Q5 of 19 Page 275

Draw the graph of y = 2x2 + x – 6 and hence solve 2x2 + x – 10 = 0.

We are given y = 2x2 + x – 6


So taking the values of X in between –3 to 4 we can find various value of y and put them in graph



Again we are given


2x2 + x – 10 = 0


we can write the above expression as


2x2 + x–6–4 = 0


y–4 = 0 (as y = 2x2 + x – 6)


y = 4


Now we can draw another pair of value using the above data



Now we can draw the graph and the intersection of the two lines will give the roots for the equation. Where Y1 and Y2 are two lines showing y = 2x2 + x – 6 and y = 4 respectively



here from the graph its clear that the point of intersection are (–2.5,4) and (2,4) so the roots are (–2.5,2)


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