Question 14 Marks
The roots of the quadratic equation $3 x ^2- px + q =0$ are $10^{\text {th }}$ and $11^{\text {th }}$ terms of an arithmetic progression with common difference $\frac{3}{2}$. If the sum of the first 11 terms of this arithmetic progression is 88 , then $q -2 q$ is equal to __________ .
Answer
$\begin{array}{l}
S_{11}=\frac{11}{2}(2 a+10 d)=88 \\
a+5 d=8 \\
a=8-5 \times \frac{3}{2}=\frac{1}{2}
\end{array}
$
Roots are$
\begin{array}{l}
T_{10}=a+9 d=\frac{1}{2}+9 \times \frac{3}{2}=14 \\
T_{11}=a+10 d=\frac{1}{2}+10 \times \frac{3}{2}=\frac{31}{2} \\
\frac{p}{3}=T_{10}+T_{11}=14+\frac{31}{2}=\frac{59}{2}
\end{array}
$
$\begin{array}{l} p =\frac{177}{2} \\ \frac{ q }{3}= T _{10} \times T _{11}=7 \times 31=217 \\ q =651 \\ q -2 p \\ =651-177 \\ =474\end{array}$
View full question & answer→$\begin{array}{l}
S_{11}=\frac{11}{2}(2 a+10 d)=88 \\
a+5 d=8 \\
a=8-5 \times \frac{3}{2}=\frac{1}{2}
\end{array}
$
Roots are$
\begin{array}{l}
T_{10}=a+9 d=\frac{1}{2}+9 \times \frac{3}{2}=14 \\
T_{11}=a+10 d=\frac{1}{2}+10 \times \frac{3}{2}=\frac{31}{2} \\
\frac{p}{3}=T_{10}+T_{11}=14+\frac{31}{2}=\frac{59}{2}
\end{array}
$
$\begin{array}{l} p =\frac{177}{2} \\ \frac{ q }{3}= T _{10} \times T _{11}=7 \times 31=217 \\ q =651 \\ q -2 p \\ =651-177 \\ =474\end{array}$