Edexcel FP1 2014 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicLinear transformations

3. (i) $$\mathbf { A } = \left( \begin{array} { c c } \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { } 2 } & \frac { - 1 } { \sqrt { } 2 }
\frac { 1 } { \sqrt { } 2 } & \frac { 1 } { \sqrt { } 2 } \end{array} \right)$$
  1. Describe fully the single transformation represented by the matrix \(\mathbf { A }\). The matrix \(\mathbf { B }\) represents an enlargement, scale factor - 2 , with centre the origin.
  2. Write down the matrix \(\mathbf { B }\).
    (ii) $$\mathbf { M } = \left( \begin{array} { c c } 3 & k
    - 2 & 3 \end{array} \right) , \quad \text { where } k \text { is a positive constant. }$$ Triangle \(T\) has an area of 16 square units. Triangle \(T\) is transformed onto the triangle \(T ^ { \prime }\) by the transformation represented by the matrix M. Given that the area of the triangle \(T ^ { \prime }\) is 224 square units, find the value of \(k\).