Edexcel FP1 2022 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicConic sections

  1. The rectangular hyperbola \(H\) has equation \(x y = 36\)
    1. Use calculus to show that the equation of the tangent to \(H\) at the point \(P \left( 6 t , \frac { 6 } { t } \right)\) is
    $$y t ^ { 2 } + x = 12 t$$ The point \(Q \left( 12 t , \frac { 3 } { t } \right)\) also lies on \(H\).
  2. Find the equation of the tangent to \(H\) at the point \(Q\). The tangent at \(P\) and the tangent at \(Q\) meet at the point \(R\).
  3. Show that as \(t\) varies the locus of \(R\) is also a rectangular hyperbola.