Edexcel F1 2014 January — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2014
SessionJanuary
TopicMatrices

3. $$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { l l } 6 & 4
1 & 1 \end{array} \right)$$
  1. Show that \(\mathbf { A }\) is non-singular. The triangle \(R\) is transformed to the triangle \(S\) by the matrix \(\mathbf { A }\).
    Given that the area of triangle \(R\) is 10 square units,
  2. find the area of triangle \(S\). Given that $$\mathbf { B } = \mathbf { A } ^ { 4 }$$ and that the triangle \(R\) is transformed to the triangle \(T\) by the matrix \(\mathbf { B }\),
  3. find, without evaluating \(\mathbf { B }\), the area of triangle \(T\).