A1 MANUAL Andrew’s Series

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P 3b Q

The figure shows PR  2 a and PQ  3 b .

(a) Express RQ in terms of a and b.

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(b) R and S are points such that SR  6 b  4 a .
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(a)
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Type 2 redundant steps
  6 1 4 3. Grasping and using
p    , q    and r    . multiple concepts for
 5  7 m difficult questions
(a) Express q  2 p as a column vector.
(b) Find p q .
(c) Given that p is parallel to r, find m.

[Solution]

(a)

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 1  12 
q  2p   
 7  10 
 13 
  
  3

(b)
  6  1
p  q   
 57 
 5 2 12 2
 13

(c)
  6  4 
k      where k is a constant.
 5  m
 2  4
 3 5    
  m
 3
1
m  3
3

Type 3
  6   2 18 
It is given that a    , b    and c    .
 5   3   3k 
(a) Find the value of b  3 a .
(b) Given that a is parallel to c, find the value of k.

[Solution]

(a)
  2   6
b  3a     3 
3  5 
16 
  
  12 

b  3 a  16 2  (12) 2
 20 units
(b)

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  6 18 
   h 
5   3k 
 6  18h
1
h
3

1
5   (3k )
3
k  5

Type 4
It is given that A is the point (3, 4) and B is the point (5, 1) .

(a) Find AB .

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(b) If CD  AB and D is the point (7 , 2), find the coordinates of the point C.
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  2
(c) If XY    and XY is parallel to AB , find the value of k.
 k 

[Solution]
(a)
AB  OB  OA
  5  3 
     
 1   4
  8
  
  3

AB  (8) 2  (3) 2

 73

(b)
1  8
OD  OC   
2   3
7  4 
OC      
 2    32 
11
  
72
C(11, 3.5)

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(c) XY // AB
  28   2 
   4 
 k    34 
3
k
4

Type 5
  6  2  4
Given that r   , s    and t   .
 5   5 n
(a) Express s – 2r as a column vector.
(b) Find | s – 2r |.
(c) Given that r is parallel to t, find n.

[Solution]

(a)
 2   6
s  2r     2 
5  5 
 14 
  
  5
(b)
s  2r  (14 2  (5) 2
 221
 14.8661
 14.9 (correct to 3 sig. fig.)

(c)
  6  4
   k  
 5  n
 6  4k
3
k
2
5  kn
3
5 n
2
10
n
3
1
 3
3

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Type 6
B

11
q
3 k p 3 q

A C
D
6 p q

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In the diagram, ADC is a straight line. AC  6 p  q, AB  q and BD  k p  3 q .
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(a) Express BC in terms of p and q.
(b) The point X is lying outside ABC , below the line ADC, such that AX  9 p  4 q .
Show that AX is parallel to BC and find an expression for CX in terms of p and q.
(c) Given that AD  h AC , form an equation involving p, q, h and k and use it to find h
and k.
(d) Find the ratio of area of ABC to area of BDC .
(e) Find the ratio of area of BDC to area of ACX .

[Solution]

(a)
BC  AC  AB
11
 6 p q q
3
8
 6 p q
3

(b)
3 8 
AX   6 p q 
2 3 
3
 BC
2

CX  CA  AX
 6 p  q  9 p  4 q
 3 p 5 q
(c)

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AD  h AC
 h(6 p  q)

AD  AB  BD
11
 q k p 3 q
3
11
q  k p  3 q  h( 6 p  q )
3
 11 
k p    3  q  6h p  h q
3 
2
h  ,k  4
3

(e)
1
BC CD sin BCA
area of BDC 2

area of ACX 1
AC AX sin BCA
2
BC CD
 
AX AC
2 1
 
3 3
2

9

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