Edexcel FP1 AS 2019 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFP1 AS (Further Pure 1 AS)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicVectors: Cross Product & Distances

4. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of a solid doorstop made of wood. The doorstop is modelled as a tetrahedron. Relative to a fixed origin \(O\), the vertices of the tetrahedron are \(A ( 2,1,4 )\), \(B ( 6,1,2 ) , C ( 4,10,3 )\) and \(D ( 5,8 , d )\), where \(d\) is a positive constant and the units are in centimetres.
  1. Find the area of the triangle \(A B C\). Given that the volume of the doorstop is \(21 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 3 }\)
  2. find the value of the constant \(d\).