Simultaneous Equations 1. Solve the following simultaneous equations. y2 = 2x + 3, 2x + 3y = 1. 2. Solve the following simultaneous equations. 2y = 3x 2, xy = 4. 3.

. Solve the following simultaneous equations. y 2x = 6xy + 2x + 3y = 1. 4. Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the line 2x + 4y = 9 with the curve y2 + xy + 2x2 9 = 0. 5. The straight line 2x + y = 3 meets the curve 4x2 + 9y2 = 25 at the points A and B. (a) Calculate the midpoint of AB. (b) Find the exact value of the length of AB. 6. Find the dimensions of a rectangle in which the square of the length of its diagonal is 60 m2 and its perimeter is 17 m. Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places. 7. Use the inverse matrix method to solve the following simultaneous equations. 2y 5x + 35 = 0, 4x 3y 42 = 0. 8. For each of the following pairs of simultaneous equations, determine whether the equations have a unique solution. Find the unique solution if it exists. (a) 2y x + 3 = 0, 2x 4y 6 = 0. (b) 2y 3x + 7 = 0, 2x 4y 6 = 0. (c) 2x y 7 = 0, 2x y + 5 = 0. 9. For each of the following pairs of simultaneous equations, find the coefficient matrix and determine whether the equations have a unique solution. Find the unique solution if it exists.

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(a) 4x + y 3 = 0, 7x + 3y 6 = 0. (b) 4x 5y + 7 = 0, 8x 10y 6 = 0. (c) 3x y 7 = 0, 9x + 3y + 21 = 0. 10. Use the inverse matrix method to solve the following pairs of simultaneous equations. (a) x + 1/5y = 2, 2x + y = 1. (b) 2a + 3b 5 = 0, a = b + 1. 2 1 1 3 11. Given that = , find 1 1 k 2 (a) the value of k, where k is a constant, and (b) the solution to x y = 1 and 2y x = k. 3 2 12. Write down the inverse of the matrix and use the answer to solve the following 1 2 simultaneous equations. 3x 2y = 1, 4y 2x = 1. 13. A cup of coffee and a glass of soft drink cost $2.70. If two glasses of the soft drink cost 60 cents less than three cups of the coffee, find the cost of a cup of coffee and a glass of soft drink respectively, using the inverse matrix method. 14. Solve the simultaneous equations. 2y = x + 4, x 3y + 3x + 12y 7 = 0.
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15. The line y = 3x 2 intersects the curve 4xy + 5 = 8y at points A and B. Find the coordinates of A and B. 16. The line 2x + 5y + 6 = 0 intersects the curve 10xy = 8 at points P and Q. Find the distance of PQ.

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17. Use the matrix method to solve the following simultaneous equations. 2x + y = 5, x 3y + 8 = 0. 18. Use the matrix method to solve the following simultaneous equations. x + 2y = 2, y = x. ~End~ Please check your workings carefully!

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