1.

2
1

A line L passes through A(1, 1, 2) and is parallel to the line r = 1 s 3 .

5
2

(a)

Write down a vector equation for L in the form r = a + tb.

(2)

The line L passes through point P when t = 2.

(b)

Find
(i)

OP ;

(ii)

OP .
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

2.

6
2
Let AB 2 and AC 3 .
2
3
(a)

Find BC.
(2)

(b)

Find a unit vector in the direction of AB .

(3)

(c)

Show that AB is perpendicular to AB .

(3)
(Total 8 marks)

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The diagram shows quadrilateral ABCD with vertices A(1, 0), B(1, 5), C(5, 2) and D(4, 1).

diagram not to scale

(a)

(i)

4
Show that AC 2 .

(ii)

Find BD .

(iii)

Show that AC is perpendicular to BD .

(5)

The line (AC) has equation r = u + sv.

(b)

(i)

Write down vector u and vector v.

(ii)

Find a vector equation for the line (BD).

(4)

The lines (AC) and (BD) intersect at the point P(3, k).
(c)

Show that k = 1.
(3)

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(d)

Hence find the area of triangle ACD.

(5)
(Total 17 marks)

4.

The vertices of the triangle PQR are defined by the position vectors
4
3
6

OP 3 , OQ 1 and OR 1 .
1
2
5

(a)

Find
(i)

PQ ;

(ii)

PR .
(3)

(b)

Show that cos RPQ

1
.
2
(7)

(c)

(i)

Find sin RPQ .

(ii)

Hence, find the area of triangle PQR, giving your answer in the form a 3 .
(6)
(Total 16 marks)

5.

(a)

Let u = 3 and w =
1

1 . Given that u is perpendicular to w, find the value of p.

p

(3)

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(b)

1

Let v = q . Given that v 42 , find the possible values of q.
5

(3)
(Total 6 marks)

6.

Consider the points P(2, 1, 5) and Q(3, 3, 8). Let L1 be the line through P and Q.

(a)

Show that PQ 2 .
3

(1)

(b)

3
1

The line L1 may be represented by r = 3 s 2 .

8
3

(i)

What information does the vector 3 give about L1?

8

(ii)

Write down another vector representation for L1 using 3 .

8

(3)

The point T (1, 5, p) lies on L1.

(c)

Find the value of p.

(3)

x 3
1

The point T also lies on L2 with equation y 9 t 2 .

z 2
q

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(d)

Show that q = 3.
(3)

(e)

Let be the obtuse angle between L1 and L2. Calculate the size of .
(7)
(Total 17 marks)

7.

The diagram shows a parallelogram ABCD.

diagram not to scale

The coordinates of A, B and D are A(1, 2, 3), B(6, 4, 4) and D(2, 5, 5).

(a)

(i)

5

Show that AB 2 .
1

(ii)

Find AD .

(iii)

6

Hence show that AC 5 .
3

(5)

(b)

Find the coordinates of point C.

(3)

(c)

(i)

Find AB AD .

(ii)

Hence find angle A.

(7)

(d)

Hence, or otherwise, find the area of the parallelogram.

(3)

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(Total 18 marks)

8.

Consider the vectors u = 2i + 3 j k and v = 4i + j pk.

(a)

Given that u is perpendicular to v find the value of p.

(b)

Given that q u =14, find the value of q.

(Total 6 marks)

9.

Consider the point D with coordinates (4, 5), and the point E, with coordinates (12, 11).
(a)

Find DE .
(2)

(b)

Find DE .
(2)

(c)

The point D is the centre of a circle and E is on the circumference as shown in the
following diagram.

The point G is also on the circumference. DE is perpendicular to DG . Find the possible

coordinates of G.
(8)
(Total 12 marks)

10.

2
3
and
respectively.
The points A and B have the position vectors
2
1

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(a)

(i)

Find the vector AB .

(ii)

Find AB .
(4)

The point D has position vector

23

(b)

Find the vector AD in terms of d.

(2)

D is 90.
The angle BA
(c)

(i)

Show that d = 7.

