Edexcel C12 Specimen — Question 10

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC12 (Core Mathematics 1 & 2)
SessionSpecimen
TopicCurve Sketching
TypeSolve transformed function equations

10. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{1528bec3-7a7a-42c5-bac2-756ff3493818-18_508_812_306_644} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of the curve \(C\) with equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\), where $$f ( x ) = x ^ { 2 } ( 9 - 2 x ) .$$ There is a minimum at the origin, a maximum at the point \(( 3,27 )\) and \(C\) cuts the \(x\)-axis at the point \(A\).
  1. Write down the coordinates of the point \(A\).
  2. On separate diagrams sketch the curve with equation
    1. \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x + 3 )\),
    2. \(y = \mathrm { f } ( 3 x )\). On each sketch you should indicate clearly the coordinates of the maximum point and any points where the curves cross or meet the coordinate axes. The curve with equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x ) + k\), where \(k\) is a constant, has a maximum point at \(( 3,10 )\).
  3. Write down the value of \(k\).