OCR MEI FP1 2016 June — Question 1

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicMatrices

1 The matrix \(\mathbf { M }\) is given by \(\mathbf { M } = \left( \begin{array} { c c } 8 & - 2
p & 1 \end{array} \right)\), where \(p \neq - 4\).
  1. Find the inverse of \(\mathbf { M }\) in terms of \(p\).
  2. \begin{figure}[h]
    \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{578345cb-e7a1-41fd-abf8-a977912965e8-2_1086_885_584_587} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 1}
    \end{figure} The triangle shown in Fig. 1 undergoes the transformation represented by the matrix \(\left( \begin{array} { c c } 8 & - 2
    3 & 1 \end{array} \right)\). Find the area of the image of the triangle following this transformation.