Edexcel C2 — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
TopicCircles

  1. The circle \(C\) has centre \(( - 3,2 )\) and passes through the point \(( 2,1 )\).
    1. Find an equation for \(C\).
    2. Show that the point with coordinates \(( - 4,7 )\) lies on \(C\).
    3. Find an equation for the tangent to \(C\) at the point ( - 4 , 7). Give your answer in the form \(a x + b y + c = 0\), where \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) are integers.
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    \end{figure} Figure 2 shows the curve \(y = 2 x ^ { 2 } + 6 x + 7\) and the straight line \(y = 2 x + 13\).