AQA Paper 3 2024 June — Question 8 2 marks

Exam BoardAQA
ModulePaper 3 (Paper 3)
Year2024
SessionJune
Marks2
TopicExponential Functions

8 The temperature \(\theta ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\) of an oven \(t\) minutes after it is switched on can be modelled by the equation $$\theta = 20 \left( 11 - 10 \mathrm { e } ^ { - k t } \right)$$ where \(k\) is a positive constant.
Initially the oven is at room temperature.
The maximum temperature of the oven is \(T ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\)
The temperature predicted by the model is shown in the graph below.
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  1. Find the room temperature.
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  2. Find the value of \(T\)
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  3. The oven reaches a temperature of \(86 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\) one minute after it is switched on. 8
    1. Find the value of \(k\).
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  4. (ii) Find the time it takes for the temperature of the oven to be within \(1 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\) of its maximum.
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    \end{figure} The centre of the circle is \(P\) and the circle intersects the \(y\)-axis at \(Q\) as shown in Figure 1. The equation of the circle is $$x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } = 12 y - 8 x - 27$$