OCR FP1 2010 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicLinear transformations

5
  1. Write down the matrix that represents a reflection in the line \(y = x\).
  2. Describe fully the geometrical transformation represented by each of the following matrices: $$\begin{aligned} & \text { (i) } \left( \begin{array} { c c } 5 & 0
    0 & 1 \end{array} \right) \text {, }
    & \text { (ii) } \left( \begin{array} { c c } \frac { 1 } { 2 } & \frac { 1 } { 2 } \sqrt { 3 }
    - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \sqrt { 3 } & \frac { 1 } { 2 } \end{array} \right) \text {. } \end{aligned}$$