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Date November 2015 Marks available 4 Reference code 15N.2.hl.TZ0.2
Level HL only Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
Command term Find Question number 2 Adapted from N/A

Question

The three planes having Cartesian equations 2x+3yz=11, x+2y+z=3 and 5xyz=10 meet at a point P. Find the coordinates of P.

Markscheme

using technology and/or by elimination (eg ref on GDC)     (M1)

x=1.89 (=179), y=1.67 (=53), z=2.22 (=209)     A1A1A1

 

Note:     Award A1A1A0 for a set of correct answers not given exactly or to three significant figures.

 

[4 marks]

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Syllabus sections

Topic 1 - Core: Algebra » 1.9 » Solutions of systems of linear equations (a maximum of three equations in three unknowns), including cases where there is a unique solution, an infinity of solutions or no solution.

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