx + C = 0 be a + δ and β + δ, prove that =
a2 A2
px2 +3x−4
4. Shew that the expression will be capable of all values when x is real, provided that p has
p+3x−4x2
any value between 1 and 7.
x+2
5. Find the greatest value of 2x3 +3x+6 for real values of x.
6. If the roots of ax 2 + 2bx + c = 0 be possible and different, then the roots of
(a + c)(ax2 + 2bx + c) = 2(ac − b2 )(x 2 + 1)
will be impossible, and vice versa.
7. If the equations
x 2 + px + q = 0, x 2 + p′ x + q ′ = 0
have a common root, shew that it must be equal to
pq′ − p′ q q − q′
or
q − q′ p′ − p ′
8. Find the condition that the expressions
lx² + mxy + ny², (l'x² + m'xy + n'y² may have a common linear factor.
9. Shew that in the equation x 2 − 3xy + 2y 2 − 2x − 3y − 35 = 0,
for every real value of x there is a real value of y, and for every real value of y there is a real value
of x.
10. If x and y are two real quantities connected by the equation
9x 2 + 2xy + y 2 − 92x − 20y + 244 = 0,
then will 𝑥 lie between 3 and 6, and y between 1 and 10.
11. If (ax2 + bx + c) y + a′ x 2 + b′ x + c ′ = 0, find the condition that x may be a rational function of y.
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