Find intersection points

A question is this type if and only if it asks to find where a parametric curve intersects coordinate axes, lines, or other curves using algebra.

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Edexcel C34 2018 January Q11
12 marks Standard +0.3
11. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{7d07e1ad-d87a-4eb5-a15e-05b927892915-32_858_743_118_603} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 3}
\end{figure} The curve \(C\) shown in Figure 3 has parametric equations $$x = 3 \cos t , \quad y = 9 \sin 2 t , \quad 0 \leqslant t \leqslant 2 \pi$$ The curve \(C\) meets the \(x\)-axis at the origin and at the points \(A\) and \(B\), as shown in Figure 3 .
  1. Write down the coordinates of \(A\) and \(B\).
  2. Find the values of \(t\) at which the curve passes through the origin.
  3. Find an expression for \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x }\) in terms of \(t\), and hence find the gradient of the curve when \(t = \frac { \pi } { 6 }\)
  4. Show that the cartesian equation for the curve \(C\) can be written in the form $$y ^ { 2 } = a x ^ { 2 } \left( b - x ^ { 2 } \right)$$ where \(a\) and \(b\) are integers to be determined.
Edexcel P4 2023 January Q2
6 marks Standard +0.3
  1. A set of points \(P ( x , y )\) is defined by the parametric equations
$$x = \frac { t - 1 } { 2 t + 1 } \quad y = \frac { 6 } { 2 t + 1 } \quad t \neq - \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$
  1. Show that all points \(P ( x , y )\) lie on a straight line.
  2. Hence or otherwise, find the \(x\) coordinate of the point of intersection of this line and the line with equation \(y = x + 12\)
Edexcel F1 2021 January Q8
14 marks Standard +0.3
  1. The hyperbola \(H\) has Cartesian equation \(x y = 25\)
The parabola \(P\) has parametric equations \(x = 10 t ^ { 2 } , y = 20 t\)
The hyperbola \(H\) intersects the parabola \(P\) at the point \(A\)
  1. Use algebra to determine the coordinates of \(A\) The point \(B\) with coordinates \(( 10,20 )\) lies on \(P\)
  2. Find an equation for the normal to \(P\) at \(B\) Give your answer in the form \(a x + b y + c = 0\), where \(a , b\) and \(c\) are integers to be determined.
  3. Use algebra to determine, in simplest form, the exact coordinates of the points where this normal intersects the hyperbola \(H\)
    (6)
Edexcel F1 2014 June Q8
14 marks Standard +0.3
8. The hyperbola \(H\) has cartesian equation \(x y = 16\) The parabola \(P\) has parametric equations \(x = 8 t ^ { 2 } , y = 16 t\).
  1. Find, using algebra, the coordinates of the point \(A\) where \(H\) meets \(P\). Another point \(B ( 8,2 )\) lies on the hyperbola \(H\).
  2. Find the equation of the normal to \(H\) at the point (8, 2), giving your answer in the form \(y = m x + c\), where \(m\) and \(c\) are constants.
  3. Find the coordinates of the points where this normal at \(B\) meets the parabola \(P\).
Edexcel F1 2017 June Q4
7 marks Standard +0.3
4. The rectangular hyperbola \(H\) has parametric equations $$x = 4 t , \quad y = \frac { 4 } { t }$$ The straight line with equation \(3 y - 2 x = 10\) intersects \(H\) at the points \(A\) and \(B\). Given that the point \(A\) is above the \(x\)-axis,
  1. find the coordinates of the point \(A\) and the coordinates of the point \(B\).
  2. Find the coordinates of the midpoint of \(A B\).
Edexcel FP1 2017 June Q3
7 marks Standard +0.3
3. The rectangular hyperbola \(H\) has parametric equations $$x = 4 t , \quad y = \frac { 4 } { t } \quad t \neq 0$$ The points \(P\) and \(Q\) on this hyperbola have parameters \(t = \frac { 1 } { 4 }\) and \(t = 2\) respectively.
The line \(l\) passes through the origin \(O\) and is perpendicular to the line \(P Q\).
  1. Find an equation for \(l\).
  2. Find a cartesian equation for \(H\).
  3. Find the exact coordinates of the two points where \(l\) intersects \(H\). Give your answers in their simplest form.
OCR C4 Q5
9 marks Standard +0.3
5.
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{00ad2596-cd76-425d-a373-a0deda11e3c0-2_444_702_246_516} The diagram shows the curve with parametric equations $$x = 2 - t ^ { 2 } , \quad y = t ( t + 1 ) , \quad t \geq 0$$
  1. Find the coordinates of the points where the curve meets the coordinate axes.
  2. Find an equation for the tangent to the curve at the point where \(t = 2\), giving your answer in the form \(a x + b y + c = 0\).