(ii)

Write down the position vector of the point D.

(3)

The quadrilateral ABCD is a rectangle.

(d)

Find the position vector of the point C.

(4)

(e)

Find the area of the rectangle ABCD.

(2)
(Total 15 marks)

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The following diagram shows the point O with coordinates (0, 0), the point A with position
vector a = 12i + 5j, and the point B with position vector b = 6i + 8j. The angle between (OA)
and (OB) is .
Diagram not to scale
y
C
B
A

O
Find
(i)

| a |;

(ii)

a unit vector in the direction of b;

(iii)

the exact value of cos in the form

p
, where, p, q
q

.
(Total 6 marks)

12.

The diagram below shows the positions of towns O, A, B and X.

Diagram not to scale
X

Town A is 240 km East and 70 km North of O.

Town B is 480 km East and 250 km North of O.
Town X is 339 km East and 238 km North of O.
An airplane flies at a constant speed of 300 km h

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from O towards A.

(a)

(i)

0.96
.
Show that a unit vector in the direction of OA is
0.28

(ii)

v1
.
Write down the velocity vector for the airplane in the form
v2

(iii)

How long does it take for the airplane to reach A?

(5)

At A the airplane changes direction so it now flies towards B. The angle between the original
direction and the new direction is as shown in the following diagram. This diagram also shows
the point Y, between A and B, where the airplane comes closest to X.
Diagram not to scale
X

B
Y

(b)

Use the scalar product of two vectors to find the value of in degrees.
(4)

(c)

(i)

Write down the vector AX .

(ii)

3
is perpendicular to AB .
Show that the vector n =
4

(iii)

By finding the projection of AX in the direction of n, calculate the distance XY.

(6)

(d)

How far is the airplane from A when it reaches Y ?

(3)
(Total 18 marks)

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1
In this question the vector km represents a displacement due east, and the vector
0
represents a displacement due north.

0
km
1

The diagram shows the path of the oil-tanker Aristides relative to the port of Orto, which is
situated at the point (0, 0).
y
40
30

N o t to
s c a le

P a th o f A r is tid e s
0
1

20

1
0

10
10

20

30

40

50

O r to

The position of the Aristides is given by the vector equation

x 0
6

t

y 28
8

at a time t hours after 12:00.

(a)

Find the position of the Aristides at 13:00.

(2)

(b)

Find
(i)

the velocity vector;

(ii)

the speed of the Aristides.

(4)

(c)

Find a cartesian equation for the path of the Aristides in the form
ax + by = g .
(4)

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Another ship, the cargo-vessel Boadicea, is stationary, with position vector km.
4

(d)

Show that the two ships will collide, and find the time of collision.
(4)

5
km h1.
To avoid collision, the Boadicea starts to move at 13:00 with velocity vector
12

(e)

Show that the position of the Boadicea for t 1 is given by

x 13
5

t
y 8
12

(f)

(2)

Find how far apart the two ships are at 15:00.

(4)
(Total 20 marks)

14.

The vectors u, v are given by u = 3i + 5j, v = i 2j.

Find scalars a, b such that a(u + v) = 8i + (b 2)j.
Working:

Answer:
......................................................................
(Total 4 marks)

15.

The vectors i , j are unit vectors along the x-axis and y-axis respectively.

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The vectors u = i + 2 j and v = 3 i + 5 j are given.

(a)

Find u + 2 v in terms of i and j .

A vector w has the same direction as u + 2 v , and has a magnitude of 26.

(b)

Find w in terms of i and j .

Working:

Answers:
(a) ..................................................................
(b) ..................................................................
(Total 4 marks)

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6
The circle shown has centre O and radius 6. OA is the vector , OB is the vector
0
5
.
OC is the vector
11

and
0

C
B

(a)

Verify that A, B and C lie on the circle.

(3)

(b)

Find the vector AC .

(2)

(c)

Using an appropriate scalar product, or otherwise, find the cosine of angle OA C .

(3)

(d)

Find the area of triangle ABC, giving your answer in the form a 11 , where a

.
(4)
(Total 12 marks)

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