34 EXEMPLAR PROBLEMS

(A) a ≠ 0, b ≠ 0 (B) a = 0, b ≠ 0 (C) a ≠ 0, b = 0 (D) a = 0, c = 0

Solution : Answer (A)
Sample Question 3 : Any point on the y-axis is of the form
(A) (x, 0) (B) (x, y) (C) (0, y) (D) ( y, y)
Solution : Answer (C)

EXERCISE 4.1
Write the correct answer in each of the following :
1. The linear equation 2x – 5y = 7 has
(A) A unique solution (B) Two solutions
(C) Infinitely many solutions (D) No solution
2. The equation 2x + 5y = 7 has a unique solution, if x, y are :
(A) Natural numbers (B) Positive real numbers
(C) Real numbers (D) Rational numbers
3. If (2, 0) is a solution of the linear equation 2x + 3y = k, then the value of k is
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 2
4. Any solution of the linear equation 2x + 0y + 9 = 0 in two variables is of the form
9 9
(A) (– , m) (B) (n, – )
2 2
9
(C) (0, – ) (D) (– 9, 0)
2
5. The graph of the linear equation 2x + 3y = 6 cuts the y-axis at the point
(A) (2, 0) (B) (0, 3) (C) (3, 0) (D) (0, 2)
6. The equation x = 7, in two variables, can be written as
(A) 1 . x + 1 . y = 7 (B) 1. x + 0. y = 7
(C) 0 . x + 1 . y = 7 (D) 0 . x + 0 . y = 7
7. Any point on the x-axis is of the form
(A) (x, y) (B) (0, y) (C) (x, 0) (D) (x, x)
8. Any point on the line y = x is of the form
(A) (a, a) (B) (0, a) (C) (a, 0) (D) (a, – a)

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9. The equation of x-axis is of the form

(A) x = 0 (B) y = 0 (C) x + y = 0 (D) x = y
10. The graph of y = 6 is a line
(A) parallel to x-axis at a distance 6 units from the origin
(B) parallel to y-axis at a distance 6 units from the origin
(C) making an intercept 6 on the x-axis.
(D) making an intercept 6 on both the axes.
11. x = 5, y = 2 is a solution of the linear equation
(A) x + 2 y = 7 (B) 5x + 2y = 7 (C) x + y = 7 (D) 5 x + y = 7
12. If a linear equation has solutions (–2, 2), (0, 0) and (2, – 2), then it is of the form
(A) y – x = 0 (B) x + y = 0
(C) –2x + y = 0 (D) –x + 2y = 0
13. The positive solutions of the equation ax + by + c = 0 always lie in the
(A) 1st quadrant (B) 2nd quadrant
(C) 3rd quadrant (D) 4th quadrant
14. The graph of the linear equation 2x + 3y = 6 is a line which meets the x-axis at the
point
(A) (0, 2) (B) (2, 0) (C) (3, 0) (D) (0, 3)
15. The graph of the linear equation y = x passes through the point

 3 −3   3  −1 1 
(A)  ,  (B)  0,  (C) (1, 1) (D)  , 
2 2   2  2 2
16. If we multiply or divide both sides of a linear equation with a non-zero number, then
the solution of the linear equation :
(A) Changes
(B) Remains the same
(C) Changes in case of multiplication only
(D) Changes in case of division only
17. How many linear equations in x and y can be satisfied by x = 1 and y = 2?
(A) Only one (B) Two (C) Infinitely many (D) Three
18. The point of the form (a, a) always lies on :
(A) x-axis (B) y-axis
(C) On the line y = x (D) On the line x + y = 0

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EXERCISE 4.2
Write whether the following statements are True or False? Justify your answers :
1. The point (0, 3) lies on the graph of the linear equation 3x + 4y = 12.
2. The graph of the linear equation x + 2y = 7 passes through the point (0, 7).
3. The graph given below represents the linear equation x + y = 0.

