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Name: - Class: - Date: - Term 3: Vectors Assignment 1 Answer All The Questions

This document contains a 5 question math assignment on vectors. Question 1 involves expressing vectors as column vectors and finding the value of k given vectors are parallel. Question 2 asks for expressing line segments as column vectors and identifying a type of quadrilateral. Question 3 involves determining if points are collinear and finding position vectors. Question 4 concerns finding position vectors and area ratios of parallelograms. Question 5 deals with expressing vectors in terms of other variables and determining ratios of triangle areas for a parallelogram diagram.

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Name: - Class: - Date: - Term 3: Vectors Assignment 1 Answer All The Questions

This document contains a 5 question math assignment on vectors. Question 1 involves expressing vectors as column vectors and finding the value of k given vectors are parallel. Question 2 asks for expressing line segments as column vectors and identifying a type of quadrilateral. Question 3 involves determining if points are collinear and finding position vectors. Question 4 concerns finding position vectors and area ratios of parallelograms. Question 5 deals with expressing vectors in terms of other variables and determining ratios of triangle areas for a parallelogram diagram.

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Name : __________________ (

Class : ________

Date : _________

Term 3: Vectors
Assignment 1
Answer all the questions.
Question 1:
8
, b =
3

4
,
and c =
k
express 2b a as a column vector,
find a + b ,
given that a is parallel to c , find k .

Given that
a)
b)
c)

a =

Question 2:
The coordinates of the vertices of the quadrilateral ABCD are A(1, 2), B(2, 4), C(4, 6)
and D(6, 7).
a) Express BC and AD as column vectors.
b) Write down two facts about BC and AD.
c) State the type of quadrilateral formed by ABCD.
Question 3:
The points P, Q and R are such that P (1 , 9) , Q (4 3k , k + 1) and R (5 , 3).
a)
i)
ii)

If P, Q and R are collinear,


show that k = 2,

ii) find the column vector of PQ .

.
b) Find the coordinates of S if PS =
2

c) If M is the midpoint of PS , find the column vector of OM .

Question 4:

4
.
12

OABD is a parallelogram. O is the origin. A is the point (-7, 3) and AB


1
AB , find the position vector of C,
4

i)

If AC

ii)
iii)

,
the numerical value of
OD

area of OAC
and b)
area of OBC

a)

area of OXD
area of AXC

D
O
Question 5:
In the diagram below, OAYX is a parallelogram and C, X and Y lie on a straight line.
uuur
uuu
r
uuur
uuu
r
OA a, OC c and CY 3OA .
a)

uuur

uuur

Express AC and OX in terms of a and c.

b)

uuuur
uuur
uuuur
Given that OM OX , write down an expression for OM in terms of a, c and

c)

.
uuuur
uuur
uuuur
Given that AM AC , write down another expression for in OM terms of a, c

d)
e)

and .
Using your answers in parts b and c, calculate the values of and .
Write down the ratio of each of the following.
i) Area of OAM
ii) Area of CMX
Area of OAC
Area of CAY

c
M

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