OCR Further Pure Core AS (Further Pure Core AS) 2019 June

Question 1
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1 You are given that \(z = 3 - 4 \mathrm { i }\).
  1. Find
    • \(| z |\),
    • \(\arg ( z )\),
    • \(Z ^ { * }\).
    On an Argand diagram the complex number \(w\) is represented by the point \(A\) and \(w ^ { * }\) is represented by the point \(B\).
  2. Describe the geometrical relationship between the points \(A\) and \(B\).
Question 2
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2 Matrices \(\mathbf { P }\) and \(\mathbf { Q }\) are given by \(\mathbf { P } = \left( \begin{array} { c c c } 1 & k & 0
- 2 & 1 & 3 \end{array} \right)\) and \(\mathbf { Q } = ( ( 1 + k ) - 1 )\) where \(k\) is a constant.
Exactly one of statements A and B is true.
Statement A: \(\quad \mathbf { P }\) and \(\mathbf { Q }\) (in that order) are conformable for multiplication.
Statement B: \(\quad \mathbf { Q }\) and \(\mathbf { P }\) (in that order) are conformable for multiplication.
  1. State, with a reason, which one of A and B is true.
  2. Find either \(\mathbf { P Q }\) or \(\mathbf { Q P }\) in terms of \(k\).
Question 3
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3 The position vector of point \(A\) is \(\mathbf { a } = - 9 \mathbf { i } + 2 \mathbf { j } + 6 \mathbf { k }\).
The line \(l\) passes through \(A\) and is perpendicular to \(\mathbf { a }\).
  1. Determine the shortest distance between the origin, \(O\), and \(l\).
    \(l\) is also perpendicular to the vector \(\mathbf { b }\) where \(\mathbf { b } = - 2 \mathbf { i } + \mathbf { j } + \mathbf { k }\).
  2. Find a vector which is perpendicular to both \(\mathbf { a }\) and \(\mathbf { b }\).
  3. Write down an equation of \(l\) in vector form.
    \(P\) is a point on \(l\) such that \(P A = 2 O A\).
  4. Find angle \(P O A\) giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
    \(C\) is a point whose position vector, \(\mathbf { c }\), is given by \(\mathbf { c } = p \mathbf { a }\) for some constant \(p\). The line \(m\) passes through \(C\) and has equation \(\mathbf { r } = \mathbf { c } + \mu \mathbf { b }\). The point with position vector \(9 \mathbf { i } + 8 \mathbf { j } - 12 \mathbf { k }\) lies on \(m\).
  5. Find the value of \(p\).
Question 4
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4 In this question you must show detailed reasoning. You are given that \(\mathrm { f } ( \mathrm { z } ) = 4 \mathrm { z } ^ { 4 } - 12 \mathrm { z } ^ { 3 } + 41 \mathrm { z } ^ { 2 } - 128 \mathrm { z } + 185\) and that \(2 + \mathrm { i }\) is a root of the equation \(f ( z ) = 0\).
  1. Express \(\mathrm { f } ( \mathrm { z } )\) as the product of two quadratic factors with integer coefficients.
  2. Solve \(f ( z ) = 0\). Two loci on an Argand diagram are defined by \(C _ { 1 } = \left\{ z : | z | = r _ { 1 } \right\}\) and \(C _ { 2 } = \left\{ z : | z | = r _ { 2 } \right\}\) where \(r _ { 1 } > r _ { 2 }\). You are given that two of the points representing the roots of \(\mathrm { f } ( \mathrm { z } ) = 0\) are on \(C _ { 1 }\) and two are on \(C _ { 2 } . R\) is the region on the Argand diagram between \(C _ { 1 }\) and \(C _ { 2 }\).
  3. Find the exact area of \(R\).
  4. \(\omega\) is the sum of all the roots of \(\mathrm { f } ( \mathrm { z } ) = 0\). Determine whether or not the point on the Argand diagram which represents \(\omega\) lies in \(R\).
Question 5
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5 In this question you must show detailed reasoning. You are given that \(\alpha , \beta\) and \(\gamma\) are the roots of the equation \(5 x ^ { 3 } - 2 x ^ { 2 } + 3 x + 1 = 0\).
  1. Find the value of \(\alpha ^ { 2 } \beta ^ { 2 } + \beta ^ { 2 } \gamma ^ { 2 } + \gamma ^ { 2 } \alpha ^ { 2 }\).
  2. Find a cubic equation whose roots are \(\alpha ^ { 2 } , \beta ^ { 2 }\) and \(\gamma ^ { 2 }\) giving your answer in the form \(a x ^ { 3 } + b x ^ { 2 } + c x + d = 0\) where \(a , b , c\) and \(d\) are integers.
Question 6
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6 A transformation T is represented by the matrix \(\mathbf { T }\) where \(\mathbf { T } = \left( \begin{array} { c c } x ^ { 2 } + 1 & - 4
3 - 2 x ^ { 2 } & x ^ { 2 } + 5 \end{array} \right)\). A quadrilateral \(Q\), whose area is 12 units, is transformed by T to \(Q ^ { \prime }\). Find the smallest possible value of the area of \(Q ^ { \prime }\).
Question 7
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7 A transformation A is represented by the matrix \(\mathbf { A }\) where \(\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { c c c } - 1 & x & 2
7 - x & - 6 & 1
5 & - 5 x & 2 x \end{array} \right)\).
The tetrahedron \(H\) has vertices at \(O , P , Q\) and \(R\). The volume of \(H\) is 6 units.
\(P ^ { \prime } , Q ^ { \prime } , R ^ { \prime }\) and \(H ^ { \prime }\) are the images of \(P , Q , R\) and \(H\) under A .
  1. In the case where \(x = 5\)
    • find the volume of \(H ^ { \prime }\),
    • determine whether A preserves the orientation of \(H\).
    • Find the values of \(x\) for which \(O , P ^ { \prime } , Q ^ { \prime }\) and \(R ^ { \prime }\) are coplanar (i.e. the four points lie in the same plane).
Question 8
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8 In this question you must show detailed reasoning. \(\mathbf { M }\) is the matrix \(\left( \begin{array} { l l } 1 & 6
0 & 2 \end{array} \right)\).
Prove that \(\mathbf { M } ^ { n } = \left( \begin{array} { c c } 1 & 3 \left( 2 ^ { n + 1 } - 2 \right)
0 & 2 ^ { n } \end{array} \right)\), for any positive integer \(n\). \section*{END OF QUESTION PAPER}