Max. 150 OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE SCHOOLS EXAMINATION BOARD (on behalf of G.C.E. Examining Boards) A General Certificate Examination Advanced Level SMP 125 SCHOOL MATHEMATICS PROTECT SMP. FURTHER MATHEMATICS IL Tuesday 20 June 1976 3 hours Candidates must not attempt more than Six questions. [TURN OVER n Paper consists of 10 printed pages and 2 blank pages.2 Snomtow {. Livear AVGRHRA Axp GEOMETRY Explain why the set X of all 2x2 matrieos (whoso ele- ‘ments are real numbers) forms a vector space of Gftension 4 (over the real numbers) Hor a fixed 2x2 matrix A, define linear transformations Ly, Ry from X to itself by L,(B) = AB, R,(B) = BA. iv Given that find the dimension of the kernel of L.4. Show that the kernel of L,R., consists of all matrices 0) in X which satisfy the condition p—q—-2r-+Os = 0. Find the range of L,.Ry. 3 @ Let Onyz bo set of mutually perpendioular right-handed axes in three-dimensional space, and let X,, Yp, Zy denote rotations through an angle @ about the z-axis, y-axis and axis respectively, the sense in each ease being anticlock- wise as one looks out from 0 along the positive axis. Write down the matrices corresponding to X,, Y, and Z, (talying the unit vectors on the positive axes as base veetors). ‘The linear transformation S has matrix 7-7 yp wel 5y2 52 0 |. —1 1 We Find a value of @ for which the transformation YS leaves 0 the vector (') fixed, and show that the matrix corresponding e} to Y)S for this value of is 2 —J2 0) GE ay Henee, or otherwise, find a and f such that $ = ¥,Zp/ Deduce that Sis an isometry. State, with reasons, whether S is a rotation, reflection or some other form of isometry. -/ [TURN OVER4 Snovioy 2, Vzorors anp Mrcwantes 3. Arabbit & runs from the origin 0 along the y-axis with constant speed 1. A dog D starts from position (—a, 0) when the rabbit is at O and runs towards the rabbit with constant speed v. Let r be the distance DR and let 4 be the angle which ‘the direction of the dog’s velocity makes with the x-axis. (i) Show that =usind—v, 16 = ucosd. (ii) Form a differential equation for dr/d@ and solve it to show that, ‘a(cos0)* (sin whore & = vfu. In the case v = wshow that the path of 2 relative to D is part of a certain conie, and sketch it in a separate diagram, with D as origin. 5 4 (@) A uniform dise of mass J and radius a rolls (without slipping) up a line of greatest slope of a plane which is in- clined at angle yf to the horizontal. By taking moments about 4 suitable point, obtain the equation BV = —2ysiny, where V is the velocity of the centre of the dise. Show that this is the same equation as would be obtained for the frietion- less sliding of a particle of mass M, but whose weight is taken to be fg, up the same slope. a v (6) A bieyele free-wheels over a hump-backed bridge. This situation is modelled (in view of the result described in (a) above) in the following way. A particle of mass m and weight ang, where a < 1, slides without friction on the portion of the parabola e—at/(kte) between (—ke, 0) and (ke, 0); it starts at x = —ke with speed 7. Show from energy considerations that the speed at (0, ¢) is given by ot = Ut 2age, Write down an equation for the upward foreo N exerted on the particle by the parabola at (0, ¢), and show that it vanishes if 8 = 2[0%{(xage)— 2), ITURN OVER