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Name

MOCK 1920
MATH I
Class ( )

Seat No.

Teacher CWK / FSW / WKT / LTL / LHF

SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School


F.6 Mock Exam 2019 – 2020

MATHEMATICS (Compulsory Part)


Paper 1

Question-Answer Book
Date: 8th January, 2020
1
Time: 2 hours
4
This paper must be answered in English

Instructions:
1. Write your Name, Class, Class Number, Seat Number and Teacher Name in the spaces
provided on the first page of the Question-Answer Book.
2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), A(2) and B.
3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your answers in the spaces provided in the
Question-Answer Book.
4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be supplied on request. Write your Name,
Class, Class Number, Seat Number and question number on each sheet, insert them inside this
Question-Answer Book.
5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.
6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or correct to 3
significant figures.
7. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
8. The total marks in this paper = 105.
Your marks will be converted so that the full marks = 130.

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F.6 MATH I

Section A(1) (35 marks)


1. Make x the subject of the formula a 1  x %   b1  x%  .

(3 marks)
a 1  x %   b 1  x % 
a  ax%  b  bx%
ax%  bx%  b  a
(a  b) x %  b  a
(a  b) x
ba
100
100 b  a 
x
ab
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( p 4 q 3 ) 4
2. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices.
p 7 q 5

(3 marks)
( p 4 q 3 ) 4
p 7 q 5

p 16 q 12

p 7 q 5

p 16  7

q 12  5

p9

q7

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F.6 MATH I

3. Factorize
(a) 5 x 2  3 xy  2 y 2

(b) 5 x 2  3 xy  2 y 2  4 x  4 y

(3 marks)
(a)
5 x 2  3 xy  2 y 2

 5 x  2 y  x  y 

(b)
5 x 2  3 xy  2 y 2  4 x  4 y

 5 x  2 y x  y   4  x  y 
 x  y 5 x  2 y  4 
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4. David goes to a fast food shop to buy 2 hamburgers, 3 apple pies and a salad. The prices of
the food in the fast food shop are given below.
Food Hamburger Apple pie Salad
Unit price $14.5 $12.5 $17.8
(a) By rounding up the unit price of each item to the nearest dollar, estimate the total amount that David
should pay.
(b) If David has only $90, does he have enough money to buy all the items needed? Explain your answer.
(4 marks)
(a) The estimated total amount
=2(15)+3(13)+1(18)
=$87

(b) Note that the estimated total amount is less than $90.
Thus, David has enough money to buy all the items needed.

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F.6 MATH I

4x  5
5. (a) Solve the inequality  6.
3
(b) Find the number of integral values of x satisfying the system of inequalities
 1 4x  5
 6.
3 3

(4 marks)
(a) 4x  5
6
3
4 x  5  18
13
x
4
(b)  1 4x  5

3 3
 1  4x  5
4 x  6
3
x
2
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3 13
Combining both, we have x .
2 4
The required number is 5.

6. James is 10% taller than Peter and Peter is 5% shorter than John. It is given that the height of
Peter is 171 cm.
(a) Find the height of John.
(b) James claims that he is the tallest person among the three. Do you agree with him?
Explain your answer.
(4 marks)
(a) Let the height of John be x cm.
x1  5%  171
171
x
1  5%
x  180
The height of John is 180 cm.

(b) The height of James


 1711  10%

 188.1 cm
Thus, James is the tallest.
I agree with the claim.

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F.6 MATH I

7. There are two kinds of tickets for a train: first-class tickets and economy-class tickets. The price
of a first-class ticket is $500 and that of an economy-class is $360. On a day, the number of
economy-class tickets sold is five times that of first-class tickets sold, and the total value of all
the tickets sold is $50 600. Find the number of first-class tickets sold on that day.
(4 marks)
Let the number of first-class tickets sold be x.
So the number of economy-class tickets sold is 5x.
500( x )  360(5 x )  50600
2300 x  50600
x  22
Thus, the number of first-class tickets sold is 22.
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F.6 MATH I

8. The frequency distribution table and the cumulative frequency distribution table below show
the distribution of the weights (in kg) of 120 students.

Weight (kg) Frequency Weight less than (kg) Cumulative frequency


31-40 12 40.5 12
41-50 25 50.5 p
51-60 a 60.5 60
61-70 b 70.5 107
71-80 10 80.5 q
81-90 3 90.5 120

(a) Find the values of p and q.


