VELAMMAL VIDHYASHRAM – Bhagat Singh
3. PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES
GRADE: 10 WORKSHEET
1. How many solutions does the pair of equations y = 0 and y = -5 have? (2013)
2. If ax + by = a – b and bx + ay = 0, find the value of (x + y).
2 2 (2013)
3. For what value of k, the pair of equations 4x – 3y = 9, 2x + ky = 11 has no solution?
(2017 D)
4. Calculate the area bounded by the line x + y = 10 and both the co-ordinate axes.
(2012)
5. Find whether the following pair of linear equations is consistent or inconsistent:
3x + 2y = 8 6x – 4y = 9 : (2015)
6. Check graphically whether the pair of equations 3x – 2y + 2 = 0 and 3/2x – y + 3 = 0,
is consistent. Also find the coordinates of the points where the graphs of the
equations meet the Y-axis.
7. Draw the graph of 2y = 4x – 6; 2x = y + 3 and determine whether this system of linear
equations has a unique solution or not.
8. Represent the following pair of equations 5x – 3y = 10 and 2x + 3y = 12 graphically
and write the coordinates of points where the lines intersect y-axis.
9. Solve the following pair of equations for x and y: 3x – y – 7 = 0; 2x + 3y = 7. (2012)
10. Solve the following pair of linear equations for x and y:
141x + 93y = 189; 93x + 141y = 45 (2013)
11. Solve the following pair of linear equations for x and y:
(b/a)x+(a/b)y = a2 + b2; x + y = 2ab (2013)
12. Solve by elimination: 3x = y + 5 ;5x – y = 11 (2014)
13. Solve by elimination: 3x – y – 7 = 0; 2x + 5y + 1 = 0 (2015)
14. Solve for x and y: 27x + 31y = 85; 31x + 2 7y = 89 (2017OD)
15. Solve for x and y: x/a=y/b; ax + by = a2+ b2
16. Solve: x/a+y/b = a + b; a2x+ b2y =2, a, b ≠ 0
17. Solve the following pair of equations: 49x + 51y = 499; 51x + 49 y = 501 (2014)
18. Find the two numbers whose sum is 75 and difference is 15. (2014)
19. Find the value of a and p for which the following pair of linear equations has infinite
number of solutions: 2x + 3y = 7; αx + (α + β)y = 28 (2013)
20. A man earns ₹600 per month more than his wife. One-tenth of the man’s salary and
l/6th of the wife’s salary amount to ₹1,500, which is saved every month. Find their
incomes. (2014)
21. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 8 and the difference between the
number and that formed by reversing the digits is 18. Find the number. (2015)
22. The age of the father is twice the sum of the ages of his 2 children. After 20 years,
his age will be equal to the sum of the ages of his children. Find the age of the father.
(2012)
23. A two digit number is seven times the sum of its digits. The number formed by
reversing the digits is 18 less than the given number. Find the given number. (2013)
24. Sita Devi wants to make a rectangular pond on the road side for the purpose of
providing drinking water for street animals. The area of the pond will be decreased by
3 square feet if its length is decreased by 2 ft. and breadth is increased by 1 ft. Its
area will be increased by 4 square feet if the length is increased by 1 ft. and breadth
remains same. Find the dimensions of the pond. (2014)
25. On reversing the digits of a two digit number, number obtained is 9 less than three
times the original number. If difference of these two numbers is 45, find the original
number. (2014)
26. The owner of a taxi company decides to run all the taxis on CNG fuel instead of
petrol/diesel. The taxi charges in city comprises of fixed charges together with the
charge for the distance covered. For a journey of 12 km, the charge paid is 789 and
for journey of 20 km, the charge paid is ₹145.
What will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 30 km? (2014)
27. The owner of a taxi company decides to run all the taxis on CNG fuel instead of
petrol/diesel. The taxi charges in city comprises of fixed charges together with the
charge for the distance covered. For a journey of 13 km, the charge paid is ₹129 and
for a journey of 22 km, the charge paid is ₹210.
What will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 32 km? (2014 )
28. Solve the following pair of linear equations graphically:
x + 3y = 6 ; 2x – 3y = 12. Also find the area of the triangle formed by the lines
representing the given equations with y-axis. (2012, 2015)
29. Draw the graph of 2x – y = 1; x + 2y = 13, find the solution of the equations from the
graph and shade the triangular region formed by the lines and the y-axis. (2013)
30. 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 x-axis. (2012,
2017D)
31. Amit bought two pencils and three chocolates for ₹11 and Sumeet bought one pencil
and two chocolates for ₹7. Represent this situation in the form of a pair of linear
equations. Find the price of one pencil and that of one chocolate graphically.
(2017OD)
32. 7x – 5y – 4 = 0 is given. Write another linear equation, so that the lines represented
by the pair are: (i) intersecting, (ii) coincident, (iii) parallel. (2015 OD)