Edexcel F1 2015 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicConic sections

4. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of the parabola \(C\) with equation \(y ^ { 2 } = 4 a x\), where \(a\) is a positive constant. The point \(S\) is the focus of \(C\) and the point \(Q\) lies on the directrix of \(C\). The point \(P\) lies on \(C\) where \(y > 0\) and the line segment \(Q P\) is parallel to the \(x\)-axis. Given that the length of \(P S\) is 13
  1. write down the length of \(P Q\). Given that the point \(P\) has \(x\) coordinate 9
    find
  2. the value of \(a\),
  3. the area of triangle \(P S Q\).