IGCSE Yr 10 / Form 4: Simultaneous Equations

Tutorial Questions No. 4

1. A relation between 2 quantitative unknowns, say x and y, may be represented
mathematically as an equation (e.g. y x = 20). The same 2 unknown (x and y) may,
at the same time, be related to one another by another relation (say, 5x = y) or other
equations (say, x^2 = y).
a. What do you call a pair of equations with the same 2 unknowns?
b. Can you find the values of the 2 unknowns if you have 2 different equations
with the same 2 unknowns?
c. The non-graphical method of finding the values of the 2 unknowns from 2
equations with the same 2 unknown is known as what?
d. Using 2 of the above 3 equations where x and y > 0, solve the
simultaneous equations:
i. y x = 20 and 5x = y (Both linear equations Form 3 Flashback)
1. By Substitution Method
2. By Elimination Method
ii. y x = 20 and x^2 = y (1 linear and 1 quadratic Form 4 now)
iii. 5x = y and x^2 = y (1 linear and 1 quadratic Form 4)

2. Real-life representation of Q1: Mei Lings mother is y years old and Mei Ling is x
years old. Write the equation to show that the mother is 20 yrs older than Mei Ling
a. When Mei Ling was x years old, her mothers age was 5 times Mei Lings.
How old was Mei Ling when this happened?
b. When Mei Ling was x years old, her mothers age was the square of Mei
Lings age. How old was Mei Ling then?
c. When Mei Ling was x years old: Her mothers age was 5 times Mei Lings
age and at the same time also equal to the square of Mei Lings age. Use the
relevant simultaneous equations to find out Mei Ling age and her mothers
age then.
d. Draw the graphs y x = 20 and 5x = y, for -6 < x < 6, to find out the
coordinates of their point of intersection.
e. Draw the graphs of 5x = y and y = x^2, for -6 < x < 6, to find out:
i. their points of intersection
ii. the point of intersection when x > 0.

3. Solve the following simultaneous equations:
x + 2y = 4
x^2 + xy + y^2 = 7

4. Solve the following simultaneous equations:
x/3 + y/4 = 3/2
3/x + 4/y = 3

5. Solve the following simultaneous equations:
2(x y) = x + y 1 = 2x^2 11y^2

6. Given that (2h, 3k) are solutions to the simultaneous equations y + 2x = 4 and
2/y 3/2x = 1, find the values of h and the corresponding values of k.

7. Solve the following simultaneous equations x y = 1 and x^2 + 3y = 6. Give your
answers correct to three decimal places.

8. Amin travels from Kajang Toll to Johor Bahru Toll at an average speed, v km/h.
If he travels 10 km/hr faster, he would have arrived 25 minutes earlier. Given that the
distance between the two tolls is 300 km, how long would he take to complete the
journey with the average speed, v km/hr? (Extracted from opening paragraph of F4
Chapter 4)

9. Aminah spends RM24 and RM15 in buying chicken and duck respectively. The
price of 1 kg of duck is RM2 more than chicken. If the total mass of the chicken and
duck is 10 kg, determine the price per kg for chicken and duck respectively.

10. The numerator and denominator of a fraction are each increased by 3, the
fraction is equivalent to 2/3. If the fraction is multiplied by itself, the result is equivalent
to 25/81. Find the fraction.