Quelpr

CAPE Building and Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)

Figure 1 shows a framework for point P moving such that its distance from the circumference of two circles (radii 20 mm and 15 mm, centres O1 and O2 spaced 60 mm apart) and from their centres is in the ratio 2:3.

Plot the locus of the point P.

This question uses a figure or table from the paper — you'll see it when you practise.

The mark scheme is shown once you've answered.

Practise this question

Other parts of this question

  1. 1(b)State the name of the locus.[1 mark]
  2. 1(c)(i)Sketch freehand an ellipse with minor and major axes of 50 mm and 100 mm respectively, and label the chord.[1.5 marks]
  3. 1(c)(ii)On the sketch of the ellipse, label the ordinate.[1.5 marks]
  4. 1(d)(i)Draw the grill, full size, clearly showing the construction of the ellipse.[9 marks]
  5. 1(d)(ii)Find the foci of the ellipse drawn in (i).[2 marks]

More practice: the rest of this paper · more Standard Engineering Curves questions · all CAPE Building and Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 1 past papers