Higher Homework 21 Section 1: Vectors 1. A, B and C have coordinates (2,-3,5), (8,3,2) and (12,7,0), respectively.

Show that A, B and C are collinear and write down the ratio in which B divides AC. a = 5i + 2 2 j + 4 3k. Find a . P, Q and R have coordinates (1,3,3), (4,-2,-2) and (3,1,1) respectively. Find the coordinates of the point S such that PQRS is a parallelogram. p = 3i 3 j + 2k , q = 4i j + k , r = 4i 2 j + 3k. (a) (b) Find 2p q + r in terms of i, j and k. Find the value of 2p q + r .

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Section 2: Circles 1. Show that the line x + y = 10 is a tangent to the circle x 2 + y 2 2 x 10 y + 18 = 0 and find the coordinates of the point of contact. Circle Circle (a) (b) (c) C1 has equation x 2 + y 2 + 8 x + 2 y 8 = 0. C2 has equation x 2 + y 2 16 x 16 y + 28 = 0. Show that the circles touch externally. Find the coordinates of the point of contact. Find the equation of the common tangent passing through the point of contact. T

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The centre of this circle is the point (2,1). Line has equation y = 2 x + 2. Line is tangent to the circle at T. Find the equation of the circle.

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A circle has centre (0,0) and radius 30 units. A is the point (0,-50) and B is the point (3,-46). Show that the straight line through AB is a tangent to the circle and find the coordinates of the point of contact. Section 3: Miscellaneous

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Solve (i) (ii)

3 cos 2 x = cos x 1 (0 x 360) 3 tan 2 x = (0 < x < 2 ) . Answer correct to 3 decimal places. 4

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Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of the line y = 2 x 1 and the circle x 2 + y 2 = 2. For what value(s) of p does the equation x 2 2 x + p = 0 have equal roots?

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Differentiate

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y=

x 2 + 3x 2 2x
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y = x (1 x 2 )

The volume V of a solid is given by V ( x ) = kx 2 (r x), where k and r are positive constants. 2 Show that V is maximised when x = r and find this volume in terms of k and r. 3 R a P

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Q S

QS is a tangent to the semicircle PRQ. a (a) Show that b = . cos cos (b) 7. Show that the area of triangle RPS is y (2,6) 1 2 a (tan + tan ). 2

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(4,0)

This is a sketch graph of a cubic function f ( x). On separate diagrams sketch the graphs of the following functions, showing the images of the four points given on the graph of f ( x). f ( x + 4) f ( x 2) 6 f ( x) (a) (b) (c) 1 f (2 x) f ( 2 x) f (x ) (d) (e) (f) 8. Given that (sin A + cos B ) 2 + (cos A + sin B )2 = 3, find two possible values for angle ( A + B ) between 0 and 2. Factorise fully 2 x3 + 5 x2 4 x 3. Find the maximum value of 1 ( x R ). Justify your answer. x + 10 x + 26
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P, Q and R have coordinates (1,-2), (6,3) and (9,14), respectively. P, Q and R are vertices of a kite PQRS. (a) (b) Find the coordinates of the point where the diagonals intersect. Find the coordinates of the fourth vertex S.