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Question 12 — IGCSE 0580 Oct/Nov 2023 Paper 42

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580, Extended tier, calculator. Topic: Probability · General. Worth 11 marks.

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12 y B NOT TO SCALE A x O O is the origin (0, 0), A is the point (8, 1) and B is the point (2, 5). (a) Write as column vectors. (i) OB OB = [1] f p (ii) AB AB = [1] f p (b) Find the equation of the line AB. Give your answer in the form y = mx+c. y = ................................................ [3] © UCLES 2023 0580/42/O/N/23 19 (c) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of AB. Give your answer in the form y = mx+c. y = ................................................ [4] (d) The line AB meets the y-axis at P. The perpendicular bisector of AB meets the y-axis at Q. Find the length of PQ. ................................................. [2] © UCLES 2023 0580/42/O/N/23 20 BLANK PAGE Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series. Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge. © UCLES 2023 0580/42/O/N/23

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