AQA Further Paper 2 2021 June — Question 6

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFurther Paper 2 (Further Paper 2)
Year2021
SessionJune
TopicConic sections

6 The ellipse \(E _ { 1 }\) has equation $$x ^ { 2 } + \frac { y ^ { 2 } } { 4 } = 1$$ \(E _ { 1 }\) is translated by the vector \(\left[ \begin{array} { l } 3
0 \end{array} \right]\) to give the ellipse \(E _ { 2 }\)
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  1. Write down the equation of \(E _ { 2 }\) 6
  2. The ellipse \(E _ { 3 }\) has equation $$\frac { x ^ { 2 } } { 4 } + ( y - 3 ) ^ { 2 } = 1$$ Describe the transformation that maps \(E _ { 2 }\) to \(E _ { 3 }\) 6
  3. Each of the lines \(L _ { A }\) and \(L _ { B }\) is a tangent to both \(E _ { 2 }\) and \(E _ { 3 }\)
    \(L _ { A }\) is closer to the origin than \(L _ { B }\)
    \(E _ { 2 }\) and \(E _ { 3 }\) both lie between \(L _ { A }\) and \(L _ { B }\)
    Sketch and label \(E _ { 2 } , E _ { 3 } , L _ { A }\) and \(L _ { B }\) on the axes below.
    You do not need to show the values of the axis intercepts for \(L _ { A }\) and \(L _ { B }\)
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  4. Explain, without doing any calculations, why \(L _ { A }\) has an equation of the form $$x + y = c$$ where \(c\) is a constant.