(b) Find the median weight of the students.
(c) If a student is randomly selected, find the probability that the weight of the selected
student is less than 70.5 kg but not less than 40.5 kg.
(5 marks)
(a) p  12  25  37
q  120  3  117
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(b) Median weight = 60.5 kg
(c) The required probability
107  12

120
19

24

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F.6 MATH I

9. In the figure, AC is a diameter of the circle. BD is a chord of the B


circle. BD intersects AC at E. F is a point on

AD .
AED = 80 and BC : AD = 3 : 5. Find DFC.
  E
A C
80

F
D
(5 marks)

 
 BC : AD  3 : 5
  BAC :  ABD  3 : 5
3
BAC  ABD
5
In ABE ,
ABE  BAE  AED
3
ABD  ABD  80 
5
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ABD  50 
ABC  90 
DBC  90   50 
 40 
DFC  DBC
 40 

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F.6 MATH I

Section A(2) (35 marks)

10. It is given that h(x) partly varies as x2 and partly varies as x.


Suppose that h(2) = 2 and h(3) = 27 .
(a) Find h(x) . (3 marks)
(b) Find the minimum value of h(x) and the corresponding value of x. (2 marks)
Let h(x) = a x2 + b x where a, b are non-zero real numbers.
(a)
For h(2) = 2  4a  2b = 2
b = 2a  1 ……(1)
For h(3) = 27,  9a + 3b = 27
3a+ b = 9 ……(2)
Put (1) into (2), 3a +2a  1 = 9
a=2
and b = 2(2)  1 = 4  1 = 3
 h(x) = 2 x2+ 3 x

(b)
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h( x)  2 x2  3x OR

3 3
3 3 3 x 
2 2
h ( x )  2( x  x       )
2
2( 2) 4
2 4 4

3 3 3
3 3 h( )  2( ) 2  3( )
2
h ( x )  2( x  ) 2  2  4 4 4
4  4
9 9 9
3 9  2( )   
h( x)  2( x  ) 2  16 4 8
4 8
9 3
The minimum value is  at x   .
8 4

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F.6 MATH I

11. Given f ( x ) = k ( 2 x 4 + 2 x 3  x 2  x  1 ) + x 3 + 4 and f(x) is divisible by x + 1.


(a) Find the value of k . (2 marks)
(b) Show that (x+1) 2 is a factor of f ( x ) . (1 mark)
(c) Hence, solve f(x) = 0 . (3 marks)

(a) By factor theorem, f (  1 ) = 0 .


k [2(1)4 + 2(1)3  (1)2  (1)  1)] +(1)3 + 4 = 0
k [2 +2(1)  1  (1)  1]  1 + 4 = 0
k+3=0
k = 3

(b) f(x) = 3 (2x4 +2x3  x2  x  1) + x3 + 4


=6x4 +7x3  3x2  3x +1
(x+1) 2 = x 2 + 2x + 1
6x2 5x+ 1
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x 2  2 x  1 6 x 4  7 x3  3x 2  3 x  1
6 x 4  12 x 3  6 x 2
 5 x3  9 x 2  3x
 5 x3  10 x 2  5 x
x2  2x  1
x2  2x  1

f ( x ) = ( x  1)2 (6 x2  5x  1)

(c)
f(x) = ( x  1)2 (6 x2  5x  1)

= ( x  1)2 (2 x  1) (3x  1)
 f(x) = 0

( x  1)2 (2 x  1) (3x  1) = 0

1 1
x = 1, , .
2 3

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F.6 MATH I

12. Carmen measured the weight of some Red Soil


Red Soil
potatoes and some Green Grass potatoes. The
results are shown on the box-and-whisker Green
Grass
diagrams on the right.
50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250
Weight (g)

(a) Find the range and median of the weights of the Red Soil potatoes. (2 marks)
(b) Find the inter-quartile range of the weights of the Green Grass potatoes. (1 mark)
(c) Compare the box-and-whisker diagrams and describe two differences between
the two packs of potatoes. (2 marks)
(d) The seller gave two more Green Grass potatoes for free, and both potatoes are less than
100g. Carmen claims that, if these two potatoes are included in her statistics, the median
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of Green Grass potatoes must be decreased. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(2 marks)
(a) Range of weights of the Red Soil potatoes
= (190 – 75) g = 115 g
Median of the weights of the Red Soil potatoes
= 150 g
(b) Inter-quartile range of the weights of the Green Grass potatoes
= (180 – 90) g = 90g

