HIGH GRADE CLASS - CSEC

FINAL CLASS WORK

Question 1 What is a Unit Vector?

!!!" ⎛ ⎞ A vector whose modulus (length) is equal to 1 unit.
The points P and Q have position vectors OP = ⎜ 6 ⎟ If vector is a units vector, then = 1 unit
⎝ 2 ⎠
!!!" ⎛ ⎞
and OQ = ⎜ 11 ⎟ respectively. How to calculate the unit vector of a vector
⎝ −10 ⎠
The unit vector of a vector v is:
⎛ x⎞ !!!"
(a) Express in the form ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ the vector PQ .
y⎝ ⎠ Eg. If vector v = , then the unit vector of v is
!!!"
(b) Calculate  PQ   .

(c) Hence, find the unit vector in the direction

!!!" ⎛ x⎞ Parallel vectors in the same direction have the same unit vector
of PQ in the form ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ .
y ⎝ ⎠
Eg. Vector u = is parallel to vector v = above.

Unit vector of u is
Question 2
⎛ ⎞
Find the values of x for which r = ⎜ x ⎟ is a unit vector.
⎝ 0.3 ⎠ So … unit vector = unit vector
because u and v are parallel and in the same direction.

Quesuion 3
(a) Express the number 55 as a binary number.
u v
4 8
(b) Calculate the product of the binary numbers
10102 and 112, expressing your answer as
a binary number 3

6
Question 4
In a basketball competiton, the strandard deviation of
the points scores by players on Team A and Team B are Example Question
6 and 9 respectively.
Find the values of y for which r= is a unit vector.
Use these standard deviations to compare the performance
of the Team A and Team B player.
Solution: =1
=1
=1
= 0.75
y=± = ± 0.866
Question 3
The graph shown below is the cumulative frequency curve for the marks scored on a test by 80 students.

Use the graph to estimate

(i) the number of students who scored less than 23 marks

(ii) the number of students who scored more than 17 marks

(iii) the interquartile range of the marks scored

(iv) the probability that a randomly chosen student from the class scored between 17 marks and 23 marks

(v) the pass mark if only 19 students passed the test.