EXERCISE FOR Cross -Multiplication Method
1. Which of the following pairs of linear equations has unique solution, no solution,
or infinitely many solutions. In case there is a unique solution, find it by using cross
multiplication method.
(i) ${x – 3y – 3 = 0}$ (ii) ${2x + y = 5}$
${3x – 9y – 2 = 0}$ ${3x+2y = 8}$
(iii) ${3x – 5y = 20}$ (iv) ${6x – 10y = 40}$
${x – 3y – 7 =0}$ ${3x – 3y – 15 = 0}$
2. (i) For which values of a and b does the following pair of linear equations have an infinite
number of solutions?
${2x + 3y = 7}$
${(a – b) x + (a + b) y = 3a + b – 2}$
(ii) For which value of k will the following pair of linear equations have no solution?
${3x + y = 1}$
${(2k – 1) x + (k – 1) y = 2k + 1}$
3. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the substitution and cross-multiplication methods :
${8x + 5y = 9}$
${3x + 2y = 4}$
4. Form the pair of linear equations in the following problems and find their
solutions (if they exist) by any algebraic method
(i) A part of monthly hostel charges is fixed and the remaining depends on the number of days
one has taken food in the mess.
When a student A takes food for 20 days she has to pay ₹ 1000 as hostel charges whereas
a student B, who takes food for 26 days, pays ₹ 1180 as hostel charges.
Find the fixed charges and the cost of food per day.
(ii) A fraction becomes ${1/3}$ when 1 is subtracted from the numerator and it become ${1/4}$
when 8 is added to its denominator. Find the fraction.
(iii) Yash scored 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each right answer and losing 1 mark for each wrong answer.
Had 4 marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks been deducted for each incorrect answer,
then Yash would have scored 50 marks. How many questions were there in the test?
(iv) Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the same time.
If the cars travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 5 hours. If they travel towards
each other, they meet in 1 hour. What are the speeds of the two cars?
(v) The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 square units, if its length is reduced by 5 units and breadth is
increased by 3 units. If we increase the length by 3 units and the breadth by 2 units, the area increases by
67 square units. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.