Edexcel F1 2014 January — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2014
SessionJanuary
TopicLinear transformations

6.
  1. $$\mathbf { B } = \left( \begin{array} { r r } - 1 & 2
    3 & - 4 \end{array} \right) , \quad \mathbf { Y } = \left( \begin{array} { r r } 4 & - 2
    1 & 0 \end{array} \right)$$ (a) Find \(\mathbf { B } ^ { - 1 }\). The transformation represented by \(\mathbf { Y }\) is equivalent to the transformation represented by \(\mathbf { B }\) followed by the transformation represented by the matrix \(\mathbf { A }\).
    (b) Find \(\mathbf { A }\).
  2. $$\mathbf { M } = \left( \begin{array} { r r } - \sqrt { 3 } & - 1
    1 & - \sqrt { 3 } \end{array} \right)$$ The matrix \(\mathbf { M }\) represents an enlargement scale factor \(k\), centre ( 0,0 ), where \(k > 0\), followed by a rotation anti-clockwise through an angle \(\theta\) about \(( 0,0 )\).
    (a) Find the value of \(k\).
    (b) Find the value of \(\theta\).