(c) The differences between the two packs of potatoes (any two):
(1) The median of weights of the Red Soil potatoes is larger.
(2) The range of weights of the Green Grass potatoes is larger.
(3) The inter-quartile range of weights of the Green Grass potatoes is larger.
(4) The smallest weight of the Red Soil potatoes is larger.
(5) The greatest weight of the Green Grass potatoes is larger.
(d) No, if there are more than two packs of potatoes weighted 125g, the median will remain
unchanged.
Case (i) There are odd number of Green Grass potatoes.
…, 125, 125 ,…

Original median
  
n terms n terms

Case (ii) There are even number of Green Grass potatoes.


…, 125, 125, 125,…

Original median
 
n terms n terms

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F.6 MATH I

13. In the figure, an inverted conical vessel of volume 640 cm3 is filled with water to half its depth.

(a) Find the volume of water in the vessel. (2 marks)


(b) A small metal sphere is placed into the water until it is totally immersed
3
as shown in figure. If the depth of water is now of the vessel’s depth,
4
find the radius of the sphere. (2 marks)

(a) Let V cm3 and h cm be the volume of the water and the height of the vessel.

 0.5h  V
3
  
 h  640
V = 80
The volume of water in the vessel is 80 cm3 .
(b) Let V1 cm3 be the volume of the sphere.
 0.5 h  80
3
  
Then  0.75 h  80  V1
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8 80

27 80  V1

V1 = 190

3
The radius of the sphere = (190)
4
3

 3.566331 cm

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F.6 MATH I

14. (a) In an arithmetic sequence {Tn}, the first term is 1 and the common difference is 1.
(i) Find the general term Tn of this sequence.
(ii) Let Sn be the sum of the first n terms of the sequence {Tn},
Write down S2, S4, and Sn, in terms of n. (3 marks)
(b) The sequence {1, 3, 6, 10, ...} is called the sequence of the triangular numbers
(i) Find the sum of the 15th and the 16th terms of this sequence.
(ii) Prove that the sum of two consecutive triangular numbers must be a square
number. (4 marks)
(c) Mr. Lam is a designer for the window decoration of a plaza. He divides 484
decorations into two groups P and Q. The numbers of decorations in P and Q
are two consecutive triangular numbers and there are more decorations in P.
How does he divide these decorations? (1 mark)

(a) (i) First term a = 1, common difference =1.


Tn  1  (n  1)(1)  n
∴ The general term of the sequence Tn = n.
(ii) S2 = 1 + 2 = 3
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S4 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10

n
Sn = 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n = (1  n)
2

(b)
(i) S15  S16

15 16
 (1  15)  (1  16)  120  136
2 2
 256

(ii) S n  S n 1

n (n  1)
 ( n  1)  [(n  1)  1]
2 2
n (n  1)(n  2)
 ( n  1) 
2 2
 n 1
 (n  n  2)
 2 
 n  1
 2 (n  1)
 2 
 (n  1) 2
∴ The sum of two consecutive triangular numbers S(n)
and Sn+1 must be a square number.

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F.6 MATH I

(c) 484 = 22  22 = 222 = S21 + S22 [from (b)(ii)]


22
Quantity in P =S22 = (1 + 22) =253
2

Quantity in Q  S21  (1 + 21)  231


21
2
∴The designer has to divide the decorations into group P of 253 decorations and
group Q of 231 decorations.
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F.6 MATH I

15. In the figure, AF // BE // CD. AD and FC intersect at E.


D
(a) Prove that CBE  CAF. (2 marks)
(b) Write down the triangle which is similar to ACD .
F y
E
xy
Hence, prove that z  . (3 marks)
x y x z C
B
A

(a)
In △CBE and △CAF,
ECB = FCA (common angle)
CBE = CAF (corr. s, BE // AF)
CEB = CFA (corr. s, BE // AF)
△CBE~ △CAF (AAA)
(b) Similarly, △ABE ~ △ACD (AAA)
By (a), △CBE ~ △CAF
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BE BC
 (corr. sides, △)
AF AC

z BC
i.e.  ……… (1)
x AC
and △ABE ~ △ACD
BE AB
 (corr. sides, △)
CD AC

z AB
i.e.  ……… (2)
y AC

z z BC AB
(1) + (2):   
x y AC AC

1 1 BC  AB
z(  ) 
x y AC
yx AC
z( )
xy AC
yx
z( ) 1
xy
xy
z
x y

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F.6 MATH I

Section B (35 marks)

16. Find the greatest integer x such that 4 (0.8) 2 x  23 (0.8) x  6  0 . (3 marks)

4 (0.8)2 x  23 (0.8) x  6  0

4 (0.8) x

 1 (0.8) x  6  0

(0.8) x  6  0 or 4 (0.8)x  1  0
1
(0.8) x   6 ( rejected ) or (0.8) x 
4
1
x log (0.8)  log ( )
4
log 0.25
x  ( or x  6.212567439 )
log 0.8

 The greatest integer is 6.


