AQA Paper 1 Specimen — Question 11 8 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModulePaper 1 (Paper 1)
SessionSpecimen
Marks8
TopicCircles

11 A circle with centre \(C\) has equation \(x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } + 8 x - 12 y = 12\) 11
  1. Find the coordinates of \(C\) and the radius of the circle.
    [0pt] [3 marks] 11
  2. The points \(P\) and \(Q\) lie on the circle.
    The origin is the midpoint of the chord \(P Q\).
    Show that \(P Q\) has length \(n \sqrt { 3 }\), where \(n\) is an integer.
    [0pt] [5 marks]