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Chapter 12 - Vectors
Year 13
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Total marks available: 80

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Questions
Q1.

Figure 2 shows a sketch of the straight line l.

Line l passes through the points A and B.

Relative to a fixed origin O

· the point A has position vector 2i − 3j + 5k

· the point B has position vector 5i + 6j + 8k,

(a) Find
(1)
Given that a point P lies on l such that

(b) find the possible position vectors of P.

(4)

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q2.

Figure 7 shows a sketch of triangle OAB.

The point C is such that

The point M is the midpoint of AB.

The straight line through C and M cuts OB at the point N.

Given

(a) Find in terms of a and b

(2)

(b) Show that is a scalar constant.

(2)
(c) Hence prove that ON : NB = 2 : 1
(2)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q3.

Relative to a fixed origin O,

· A is the point with position vector 12i

· B is the point with position vector 16j
· C is the point with position vector (50i + 136j)
· D is the point with position vector (22i + 24j)

(a) Show that AD is parallel to BC.

(2)
Points A, B, C and D are used to model the vertices of a running track in the shape of a quadrilateral.

Runners complete one lap by running along all four sides of the track.

The lengths of the sides are measured in metres.

Given that a particular runner takes exactly 5 minutes to complete 2 laps,

(b) calculate the average speed of this runner, giving the answer in kilometres per hour.
(4)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q4.

Relative to a fixed origin O

· the point A has position vector 5i + 3j + 2k

· the point B has position vector 2i + 4j + ak

where a is a positive integer.

(a) Show that

(1)
(b) Find the smallest value of a for which

(2)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

Q5.

Relative to a fixed origin O,

· point P has position vector 9i − 8j

· point Q has position vector 3i − 5j

(a) Find
(2)

Given that R is the point such that

(b) show that angle PQR = 90°

(2)

Given also that S is the point such that

(c) find the exact area of PQRS

(4)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q6.

(i) Two non-zero vectors, a and b, are such that

Explain, geometrically, the significance of this statement.

(1)

(ii) Two different vectors, m and n, are such that

The angle between vector m and vector n is 30°
Find the angle between vector m and vector m – n, giving your answer, in degrees, to one decimal
place.
(4)

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q7.

Given that the point A has position vector 3i – 7j and the point B has position vector 8i + 3j,

(a) find the vector .

(2)

(b) Find . Give your answer as a simplified surd.

(2)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q8.

Relative to a fixed origin O,

the point A has position vector (2i + 3j − 4k),

the point B has position vector (4i − 2j + 3k),

and the point C has position vector (ai + 5j − 2k), where a is a constant and a < 0

D is the point such that = .

(a) Find the position vector of D.

(2)

Given =4

(b) find the value of a.

(3)

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q9.

Given that the point A has position vector 4i – 5j and the point B has position vector –5i –2j,

(a) find the vector ,

(2)

(b) find .
Give your answer as a simplified surd.
(2)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q10.

Relative to a fixed origin O

· the point A has position vector 4i − 3j + 5k

· the point B has position vector 4j + 6k
· the point C has position vector −16i + pj + 10k

where p is a constant.

Given that A, B and C lie on a straight line,

(a) find the value of p.

(3)

The line segment OB is extended to a point D so that is parallel to

(b) Find , writing your answer as a fully simplified surd.

(3)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q11.

Figure 3 shows a sketch of a parallelogram PQRS.

Given that

· = 2i + 3j − 4k

· = 5i − 2k

(a) show that parallelogram PQRS is a rhombus.

(2)
(b) Find the exact area of the rhombus PQRS.
(4)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q12.

The triangle PQR is such that = 3i + 5j and = 13i − 15j

(a) Find
(2)

(b) Hence find giving your answer as a simplified surd.

(2)
The point S lies on the line segment QR so that QS:SR = 3:2

(c) Find
(2)
 (Total for question = 6 marks)
Q13.

Figure 2

Figure 2 shows a sketch of a triangle ABC.

Given = 2i + 3j + k and = i – 9j + 3k,

show that ∠BAC = 105.9° to one decimal place.

(5)

(Total for question = 5 marks)

Q14.

Figure 1 is a sketch showing the position of three phone masts, A, B and C.

The masts are identical and their bases are assumed to lie in the same horizontal plane.

From mast C

· mast A is 8.2 km away on a bearing of 072°

· mast B is 15.6 km away on a bearing of 039°

(a) Find the distance between masts A and B, giving your answer in km to one decimal place.
(3)
An engineer needs to travel from mast A to mast B.

(b) Give a reason why the answer to part (a) is unlikely to be an accurate value for the distance the
engineer travels.
(1)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q15.

Relative to a fixed origin O

· point A has position vector 10i − 3j

· point B has position vector –8i + 9j

· point C has position vector –2i + pj where p is a constant

(a) Find
(2)

(b) Find giving your answer as a fully simplified surd.

(2)
Given that points A, B and C lie on a straight line,

(c) (i) find the value of p,

(ii) state the ratio of the area of triangle AOC to the area of triangle AOB.
(3)

(Total for question = 7 marks)

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