Edexcel P2 2023 October — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleP2 (Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2023
SessionOctober
TopicCircles

7. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{66abdef1-072e-41eb-a933-dd51a96330ff-16_949_940_246_566} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
\end{figure} Figure 2 shows a sketch of
  • the circle \(C\) with centre \(X ( 4 , - 3 )\)
  • the line \(l\) with equation \(y = \frac { 5 } { 2 } x - \frac { 55 } { 2 }\)
Given that \(l\) is the tangent to \(C\) at the point \(N\),
  1. show that an equation for the straight line passing through \(X\) and \(N\) is $$2 x + 5 y + 7 = 0$$
  2. Hence find
    1. the coordinates of \(N\),
    2. an equation for \(C\).