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The diagram shows an enclosure in the shape of a rectangle with dimensions 2x metres by y
metres joined to an isosceles right-angled triangle with hypotenuse 2x metres. The enclosure has
perimeter P metres and area A square metres.
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(ii) Find the value of x for which 0.
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(iii) Show that, when x has this value, the area of the enclosure is a maximum.
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(iv) Find this maximum area, giving your answer to the nearest square metre.
(2)
(Total 15 marks)
2. The points P(1,10) and Q(4,4) lie on the curve
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y = x 6x + 7x + 8,
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(a) Find the area of the shaded region between the curve and the line PQ.
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3. (a) Simplify (k + 5) 12k(k + 2).
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(b) The quadratic equation 3(k + 2)x + (k + 5) x + k = 0 has real roots.
(a) When k = 7:
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(i) show that x 4x 44 = 0;
(1)
(ii) find the roots of this equation, giving your answers in the form a + b 3 , where a
and b are integers.
(2)
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(b) When the quadratic equation x + (3 k)x + 5 k = 0 has equal roots:
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(i) show that 5k 6k 11 = 0
(3)