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Transformations
1. The diagram below shows the graphs of y x 3 3x 2 and y g ( x ) , where g ( x) is a polynomial of degree 3.

1
to give the graph
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The graph of y x 3 3x 2 is reflected in the y-axis, then translated using the vector
of y h( x) .
(a) Write h( x ) in the form h( x ) ax 3 bx 2 cx d .

The graph of y x 3 3 x 2 4 is obtained by applying a composition of two transformations to the graph

y x3 3x 2 .
(b) State the two transformations whose composition maps the graph of y x 3 3x 2 onto the graph
y x 3 3 x 2 4 and also maps point A onto A .

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2. Let T =

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and P(a, 2a) be a point on the line with equation y = 2x.
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(a) P ( x , y ) is the image of P(a, 2a) under the translation T. Find the coordinates of P .
(b) T maps the line with equation y = 2x onto another straight line with equation y = kx. Using your answer to
part (i), or otherwise, find the equation of this straight line.
(c) Let Q (a, ma) be a point on the line with equation y = mx. Q ( x , y ) is the image of Q (a, ma) under the
translation T. Find the coordinates of Q .
(d) Given that T maps two lines of the form y = mx onto themselves, use your answer to part (iii), or
otherwise, to find the two possible values of m.
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3. The transformations T1 , T2 , T3 , in the plane are defined as follows:

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T1 : A rotation through 180 about the origin.
T2 : A reflection in the line y = x.
T3 : An anticlockwise rotation through 90 about the origin.
(a)

Write down the 2 2 matrices representing T1 , T2 and T3 .

(b)

The transformation T is defined as T1 followed by T2 followed by T3 .

(i)

Find 2 2 matrix representing T.

(ii) Give a full geometric description of the transformation T.

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4. The points A(1, 2) and B(4, 5) are mapped to A (2, 3) and B(5, 6) respectively by a linear transformation M.
(a) (i) Find the matrix M which represents this transformation.
(ii) Find the image of A under M.
The point C(1, 3) is mapped to C(2, 2) by a translation T.
(b) Find the vector which represents T.
(c) Find the image of D(5, 7) under the following transformations.
(i) T followed by M;
(ii) M followed by T.

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5. (a) Let T1 be a rotation about the origin through angle A, and T2 be a rotation about the origin through angle
B. By considering the matrices T1 , T2 , and the product T1T2 , prove that
sin( A B ) sin A cos B cos A sin B ,
cos( A B ) cos A cos B sin A sin B .
(b)

Hence prove that tan 2 A

2 tan A
.
1 tan 2 A

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12
13
13
The matrix
represents a reflection in a line through the origin. Using the result in part (b),
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13
13
find the equation of the line.

(c)

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6. A transformation A maps P(2, 1) to R(1, 0) and Q (4, 3) to S(0, 1).

(a)

Find the matrix A.

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(b)

(i) Find det A.

(ii) Hence find the area of OPQ , where O is the origin.
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1 1
1 7 5
and D = 13
. Given that D is transformation C followed by transformation M,
1 0
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7. Let C =
(a)

find the matrix M;

(b)

describe fully the geometric transformation represented by M.

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8. (a)

(b)

Let R be a rotation through k degrees, centre (0, 0). R maps the point (5, 10) onto the point (2, 11).
Find the matrix R.
1 2
. Describe the geometric effect of applying
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A transformation T is represented by the matrix

transformation T four times in succession.

(c)

The matrix Q represents rotation R followed by transformation T. Show that

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1
.
1.4 0.2

Q=
(d)

Under transformation Q, find

(i)
(ii)

the set of points which are mapped onto themselves;

the image of the line y x .
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Answers
1.

(a) h( x) x 3 6 x 2 9 x 3

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(b) Reflection in the x-axis and translation by vector

2.

(b) y

(a) (6a , 16a )

(a) (i)

0 1
, T3 =
1 0

0 1

1 0

0 1

1 2

(ii) reflection in the x-axis

(ii) (3, 4)

0.3 0.4

0.1 0.2

(a)

2
3

(b) (i) 0.1

7.

(c) (i) (6, 6)

(ii) (8, 8)
(a), (b) (showing working)
(c)

6.

1 0

0 1

(d)

1
1

(b)
5.

1 0
, T2 =
0 1

(b) (i)
4.

(a) T1 =

5
2

(c) (2 a 2 ma , 10 a 3ma )
3.

8
3

2
0

(ii) 5

1 5 12
(a) 13
12 5

(b) reflection in the line y 23 x

8.

(a)

0.8 0.6

0.6 0.8

(b) identity transformation, mapping a figure onto itself

(c) (showing working)
(d) (i)

(0, 0)

(ii) y 65 x

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