Edexcel F1 2022 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleF1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicLinear transformations

7. $$A = \left( \begin{array} { c c } - \frac { \sqrt { 3 } } { 2 } & - \frac { 1 } { 2 }
\frac { 1 } { 2 } & - \frac { \sqrt { 3 } } { 2 } \end{array} \right)$$
  1. Determine the matrix \(\mathbf { A } ^ { 2 }\)
  2. Describe fully the single geometrical transformation represented by the matrix \(\mathbf { A } ^ { 2 }\)
  3. Hence determine the smallest positive integer value of \(n\) for which \(\mathbf { A } ^ { n } = \mathbf { I }\) The matrix \(\mathbf { B }\) represents a stretch scale factor 4 parallel to the \(x\)-axis.
  4. Write down the matrix \(\mathbf { B }\) The transformation represented by matrix \(\mathbf { A }\) followed by the transformation represented by matrix \(\mathbf { B }\) is represented by the matrix \(\mathbf { C }\)
  5. Determine the matrix \(\mathbf { C }\) The parallelogram \(P\) is transformed onto the parallelogram \(P ^ { \prime }\) by the matrix \(\mathbf { C }\)
  6. Given that the area of parallelogram \(P ^ { \prime }\) is 20 square units, determine the area of parallelogram \(P\)