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CONTENTS
7.1 VECTORS
7.1 Vectors
.1.1 Vectors – Basics
7.1.1 VECTORS - BASICS
.1.2 Vectors – Modulus
What– Finding
.1.3 Vectors are vectors?
Paths
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Representing vectors
Vectors are represented as arrows, with the arrowhead indicating the direction of the vector,
and the length of the arrow indicating the vector’s magnitude (ie its size):
In print vectors are usually represented by bold letters (as with vector a in the diagram
above), although in handwritten workings underlined letters are normally used.
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Another way to indicate a vector is to write its starting and ending points with an arrow
symbol over the top, as with the vector AB in the diagram below:
Note that the order of the letters is important! Vector BA in the above diagram would point in
the opposite direction (ie with its ‘tail’ at point B, and the arrowhead at point A).
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In the following diagram, Shape A has been translated six squares to the right and 3 squares
up to create Shape B
This transformation is indicated by the translation vector (6 3) :
In this case, the vector ‘carries’ shape A to shape B, so that meaning makes perfect sense!
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Vectors on a grid
You also need to be able to work with vectors on their own, outside of the transformation
geometry context
When vectors are drawn on a grid (with or without x and y axes), the vectors can be
represented in the same (x y) column vector form as above
a = (3 4) b = (2 – 4) c = (2 0)
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a = (4 – 2)
2a = 2 × (4 – 2) = (2 × 4 2 × (-2)) = (8 – 4)
½a= ½ × (4 – 2) = (½ × 4 ½ × (-2)) = (2 – 1)
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Note that multiplying by a negative scalar also changes the direction of the vector:
a = (4 – 2)
Note in particular that vector -a is the the same size as vector a, but points in the opposite
direction!
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Subtracting one vector from another is defined as addition of the negative of the subtracted
vector
a – b = a + (-b)
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When vectors are represented as column vectors, adding or subtracting is simply a matter of
adding or subtracting the vectors’ x and y coordinates
For example:
a = (2 – 4) b = (3 2)
a + b = (2 – 4) + (3 2) = (2 + 3 -4 +2) = (5 – 2)
a – b = (2 – 4) – (3 2) = (2 – 3 -4 -2) = (-1 – 6)
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What is a vector?
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For a force, magnitude would be the strength of the force (in Newtons)
The words magnitude and modulus mean the same thing with vectors
In geometry magnitude and modulus mean the distance of the vector
This is always a positive value
The direction of the vector is irrelevant
Sketch a vector to help, it does not have to be to scale, then you can use this
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to form a right-angled triangle. ⬇
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The following grid is made up entirely of parallelograms, with the vectors and defined as
marked in the diagram:
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Getting from point to point we have to go the ‘wrong way’ down and then the ‘right way’
along
It follows that:
Keeping those things in mind, it is possible to describe any vector that goes from one point to
another in the above diagram in terms of a and b
Adding and subtracting vectors follows all the same rules as adding and
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subtracting letters like x and y in algebra (this includes collecting like terms). It doesn’t matter exactly what path you follow through
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Parallel vectors
Two vectors are parallel if and only if one is a multiple of the other
This tends to appear in vector proofs in the following ways:
1. If you find in your workings that one vector is a multiple of the other, then you know that the two
vectors are parallel – you can then use that fact in the rest of the proof
2. If you need to show that two vectors are parallel, then all you need to do is show that one of the
vectors multiplied by some number is equal to the other one
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7.2 TRANSFORMATIONS
7.2.1 TRANSFORMATIONS - ROTATION
There is some language and notation often used in this topic – the original shape is called the
object and the transformed shape is called the image
Vertices on the object are labelled A, B, C, etc.
And on the image they will be A’, B’, C’ etc.
If there is a second transformation then they will become A”, B”, C” etc.
Use tracing paper – it should be available although you will probably have to
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ask one of the invigilators for it. If you don’t want to do that during the exam, ask at the start – okay so a question may not turn up but if it does a
Most angles are “nice” – 90°, 180°, etc. Draw an arrow facing “up” on your tracing paper. Then as you rotate it, it’ll be really easy to see when yo
on.
In the special case of 180° you will not need a direction
3. Centre of rotation – this is the point about which our rotation happens
It does NOT have to be a point that is on the shape nor in the middle of the shape; it can be
anywhere
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1. Vertical lines
These are in the form x = k, for some number k
2. Horizontal lines
These are in the form y = k, for some number k
3. Diagonal lines
Much harder to perform a reflection in these but lines are of the form
5. Double reflections
This is where the mirror line passes through the shape being reflected
Part of the shape gets reflected one way, the rest the other
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6. Regular polygons
Squares and other regular polygons can look identical even after a reflection (and other
transformations too) – there is no obvious sign the shape has been reflected – you may think
a shape has been translated
The way to identify these is to look at one vertex (point) on the shape and its corresponding
position
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1. Rotation
It is usually easy to tell the angle from the orientation of the image
Use some instinct and a bit of trial and error to find the centre of enlargement.
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2. Reflection
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4. Enlargement
Negative scale factors mean the shape is enlarged on the other side of the centre of
enlargement
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(a)
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Exam questions are quite keen on combining both negative and fractional
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scale factors! ⬇
Build your answer up following the rules and you will be fine!
This time it helps to think of the scale factor as how many times a vertex on the image is
further away from the centre of enlargement than the corresponding vertex on the object
Then, as it is negative, we measure that distance in the opposite direction from the centre of
enlargement.
2. Centre of Enlargement
This tells us where on the page the image is going to go but we have a bit of work to do first
With negative scale factors drawing the shape from one vertex is not as straightforward
So apply the enlargement to at least two vertices (helps if they are connected) and do more
if necessary.
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