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1.5 Coordinate Geometry

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Question 117

A marine biologist is monitoring the environmental conditions of a coastal pool. The temperature TTT (in degrees Celsius) and the salinity SSS (in g/L) of the pool at time ttt hours after high tide are modeled by the parametric equations

T=3t+2,S=4t+32t+1,t>0 T = \frac{3}{t} + 2, \quad S = \frac{4t + 3}{2t + 1}, \quad t > 0 T=t3​+2,S=2t+14t+3​,t>0
a.

Show that the relationship between salinity and temperature can be written in the form S=g(T)S = g(T)S=g(T), where ggg is the function

g(T)=aT+bcT+d,T>k g(T) = \frac{aT + b}{cT + d}, \quad T > k g(T)=cT+daT+b​,T>k

and a,b,c,da, b, c, da,b,c,d, and kkk are integers to be found.

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b.

Hence, or otherwise, state the range of ggg.

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1.5 Coordinate Geometry Questions

  1. A Level
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178 exam-style questions on OCR (MEI) A Level Maths 1.5 Coordinate Geometry, covering 1.5.1 Equation of a straight line y = mx + c, 1.5.2 Gradients of parallel and perpendicular lines, 1.5.3 Distance between two points, 1.5.4 Midpoint of a line segment, 1.5.5 Form the equation of a straight line, 1.5.6 Draw a line given its equation, 1.5.7 Point of intersection of two lines, 1.5.8 Straight line models, 1.5.9 Intersection of a line and a curve, 1.5.10 Intersection of a line and a circle, 1.5.11 Equation of a circle, 1.5.12 Circle properties, 1.5.13 Parameter and parametric equations (A-level only), 1.5.14 Convert between cartesian and parametric forms (A-level only), 1.5.15 Equation of a circle in parametric form (A-level only), 1.5.16 Gradient of a parametric curve (A-level only), 1.5.17 Parametric equations in modelling (A-level only), and 1.5 Coordinate Geometry. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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