The diagram below shows the parallelogram OABC with vertices 0(0, 0), A(3,5), B(8,6) and C
A 6 metre piece of wire is cut into three pieces to form two congruent squares and a circle of radius r metres.
(i) Show that the total combined area of these three shapes is given by
(ii) Find the exact value of r which will make this total combined area a minimum.
The graph of and intersect at the point A on the -axis, as shown in the diagram. If and , find .
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The line is a tangent to parabola at the point P where
i) Show that .
ii) Write down the coordinates of the focus and equation of the directrix.
William starts playing the game Space Cadet Pinball and gets an initial high score of 858.
He then regularly plays this game and keeps a record of the improvement in his high scores
at the end of each week. These are recorded in the table below.
(i) How many weeks will it take for William to reach his overall maximum score?
(ii) What will be William's overall maximum score?