Edexcel C12 2017 October — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC12 (Core Mathematics 1 & 2)
Year2017
SessionOctober
TopicQuadratic Functions

4. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of a triangle \(A B C\) with \(A B = 3 x \mathrm {~cm} , A C = x \mathrm {~cm}\) and angle \(C A B = 60 ^ { \circ }\) Given that the area of triangle \(A B C = 24 \sqrt { 3 }\)
  1. show that \(x = 4 \sqrt { 2 }\)
  2. Hence find the exact length of \(B C\), giving your answer as a simplified surd.