Edexcel P1 2024 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicSimultaneous equations

  1. The curve \(C _ { 1 }\) has equation
$$y = x ^ { 2 } + k x - 9$$ and the curve \(C _ { 2 }\) has equation $$y = - 3 x ^ { 2 } - 5 x + k$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
Given that \(C _ { 1 }\) and \(C _ { 2 }\) meet at a single point \(P\)
  1. show that $$k ^ { 2 } + 26 k + 169 = 0$$
  2. Hence find the coordinates of \(P\)