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F.6 MATH I

17. There are 3 packs of brand A potato chips, 4 packs of brand B potato chips and 5 packs of brand
C potato chips in a cupboard. 6 packs of potato chips are randomly selected from the cupboard.
(a) Find the number of ways that 2 packs of potato chips of each brand are selected.
(1 mark)
(b) Find the probability that 2 packs of potato chips of each brand are selected.
(2 marks)
(a) The number of ways

= C23C24C25
= 180

(b) The required probability


C 23C 24 C 25  3  2  4  3  5  4 
= or 90       
C 612  12  11  10  9  8  7 
15
=
77
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F.6 MATH I

18. May has to choose between two posts offered by two companies. The monthly salaries of
the two posts within five years are calculated by the following methods.
Post A : $20000 per month for the first year with an annual increase in salary of $1500 for
every year afterwards.
Post B : $18000 per month for the first year with an annual increase in salary of 10% for
every year afterwards.
(a) Find the monthly salary of each post at the beginning of the fifth year. (2 marks)
(b) May claims that she will earn more total salaries in the first five years if she works for
post B. Do you agree ? Explain your answer. (4 marks)
(a) For Post A, the monthly salary within five years form an arithmetic sequence with the
first term = $20 000 and the common difference = $1 500.
 The monthly salary of post A in the fifth year
 $[20 000  (5  1)(1 500)]
 $26 000

For Post B, the monthly salary within five years form a geometric sequence with the first
term = $18 000 and the common ratio = 1 + 10% = 1.1.
 The monthly salary of post B in the fifth year
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 $18 000  (1.1) 51
 $26 353.8

(b) For Post A, the total salary offered within five years
5 
 $ [2(20 000)  (5  1)(1 500)]  12
2  (1)
 $1 380 000
For Post B, the total salary within five years
18 000[1  (1.1) 5 ] 
 $  12
 1  (1.1)  (2)
 $1 318 701.6
Since $1 380 000 > $1 318 701.6, her claim is incorrect.

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F.6 MATH I

19. Mr. Ko drives a car to a shop to buy canned dog food at the beginning of each month.
The shop sells two brands of canned dog food: each can of brand X dog food is sold at $24
and contains 40 mg of vitamins and 75 units of energy; each can of brand Y dog food is sold
at $32 and contains 80 mg of vitamins and 50 units of energy. Mr. Ko wants his dog eating
at least 2400 mg of vitamins and 2400 units of energy each month. Mr. Ko’s car can carry at
most 55 cans of dog food.
Suppose Mr. Ko buys x cans of brand X dog food and y cans of brand Y dog food each
month, and let the amount of money used to buy the dog food be $C .
He wants to use the least amount of money to buy the dog food.
Using the graph paper below, find the values of x and y.

60

50
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3x+2y = 96

40

30

20

10

x
0
10 20 30 40 50 60

(4 marks)

According to the question, we have the following constraints:


40 x  80 y  2 400
75 x  50 y  2 400

 ,
 x  y  55
 x and y are non - negative integers.

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F.6 MATH I

 x  2 y  60
3x  2 y  96

i.e.  .
 x  y  55
 x and y are non - negative integers.

