English Medium Class 10 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Mathematics

The nature of roots of the quadratic equation 9x² – 6x – 2 = 0 is ______.

If α, β are zeroes of quadratic polynomial 5x² + 5x + 1, find the value of α² + β².

If α, β are zeroes of quadratic polynomial 5x² + 5x + 1, find the value of α^–1 + β^–1.

Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4s² – 4s + 1 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients.

Solve the equation:

– 4 + (–1) + 2 + 5 + ... + x = 437

Three numbers in A.P. have the sum of 30. What is its middle term?

Find the value of ‘c’ for which the quadratic equation 

(c + 1) x² - 6(c + 1) x + 3(c + 9) = 0; c ≠ - 1

has real and equal roots.

Rehana went to a bank to withdraw ₹ 2000. She asked the cashier to give her ₹ 50 and ₹ 100 notes only. Rehana got 25 notes in all. Find how many notes of ₹ 50 and ₹ 100 did she received.

Prove the following trigonometric identities:

(i) (1 – sin²θ) sec²θ = 1

(ii) cos²θ (1 + tan²θ) = 1

Prove the following trigonometric identities:

`(\text{i})\text{ }\frac{\sin \theta }{1-\cos \theta }=\text{cosec}\theta+\cot \theta `

Prove the following identities:

`(i) (sinθ + cosecθ)^2 + (cosθ + secθ)^2 = 7 + tan^2 θ + cot^2 θ`

`(ii) (sinθ + secθ)^2 + (cosθ + cosecθ)^2 = (1 + secθ cosecθ)^2`

`(iii) sec^4 θ– sec^2 θ = tan^4 θ + tan^2 θ`

Prove the following identities:

`(i) cos4^4 A – cos^2 A = sin^4 A – sin^2 A`

`(ii) cot^4 A – 1 = cosec^4 A – 2cosec^2 A`

`(iii) sin^6 A + cos^6 A = 1 – 3sin^2 A cos^2 A.`

Prove the following identities:

`( i)sin^{2}A/cos^{2}A+\cos^{2}A/sin^{2}A=\frac{1}{sin^{2}Acos^{2}A)-2`

`(ii)\frac{cosA}{1tanA}+\sin^{2}A/(sinAcosA)=\sin A\text{}+\cos A`

`( iii)((1+sin\theta )^{2}+(1sin\theta)^{2})/cos^{2}\theta =2( \frac{1+sin^{2}\theta}{1-sin^{2}\theta } )`

Prove the following identities:

`(i) 2 (sin^6 θ + cos^6 θ) –3(sin^4 θ + cos^4 θ) + 1 = 0`

`(ii) (sin^8 θ – cos^8 θ) = (sin^2 θ – cos^2 θ) (1 – 2sin^2 θ cos^2 θ)`

If (secA + tanA)(secB + tanB)(secC + tanC) = (secA – tanA)(secB – tanB)(secC – tanC) prove that each of the side is equal to ±1. We have,

If tanθ + sinθ = m and tanθ – sinθ = n, show that `m^2 – n^2 = 4\sqrt{mn}.`

If cosθ + sinθ = √2 cosθ, show that cosθ – sinθ = √2 sinθ.

If sinθ + cosθ = p and secθ + cosecθ = q, show that q(p² – 1) = 2p

If secθ + tanθ = p, show that `(p^{2}-1)/(p^{2}+1)=\sin \theta`

`"If "\frac{\cos \alpha }{\cos \beta }=m\text{ and }\frac{\cos \alpha }{\sin \beta }=n " show that " (m^2 + n^2 ) cos^2 β = n^2`