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b. Show that the diagonals of the rhombus 𝑂𝐴𝐵𝐶 are perpendicular. 2 marks
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ii. Given that 𝑂𝑃⃗ = 𝛽𝑂𝐵⃗, write another expression for 𝐴𝑃⃗ in terms of 𝛽, a̰ and c̰ . 1 mark
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2013 Exam 1 Question 3
The coordinates of three points are 𝐴(−1, 2, 4), 𝐵(1, 0, 5) and 𝐶(3, 5, 2). 𝐴𝐵⃗ = 2ḭ − 2j̰ + k̰
b. The points 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 are the vertices of a triangle. Prove that the triangle has a right angle at 𝐴.
2 marks
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2010 Exam 2 Question 1
The diagram below shows a triangle with vertices 𝑂, 𝐴 and 𝐵. Let 𝑂 be the
origin, with vectors 𝑂𝐴⃗ = a̰ and 𝑂𝐵⃗ = b̰ .
a. Find the following vectors in terms of a̰ and b̰ .
i. 𝑀𝐴⃗, where 𝑀 is the midpoint of the line segment 𝑂𝐴. 1 mark
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iii. 𝐴𝑄⃗ , where 𝑄 is the midpoint of the line segment 𝐴𝐵. 1 mark
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Now consider the particular triangle 𝑂𝐴𝐵 with 𝑂𝐴⃗ = 3ḭ + 2j̰ + √3k̰ and 𝑂𝐵⃗ = 𝛼ḭ where 𝛼, which is
greater than zero, is chosen so that triangle 𝑂𝐴𝐵 is isosceles, with 𝑂𝐵⃗ = 𝑂𝐴⃗ .
c. Show that 𝛼 = 4. 1 mark
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d. i. Find 𝑂𝑄⃗ , where 𝑄 is the midpoint of the line segment 𝐴𝐵. 1 mark
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ii. Use a vector method to show that 𝑂𝑄⃗ is perpendicular to 𝐴𝐵⃗ . 3 marks
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2008 Exam 1 Question 8
The coordinates of three points are 𝐴(1, 0, 5), 𝐵(−1, 2, 4) and 𝐶(3, 5, 2).
The vector 𝐴𝐵⃗ is −2ḭ + 2j̰ − k̰ .
b. Find the coordinates of the point 𝐷 such that 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a parallelogram. 2 marks
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2006 Exam 2 Question 2
Point 𝐴 has position vector a̰ = −ḭ − 4j̰, point 𝐵 has position vector b̰ = 2ḭ − 5j̰ , point 𝐶 has position
vector c̰ = 5ḭ − 4j,̰ and point 𝐷 has position vector d̰ = 2ḭ + 5j̰ relative to the origin 𝑂. 2 marks
a. Show that 𝐴𝐶⃗ and 𝐵𝐷⃗ are perpendicular. 2 marks
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b. Use a vector method to find the cosine of ∠𝐴𝐷𝐶, the angle between 𝐷𝐴⃗ and 𝐷𝐶⃗ . 3 marks
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c. Find the cosine of ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶, and hence show that ∠𝐴𝐷𝐶 and ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 are supplementary. 2 marks
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2006 Practice Exam 2 Question 13 / 2004 Exam 1 Question 19
The right-angled triangle shown above has sides represented by the
vectors a̰ , b̰ and c̰ .
C. q̰ − p̰ ⋅ −q̰ = 0
D. p̰ + q̰ + s̰ = 0̰ E. p̰ + q̰ + s̰ ≠ 0̰
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