PRESTIGE PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASS X MATHEMATICS Worksheet on Linear Equation in Two Variables (Level # 0) Solve the following pair

of linear equations by the substitution method: 1. 7x 15y = 2; x + 2y = 3 2. 2x + 3y = 9;4x + 6y = 18. 3. x + 2y = 5;2x + 3y = 8 4. 0.2x + 0.3y = 1.3;0.4x + 0.5y = 2.3 5. x + 2y = -1;2x 3y = 12 6. 3x 5y + 1 = 0;x y + 1 = 0 7. 3x + 4y = 0;4x + 5y =1 8. 3x 4y = 7;4x + 2y = 3 9. 2x + 3y = 7;6x + 9y = 11 10. 3x 4y = 10;4x + 3y = 5 11. 2x + y = 35;2y + 12. 3x 3x + 3y = 65 13. x + y = a b; ax by = a2 + b2 14. 0.5x + 0.8y = 3.4;0.6x 0.3y = 0.3 15. bx + ay = a + b ax( 5. x + y = a b ax by = a2 + b2 6. ax + by = 1 7. bx + ay =
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8. (a-b) x + (a + b)y = a2 2ab b2 (a+b) (x + y) = a2 + b2 9. a(x + y) + b(x-y) = a2-ab+b2 a(x+y) b(x-y) = a2 + ab + b2 10. ax + by = a2; bx + ay = b2 11. x-y = a+ b; ax + by = a2- b2 12. ax + by = c; bx + ay = 1 + c 13. ax ay = 2; (a-1)x + ( a + 1)y = 2(a2 + 1) Solve the following pair of linear equations: 1. ; 2. ; ;

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Solve the following equations by using the method of elimination of coefficients: 1. 12x + 5y = 17;7x y = 6 2. 8x 3y = 13;3x + 2y = 8 3. 0.4x + 3y = 1.2;7x 2y = 17/6 4. (a + 2b)x + (2a-b)y = 2; (a-2b)x + (2a+b)y = 3 5. a(x + y) + b(x-y) = a2-ab + b2; a(x + y) b(x-y) = a2 + ab + b2 6. x y = 0.9;

6. x + y = 5xy; 3x + 2y = 13xy 7. 2(3u-v) = 5uv; 2(u + 3v ) = 5uv 8. 3(a + 3b) = 11ab; 3(2a + b) = 7ab 9. 4x + 6/y = 19; 3x 4/y = 10 10.

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Solve the following linear equations: 1. 27x + 31y = 85; 31x + 27 y = 89 2. 97x + 103y = 303; 103x + 97y = 297 3. 37x 39y = 150; 39x 37y = 154 4. 149x 330 y = -511; -330x + 149y = -32 5. ax + by = c; bx + ay = 1 + c 6. ax + by = 1; bx + ay = 8.
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7. px + qy = p-q; qx py = p + q

Solve the following system of equations by cross-multiplication method: 1. 2x + 3y + 8 = 0 4x + 5y + 14 = 0 2. 2x 6y + 10 = 0 3x 7 y + 13 = 0 3. 11x + 15y = -23 7x 2y = 20 4. ax + by = a-b bx ay = a + b

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9. (a-b)x + (a + b)y = a2 2ab b2 (a+b)(x+y) = a2 + b2

Word Problems:
1. 2 tables and 3 chairs together cost Rs. 2000 whereas 3 tables and 2 chairs together cost Rs. 2500. Find the total cost of 1 table and 5 chairs. 2. Fifty nine pens and forty seven pencils together cost Rs. 513 whereas forty seven pens and fifty nine pencils together cost Rs. 441. Find the cost of a pen and that of a pencil. 3. The sum of two numbers is 18 whereas the sum of their reciprocals is 0.25. Find the numbers. 4. Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If 5 is subtracted from each of the number, they become in the ratio of 1:2. Find the numbers 5. The sum of a two digit number and the number formed by interchanging the digits is 132. If 12 is added to the number, the new number becomes 5 times the sum of the digits. Find the numbers. 6. The sum of a two digit number and the number formed by reversing the digits is 88. If the difference of the digits is 2, determine the number. 7. A number consisting of two digits, is seven times the sum of its digits. When 27 is subtracted from the number, the digits are reversed. Find the number. 8. Taxi charges consist of fixed charges per day and the remaining depending upon the distance travelled in kilometers. If a person travels 110 km, he pays Rs. 690 and for travelling 200 km, he pays Rs 1,050. Express the above statements in the form of simultaneous equations and hence, find the fixed charges per day and the rate per km. 9. In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time increased by 30 minutes. Find the duration of the flight. 10. Some students planned a picnic. The budget for food was Rs. 500. But 5 of these failed to go, thus the cost of food for each member increased by Rs. 5. How many students attended the picnic?

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Brain Storming Questions Find the value of (x + y + 2z) by converting in the form of linear equation. If, during manufacturing of steel, iron and carbon are mixed in the ratio of 3:2 a mixture is obtained weighing 1.04 gm/cm3 while if they are mixed in the ratio of 5:3 the resulting mixture weighs 1.05 gm/cm3. Find the weights of a cc of each of the carbon and iron. A fraction is obtained by adding two fractions value of 2A-B and then find the

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