NCERT Exemplar MCQs

Summary

  • A number of the form \(a+i b\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are real numbers, is called a complex number, \(a\) is called the real part and \(b\) is called the imaginary part of the complex number.
  • Let \(z_1=a+i b\) and \(z_2=c+i d\). Then
    (i) \(z_1+z_2=(a+c)+i(b+d)\)
    (ii) \(z_1 z_2=(a c-b d)+i(a d+b c)\)
  • For any non-zero complex number \(z=a+i b(a \neq 0, b \neq 0)\), there exists the complex number \(\frac{a}{a^2+b^2}+i \frac{-b}{a^2+b^2}\), denoted by \(\frac{1}{z}\) or \(z^{-1}\), called the multiplicative inverse of \(z\) such that \((a+i b) (\frac{a}{a^2+b^2}+i \frac{-b}{a^2+b^2})=1+i 0\) \(=1\)
  • For any integer \(k, i^{4 k}=1, i^{4 k+1}=i, i^{4 k+2}=-1, i^{4 k+3}=-i\)
  • The conjugate of the complex number \(z=a+i b\), denoted by \(\bar{z}\), is given by \(\bar{z}=a-i b\).

Solution of a quadratic equation

The equations \(a x^2+b x+c=0\), where \(a, b\) and \(c\) are numbers (real or complex, \(a \neq 0\) ) is called the general quadratic equation in variable \(x\). The values of the variable satisfying the given equation are called roots of the equation.

The quadratic equation \(a x^2+b x+c=0\) with real coefficients has two roots given by \(\frac{-b+\sqrt{ D }}{2 a}\) and \(\frac{-b-\sqrt{ D }}{2 a}\), where \(D =b^2-4 a c\), called the discriminant of the equation.

  • When \(D=0\), roots of the quadratic equation are real and equal. When \(D>0\), roots are real and unequal. Further, if \(a, b, c \in Q\) and \(D\) is a perfect square, then the roots of the equation are rational and unequal, and if \(a, b, c \in Q\) and \(D\) is not a perfect square, then the roots are irrational and occur in pair. When \(D <0\), roots of the quadratic equation are non real (or complex).
  • Let \(\alpha, \beta\) be the roots of the quadratic equation \(a x^2+b x+c=0\), then sum of the roots

         \((\alpha+\beta)=\frac{-b}{a}\) and the product of the roots \((\alpha, \beta)=\frac{c}{a}\).

  • Let \(S\) and \(P\) be the sum of roots and product of roots, respectively, of a quadratic equation. Then the quadratic equation is given by \(x^2-S x+P=0\).

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