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ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS
SPM 2008
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TOPIC 11:
VECTORS
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1. Diagram 1 shows two vectors, OP and OQ .

Q(-5,4)

P(3,2)

DIAGRAM 1

Express
x
(a) OP in the form  ,
y  
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(b) OQ in the form xi + yj . [2 marks]
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Answer: (a) _______________

(b) _______________

2. Diagram 2 shows vector OA drawn on a Cartesian plane.

6 y
A

-12 -10 -8 -6
-4 -2 x O
DIAGRAM 2
x
(a) Express OA in the form   .
 y
(b) Find the unit vector in the direction of OA . [2 marks]

Answer: (a) _______________

(b) _______________

3. Diagram 3 shows triangle OPQ.

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O
x

DIAGRAM 3
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It is given that OP = −5i − 4 j and OQ  6i  2 j .
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Find
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a) PQ
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b) unit vector in the direction of PQ . [3 marks]

Answer: (a) _______________

(b) _______________

4. Given r  5i  2 j and s  3i  4 j , find 2r  s . [3 marks]

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Answer: _________________

5. uuur  3  uuur  m 
The position of the points P, Q and R are given by the vectors OP   , OQ    and
 5  4
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OR   . Find. [3 marks]
 2
(a) the value of m, given PQR is a straight line.
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(b) QR

Answer: (a) _______________

(b) _______________

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Given that OP  p  q, OQ  3 p  4q and OR  p  q . Show that P, Q and R are collinear.
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[3 marks]

Answer :

7. Diagram 4 shows a parallelogram ABCD.

E C
B
F ▪

D
A
DIAGRAM 4
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It is given that AB  2 x, AD  6 y, BE  BC .
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(a) Express in terms of x%and y
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(i) uAC
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(ii) AE uuur uuur
[3 marks]
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(b) Given that AF  h AE , find BF in terms of h, x%and y . [2 marks]
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Answer :

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8. In Diagram 5, OXY is a triangle with OX = x%and OY = %.
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T
X

DIAGRAM 5
O
T is a point u
on
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XY such that XT = mXY , where m is a constant.
(a) Express
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OT in terms of m, x and y. [3 marks]
(b) If YT  3x  3 y , find the value of m. [2 marks]
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Answer :

9. S R

x
%

P y Q T
%

In the above diagram, PQRS is a parallelogram. uPQT

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r
is a straight
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line where RT is
perpendicular to PQT and PQ:QT = 3:1. Given PS  x and PQ  y .
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(a) Express PT and RT in terms of x%and y . [2 marks]
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(b) If x  10 units and y  12 units , calculate
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(i) RT [2 marks]
(ii) the area of ∆QRT. [2 marks]
Answer :

B
P
R
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In the above diagram, OA  4a, OB  5b and AP  2b ,
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(a) Express
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each of the following vectors in terms of a and b
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(i) OP
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(ii) BA uuur uuu
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[ 3 marks ]
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(b) Given that OR  mOP and BR  nBA, express OR in terms of
(i) m, a and b
(ii) n, a and b [ 4 marks ]
(c) Hence, find the value of m and n. [ 3 marks ]

Answer :

Answers

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 3 OT  (1  m) x  my
1(a)   8(a) % %
 2
(b) m = -2
(b) 5%
i4j
%

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2(a)  12  9(a) PT  y
 5  3%
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r RT   x  y
1  12  % 3%
(b) uOAr 
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. RT  84
13 5
OA   (b)(i)
(ii) Area of QRT  4 21

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3(a) PQ  11i  2 j 10(a)(i) OP  4a  2b
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r % %
PQ 1 BA  5b  4a
(b) uuur  (11i  2 j ) . (ii) % %
PQ 5 5 % % uuur
(b)(i) OR  4ma  2mb
(ii) uuur % %
OR  4na  (5  5n)b
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(c) 5
mn
7

4 2r  s  113
%%

5(a) m  2
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(b) QR  8
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6 PQ  2 p  3q
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r % %
1
PR   (2 p  3q )
5 % %
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r 1 uuur
PR   PQ
5
 P, Q and R are collinear.

7(a)
(i) uAC
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 2x  6 y
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(ii) uuur 9
AE  2 x  y
% 2%

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BF  (2h  2) x  hy
(b) % 2 %

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