Fig. 4.1
4. The graph given below represents the linear equation
x = 3 (see Fig. 4.2).
5. The coordinates of points in the table:

x 0 1 2 3 4
y 2 3 4 –5 6

represent some of the solutions of the equation

x – y + 2 = 0.
6. Every point on the graph of a linear equation in two Fig. 4.2
variables does not represent a solution of the linear
equation.
7. The graph of every linear equation in two variables need not be a line.

(D) Short Answer Questions

Sample Question 1 : Find the points where the graph of the equation 3x + 4y = 12
cuts the x-axis and the y-axis.
Solution : The graph of the linear equation 3x + 4y = 12 cuts the x-axis at the point
where y = 0. On putting y = 0 in the linear equation, we have 3x = 12, which gives
x = 4. Thus, the required point is (4, 0).

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2. Determine the point on the graph of the linear equation 2x + 5y = 19, whose
1
ordinate is 1 times its abscissa.
2
3. Draw the graph of the equation represented by a straight line which is parallel to
the x-axis and at a distance 3 units below it.
4. Draw the graph of the linear equation whose solutions are represented by the
points having the sum of the coordinates as 10 units.
5. Write the linear equation such that each point on its graph has an ordinate 3 times
its abscissa.
6. If the point (3, 4) lies on the graph of 3y = ax + 7, then find the value of a.
7. How many solution(s) of the equation 2x + 1 = x – 3 are there on the :
(i) Number line (ii) Cartesian plane
8. Find the solution of the linear equation x + 2y = 8 which represents a point on
(i) x-axis (ii) y-axis
9. For what value of c, the linear equation 2x + cy = 8 has equal values of x and y
for its solution.
10. Let y varies directly as x. If y = 12 when x = 4, then write a linear equation. What
is the value of y when x = 5?

(E) Long Answer Questions

Sample Question 1 : Draw the graph of the linear equation 2x + 3y = 12. At what
points, the graph of the equation cuts the x-axis and the y-axis?
Solution : The given equation is 2x + 3y = 12. To draw the graph of this equation, we
need at least two points lying on the graph.
12 − 2 x
From the equation, we have y =
3
For x = 0, y = 4, therefore, (0, 4) lies on the graph.
For y = 0, x = 6, therefore, (6, 0) lies on the graph.
Now plot the points A (0, 4) and B (6, 0) and
join them (see Fig 4.4), to get the line AB.
Line AB is the required graph.
You can see that the graph (line AB) cuts
the x-axis at the point (6, 0) and the y-axis at
the point (0, 4). Fig. 4.4

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graph by taking the constant force as 3 units. What is the work done when the distance
travelled is 2 units. Verify it by plotting the graph.
Solution: Work done = (constant force) × (distance)
= 3 × (distance),
i.e., y = 3x, where y (units) is the work done and
x (units) is the distance travelled. Since x = 2 units
(given), therefore, work done = 6 units. To plot
the graph of the linear equation y = 3x, we need at
least two solutions of the equation. We see that
x = 0, y = 0 satisfies the given equation also x = 1,
y = 3 satisfies the equation.
Now we plot the points A (0, 0) and B (1, 3) and
join AB (see Fig. 4.7). The graph of the equation
is a straight line. [We have not shown the whole
line because work done cannot be negative].
To verify from the graph, draw a perpendicular to
the x-axis at the point (2, 0) meeting the graph at
the point C. Clearly the coordinates of C are
Fig. 4.7
(2, 6). It means that the work done is 6 units.

EXERCISE 4.4

1. Show that the points A (1, 2), B (– 1, – 16) and C (0, – 7) lie on the graph of the
linear equation y = 9x – 7.
2. The following observed values of x and y are thought to satisfy a linear equation.
Write the linear equation :

x 6 –6
y –2 6

Draw the graph using the values of x, y as given in the above table.
At what points the graph of the linear equation
(i) cuts the x-axis (ii) cuts the y-axis
3. Draw the graph of the linear equation 3x + 4y = 6. At what points, the graph cuts
the x-axis and the y-axis.

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