60

50 B3x + 2y = 96

40

x + y = 55
30
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20

10
24x + 32y = 0 A
x + 2y = 60
x
0
10 20 30 40 50 60
x + y = 50
Let the amount of money used to buy the dog food be $C,
then C = 24x + 32y.
Draw the straight line 24x + 32y = 0 on the graph
and then translate it to the lowest position in the feasible region.
We have x = 18 and y = 21
The corner points are (0,48), (0, 55), (50, 5) and (18,21).
C (0,48)  24(0)  32( 48)  1536
C (0,55)  24(0)  32(55)  1760
C (50,5)  24(50)  32(5)  1360
C (18,21)  24(18)  32( 21)  1104
So, minimum attains when x = 18 and y = 21

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F.6 MATH I

20. The figure shows a tetrahedron ABCD. Let E be a point on AC such that DE is perpendicular to
AC. A craftsman finds that AD = 14 cm, CD = 19 cm, ADC  110 , ABC  75 and
BAC  60 .
D

A E C

B
(a) Find the length of AB.
(3 marks)
(b) The craftsman claims that the angle between the planes ABC and ADC is BED . Is the
claim correct? Explain your answer.
(3 marks)
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(a) In ACD,

AC  14 2  19 2  2(14 )(19 ) cos 110 

 27.18372153
In ABC,

 
AB AC

sin 180  60  75
  
sin 75 

AB  19.8998653 cm

(b) In ACD,
14 2  AC 2  19 2
cos CAD 
2(14)( AC )

CAD  41.05597352 
In  ADE ,
AE  14 cosCAD
 10 .55695622
In ABE ,

BE  AB 2  AE 2  2 ( AB )( AE ) cos 60 

 17 .24447612

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F.6 MATH I

AE 2  BE 2  AB 2
cos AEB 
2( AE )( BE )

 87.98271196 
 90 
 The claim is not correct.
In ACD,
14 2  AC 2  19 2
cos CAD 
2(14)( AC )

CAD  41.05597352 
In  ADE ,
AE  14 cosCAD
 10 .55695622
In ABE ,

BE  AB 2  AE 2  2 ( AB )( AE ) cos 60 

 17 .24447612
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AE  BE 2  408.8212815
2

AB 2  396.0046389
 AE 2  BE 2  AB 2
 AEB  90 
 The claim is not correct.

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F.6 MATH I

 27 
21. Let C1 and C2 be two circles. The centre of C1 is at  ,9  and the radius is 9. The equation
 4 

of C2 is 16 x 2  16 y 2  24 x  32 y  9  0 .

(a) (i) Using the method of completing the square, find the centre and radius of C2.
(ii) Prove that C1 and C2 touch each other externally.
(5 marks)

(b) Find the coordinates of the point of contact.


(2 marks)
(c) (i) Prove that the x-axis is a common tangent to both C1 and C2.
(ii) Find the equation of all common tangents except the x-axis.
(6 marks)
(a)(i)
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16x 2  16 y 2  24x  32 y  9  0
3 9
x2  y2  x  2y  0
2 16

3  3 3 9
2 2

x  x     y 2  2 y  12     12 
2

2  4 4 16

 x     y  1  1
 3
2
2 2

 4

3 
Centre of C2 =  ,1 ; radius = 1
4 

(a)(ii) Distance between two centres

   9  1
 27 3 
2

 
2

 4 4

 6 2  82
 10
Sum of radii = 9+1=10
 distance between two centres = sum of radii
 They touch each other externally.

(b)
Let the coordinates of the point of contact be  p, q  .

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F.6 MATH I

 3   27 
9   1 
p    
4 4
9 1
27

20
91  19
q
9 1
9

5

 the point of contact  


27 9 
, 
 20 5 

(c)(i)
Equation of C1:  x     y  9  9 2
 27 
2
2

 4 
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 27 
2

Sub y  0 ,  x    0
 4
27
x (repeated)
4
 x -axis touches C1.

Similarly, sub y  0 into C2, 16 x 2  24 x  9  0

4 x  32 0
3
x (repeated)
4
 x -axis touches C2.
 x -axis is a common tangent to both C1 and C2.

(c)(ii)
By (c)(i), the first common tangent is y  0 . …(1)

y 1 9 1
Equation of line joining two centres: 
3 27 3
x 
4 4 4
4 3
y 1  x  
3 4
4
y x …(2)
3

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F.6 MATH I

By (1), (2) and tangent properties,


another common tangent would pass through (0,0).
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Let the equation be y  mx .

Sub it into C2, 16x 2  16(mx) 2  24x  32(mx)  9  0

 
16 m 2  1 x 2  84m  3x  9  0
 tangent
  
  84m  3  4 16 m 2  1 9   0
2

16 m 2  24m  9  9m 2  9  0
7m 2  24m  0
24
m  0 or m  
7
24
The second common tangent is y   x.
7
9 1 27 
Equation of the third tangent: y   x  
5 4  20 
3
80 y  144  60 x  81
60 x  80 y  225  0
12 x  16 y  45  0

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