Edexcel AEA 2023 June Q3
10 marks Challenging +1.8
3. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{78ba3acc-4cca-4d15-8362-a27e425c5859-08_752_586_251_742} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} Figure 1 shows the curve \(C\) given by the parametric equations $$x = \frac { 5 } { \sqrt { 3 } } \sin t \quad y = 5 ( 1 - \cos t ) \quad 0 \leqslant t \leqslant 2 \pi$$ The circle with centre at the origin \(O\) and with radius \(\frac { 5 \sqrt { 2 } } { 2 }\) meets the curve \(C\) at the points \(A\) and \(B\) as shown in Figure 1.
(a)Determine the value of \(t\) at the point \(B\) . The region \(R\) ,shown shaded in Figure 1,is bounded by the curve \(C\) and the circle.
(b)Determine the area of the region \(R\) .
Edexcel AEA 2017 Specimen Q7
25 marks Challenging +1.8
7. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{05b21c5d-5958-4267-b1e6-3d1ed20d5609-25_670_682_301_694} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 4}
\end{figure} A circular tower of radius 1 metre stands in a large horizontal field of grass.A goat is attached to one end of a rope and the other end of the rope is attached to a fixed point \(O\) at the base of the tower.The goat cannot enter the tower. Taking the point \(O\) as the origin( 0,0 ),the centre of the base of the tower is at the point \(T ( 0,1 )\) ,where the unit of length is the metre. The rope has length \(\pi\) metres and you may ignore the size of the goat.
The curve \(C\) shown in Figure 4 represents the edge of the region that the goat can reach.
(a)Write down the equation of \(C\) for \(y < 0\) When the goat is at the point \(G ( x , y )\) ,with \(x > 0\) and \(y > 0\) ,as shown in Figure 4 ,the rope lies along \(O A G\) where \(O A\) is an arc of the circle with angle \(O T A = \theta\) radians and \(A G\) is a tangent to the circle at \(A\) .
(b)With the aid of a suitable diagram show that $$\begin{aligned} & x = \sin \theta + ( \pi - \theta ) \cos \theta \\ & y = 1 - \cos \theta + ( \pi - \theta ) \sin \theta \end{aligned}$$ (c) By considering \(\int y \frac { \mathrm {~d} x } { \mathrm {~d} \theta } \mathrm {~d} \theta\), show that the area, in the first quadrant, between \(C\), the positive \(x\)-axis and the positive \(y\)-axis can be expressed in the form $$\int _ { 0 } ^ { \pi } u \sin u \mathrm {~d} u + \int _ { 0 } ^ { \pi } u ^ { 2 } \sin ^ { 2 } u \mathrm {~d} u + \int _ { 0 } ^ { \pi } u \sin u \cos u \mathrm {~d} u$$ (d) Show that \(\int _ { 0 } ^ { \pi } u ^ { 2 } \sin ^ { 2 } u \mathrm {~d} u = \frac { \pi ^ { 3 } } { 6 } + \int _ { 0 } ^ { \pi } u \sin u \cos u \mathrm {~d} u\)
(e) Hence find the area of grass that can be reached by the goat.
OCR C4 2009 January Q6
9 marks Moderate -0.3
6 A curve has parametric equations $$x = t ^ { 2 } - 6 t + 4 , \quad y = t - 3 .$$ Find
  1. the coordinates of the point where the curve meets the \(x\)-axis,
  2. the equation of the curve in cartesian form, giving your answer in a simple form without brackets,
  3. the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point where \(t = 2\), giving your answer in the form \(a x + b y + c = 0\), where \(a , b\) and \(c\) are integers.
Edexcel C4 Q4
10 marks Moderate -0.3
4. A curve is given parametrically by the equations $$x = 5 \cos t , \quad y = - 2 + 4 \sin t , \quad 0 \leq t < 2 \pi$$
  1. Find the coordinates of all the points at which \(C\) intersects the coordinate axes, giving your answers in surd form where appropriate.
  2. Sketch the graph at \(C\).
    \(P\) is the point on \(C\) where \(t = \frac { 1 } { 6 } \pi\).
  3. Show that the normal to \(C\) at \(P\) has equation $$8 \sqrt { } 3 y = 10 x - 25 \sqrt { } 3$$
AQA Paper 1 2019 June Q15
10 marks Moderate -0.3
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  1. At time \(t\) hours after a high tide, the height, \(h\) metres, of the tide and the velocity, \(v\) knots, of the tidal flow can be modelled using the parametric equations $$\begin{aligned} & v = 4 - \left( \frac { 2 t } { 3 } - 2 \right) ^ { 2 } \\ & h = 3 - 2 \sqrt [ 3 ] { t - 3 } \end{aligned}$$ High tides and low tides occur alternately when the velocity of the tidal flow is zero.
    A high tide occurs at 2 am.
    15
    1. Use the model to find the height of this high tide.
      15
  2. (ii) Find the time of the first low tide after 2 am.
    15
  3. (iii) Find the height of this low tide.
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  4. Use the model to find the height of the tide when it is flowing with maximum velocity.
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  5. Comment on the validity of the model.