TMUA 2021 Paper 2 Q7 — Worked Solution

P2·Coordinate Geometry·5.0Official · 2021 · Q7

area-bisectorline-through-centresx-intercept

A circle has equation

(x - 9)^{2} + (y + 2)^{2} = 4

.A square has vertices at

(1, 0)

(1, 2)

(- 1, 2)

and

(- 1, 0)

.A straight line bisects both the area of the circle and the area of the square.What is the

x

-coordinate of the point where this straight line meets the

x

-axis?

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