Edexcel AS Paper 1 2024 June — Question 10

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleAS Paper 1 (AS Paper 1)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicCircles

10. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{23689deb-7eed-4022-848f-1278231a4056-26_748_764_296_646} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 4}
\end{figure} Figure 4 shows a sketch of the circle \(C\)
  • the point \(P ( - 1 , k + 8 )\) is the centre of \(C\)
  • the point \(Q \left( 3 , k ^ { 2 } - 2 k \right)\) lies on \(C\)
  • \(k\) is a positive constant
  • the line \(l\) is the tangent to \(C\) at \(Q\)
Given that the gradient of \(l\) is - 2
  1. show that $$k ^ { 2 } - 3 k - 10 = 0$$
  2. Hence find an equation for \(C\)