Edexcel Paper 2 Specimen — Question 8

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePaper 2 (Paper 2)
SessionSpecimen
TopicStraight Lines & Coordinate Geometry

8. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{a75c9ef7-b648-47be-bad1-fc8b315be3df-10_602_999_260_534} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} Figure 1 shows a rectangle \(A B C D\).
The point \(A\) lies on the \(y\)-axis and the points \(B\) and \(D\) lie on the \(x\)-axis as shown in Figure 1. Given that the straight line through the points \(A\) and \(B\) has equation \(5 y + 2 x = 10\)
  1. show that the straight line through the points \(A\) and \(D\) has equation \(2 y - 5 x = 4\)
  2. find the area of the rectangle \(A B C D\).