Edexcel P4 2024 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleP4 (Pure Mathematics 4)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicVectors: Lines & Planes

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- 5 \end{array} \right)$$ Given that $$\overrightarrow { A B } = \left( \begin{array} { r } - 2
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3 \end{array} \right)$$
  1. find the coordinates of the point \(B\). The point \(C\) has position vector $$\overrightarrow { O C } = \left( \begin{array} { r } a
    5
    - 1 \end{array} \right)$$ where \(a\) is a constant.
    Given that \(\overrightarrow { O C }\) is perpendicular to \(\overrightarrow { B C }\)
  2. find the possible values of \(a\).
    1. The curve \(C\) is defined by the equation
    $$8 x ^ { 3 } - 3 y ^ { 2 } + 2 x y = 9$$ Find an equation of the normal to \(C\) at the point ( 2,5 ), giving your answer in the form \(a x + b y + c = 0\), where \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) are integers. 4. \begin{figure}[h]
    \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{e583bf92-d6a9-4f1a-b3c8-372afa6e0a0e-08_558_542_258_749} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
    \end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of a segment \(P Q R P\) of a circle with centre \(O\) and radius 5 cm .
    Given that
    • angle \(P O R\) is \(\theta\) radians
    • \(\theta\) is increasing, from 0 to \(\pi\), at a constant rate of 0.1 radians per second
    • the area of the segment \(P Q R P\) is \(A \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }\)
    • show that
    $$\frac { \mathrm { d } A } { \mathrm {~d} \theta } = K ( 1 - \cos \theta )$$ where \(K\) is a constant to be found.
  3. Find, in \(\mathrm { cm } ^ { 2 } \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\), the rate of increase of the area of the segment when \(\theta = \frac { \pi } { 3 }\) 5. \begin{figure}[h]
    \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{e583bf92-d6a9-4f1a-b3c8-372afa6e0a0e-10_803_1086_248_493} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
    \end{figure} Figure 2 shows a sketch of the curve defined by the parametric equations $$x = t ^ { 2 } + 2 t \quad y = \frac { 2 } { t ( 3 - t ) } \quad a \leqslant t \leqslant b$$ where \(a\) and \(b\) are constants.
    The ends of the curve lie on the line with equation \(y = 1\)
  4. Find the value of \(a\) and the value of \(b\) The region \(R\), shown shaded in Figure 2, is bounded by the curve and the line with equation \(y = 1\)
  5. Show that the area of region \(R\) is given by $$M - k \int _ { a } ^ { b } \frac { t + 1 } { t ( 3 - t ) } \mathrm { d } t$$ where \(M\) and \(k\) are constants to be found.
    1. Write \(\frac { t + 1 } { t ( 3 - t ) }\) in partial fractions.
    2. Use algebraic integration to find the exact area of \(R\), giving your answer in simplest form.
      1. With respect to a fixed origin \(O\), the line \(l _ { 1 }\) is given by the equation
    $$\mathbf { r } = \mathbf { i } + 2 \mathbf { j } + 5 \mathbf { k } + \lambda ( 8 \mathbf { i } - \mathbf { j } + 4 \mathbf { k } )$$ where \(\lambda\) is a scalar parameter.
    The point \(A\) lies on \(l _ { 1 }\)
    Given that \(| \overrightarrow { O A } | = 5 \sqrt { 10 }\)
  6. show that at \(A\) the parameter \(\lambda\) satisfies $$81 \lambda ^ { 2 } + 52 \lambda - 220 = 0$$ Hence
    1. show that one possible position vector for \(A\) is \(- 15 \mathbf { i } + 4 \mathbf { j } - 3 \mathbf { k }\)
    2. find the other possible position vector for \(A\). The line \(l _ { 2 }\) is parallel to \(l _ { 1 }\) and passes through \(O\).
      Given that
      • \(\overrightarrow { O A } = - 15 \mathbf { i } + 4 \mathbf { j } - 3 \mathbf { k }\)
  7. point \(B\) lies on \(l _ { 2 }\) where \(| \overrightarrow { O B } | = 4 \sqrt { 10 }\)
  8. find the area of triangle \(O A B\), giving your answer to one decimal place.
    1. The current, \(x\) amps, at time \(t\) seconds after a switch is closed in a particular electric circuit is modelled by the equation
    $$\frac { \mathrm { d } x } { \mathrm {~d} t } = k - 3 x$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
    Initially there is zero current in the circuit.
  9. Solve the differential equation to find an equation, in terms of \(k\), for the current in the circuit at time \(t\) seconds.
    Give your answer in the form \(x = \mathrm { f } ( t )\). Given that in the long term the current in the circuit approaches 7 amps,
  10. find the value of \(k\).
  11. Hence find the time in seconds it takes for the current to reach 5 amps, giving your answer to 2 significant figures.