#savemyexams Head to savemyexams.co.uk for more awesome resources Scalar Product Difficulty: Medium Mark Scheme 1 Level Alevel Subject Maths Pure 3 Exam Board CIE Topic Vectors Sub-Topic Scalar Product Difficulty Medium Booklet Mark Scheme 1 Time allowed: 38 minutes Score: (27 Percentage: /100 Grade Boundaries: Ar B c D E(i) (ii) Question 1 save my exams ‘Head to sovemyexoms.co,uk for more awesome resources ‘Amwer Mavis | Barta Gatdance state O8=2) + ule te G14 ~On1-06 tM Obnin C= 1+ 24-2 | 3 any ou cones proces for eating the salar producto TM ojrandcnt Using the comet proces forthe mod, divide the salar progostbythe || MY prodtetofte mod andevalat the invere cosine of heres Obian answer 727° 9.27 rads Lat 3 Answer Marks | Serial Guisance EITHER Solon 1 1 fon Taking genera point? of 0 to have poston vector (2) +8), forma uation ns by _— ether ating te sear pode of and ONto 20, Srapplyig Pyagorasiniagle OPM. orscing te derivative of MP bl ozo Solveand obrain A= 1 [at Sie for andcalelte MP v [at Otrain the given ser 1 [ay [ac OR Soltion2 1 fon Use OM.OW tg find projection OQ of OM onON low 4 1 [an Cain Oe= 5 Use Pythagoras in triangle OMO to find MO 1 ML ‘Ova even mer 1 [an [ac OR Soltions 1 fon ‘Using a eleva scalar produst Ste cosine of angle MON orange oxi ‘train cos MON =} orcos ONM=? 1 [at Use trig to find the length of the perpendicular 1 ML ‘brain he ven ane 1 [aD ‘Ava marks 4 aeQuestion 2 save myexams Head to savemyexams.co.uk for more awesome resources (i) State a vector equation for the line through 4 and B, e.g. r= i+ 2) + 3k + s(i-j) BI Equate at least two pairs of components of general points on 4B and /, and solve for sor fort MI Obtain correct answer for s or 1, e.g. $= ~6,2, -2 when f= 3, ~1, ~1 respectively Al Verify that all three component equations are not satisfied Al [4] i) State or imply a direction vector for AP has components (~2/,3 + f, -1-0), or equivalent BL State or imply cos 60° equals 4-48 Mie [Af Carry out correct processes for expanding the scalar product and expressing the product of the moduli in terms of f, in order to obtain an equation in in any form Mi(dep*) Obtain the given equation 3t’+ 7¢ +2 = Ocorrectly Al Solve the quadratic and use a root to find a position vector for P MI Obtain position vector Si + 3) + 4k from ving rejected the root = a valid reason Al [6] Question 3 #savemyexams Head to sovemyexams.co.uk for mare awesome resources (i) EITHER: State or imply 4B and AC correctly in component form BL Using the correct processes evaluate the scalar product AB-AC , or equivalent. = MI Using the correct process for the moduli divide the scalar product by the product of the moduli MI Obtain answer Al OR. Use correct method to find lengths of all sides of triangle ABC ML Apply cosine rule correctly to find the cosine of angle BAC. MI Obtain answer 20 AL 4 21 (ii) State an exact value for the sine of angle BAC, e.g. J41/21 BI Use correct area formula to find the area of triangle ABC ML Obtain answer 4.41 , or exactequivalent Al 3 6i-2j-k BAY Using correct [SR: Allow use of a vector product, e.g. AB « AC = process for the modulus, divide the modulus by 2 M1. Obtain answer 341 Al.)