Date | May Example question | Marks available | 2 | Reference code | EXM.2.SL.TZ0.4 |
Level | Standard Level | Paper | Paper 2 | Time zone | Time zone 0 |
Command term | Sketch | Question number | 4 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
A king rules a small mountain kingdom which is in the form of a square of length 4 kilometres. The square is described by the co-ordinate system .
The king has four adult children, each of which has a luxury palace located at the points . Each child owns all the land that is nearer their palace than any other palace.
The king has a fifth (youngest) child who is now just growing up. He installs her in a new palace situated at point (2, 2). The rule about ownership of land is then reapplied.
Sketch a Voronoi diagram to represent this information.
Sketch a new Voronoi diagram to represent this new situation.
State what the shape of the land, owned by the youngest child, is.
Find the area of the youngest child’s land.
Find how much land an older child has lost.
State, with a reason, if all five children now own an equal amount of land.
Markscheme
A2
[2 marks]
A2
[2 marks]
By symmetry a square A1
[1 mark]
Distance from (2, 2) to (1, 3) is M1A1
So length of youngest child’s square is and thus area is 2. M1A1
[4 marks]
By symmetry each older child must lose A1
[1 mark]
No, youngest child has less as each older child has A1R1
[2 marks]