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CHAPTER 4 : VECTOR

1) Based on the diagram below, state the vectors which are equal to the given vectors.
(a) b = (b) c = (c) e = (d) i = (e) k =



2) Construct the following vectors on the square grid below.
(a) 2a (b) 3a (c)

a



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3) Based on the diagram below, find the value of k in each case, where k is a constant.
(a) s = kr (b) r = kp (c) p = ks (d) p = kt (e) q = kt



4) Based on the diagram below, determine the vectors that are parallel. Then, state their
relationships.

(a)

and ________are parallel vectors.

= _________
(b)

and ________are parallel vectors.

= _________

(c)

and ________are parallel vectors.

= _________
(d)

and ________are parallel vectors.

= _________
(e)

and ________are parallel vectors.

= _________

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5) Determine the resultant vector of each of the following.
(a)

p + 2q + 3p + q (b) 2a + 3b +

a +

b

6) Solve each of the following. Given that

a and

a .
(a)

(b)

7) Determine the resultant vector of each of the following.
(a) ABCDE is a pentagon.

(i) a + b =

(ii) c + d =

(iii)

(b) KLMN is a parallelogram.
(i)

(ii)

(iii)

=
(iv)

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8) Express each vector below in terms of a and b.
(a) In triangle OAB, M is the midpoint of OB. Given that

a
and

b, find
(i)

(ii)

(b) In triangle OAB, M is the midpoint of AB and P lies on OM such that

.
Given that

a and

b, find
(i)

(ii)

(iii)

9) In the diagram, ABCD is a parallelogram. Given

= 12a and

= 9b. M lies on AD
such that

.




(a) Express each of the following vectors, in terms of a and b.
(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(b) If

and

express

in terms of
(i) k, a and b (ii) m, a and b

10) In the diagram,

and

represent vector 2a and 2b. Points C and D are in the

positions such that

a + 2b and

= 2a +

b.





(a) Prove by vector method that

is parallel to

, then find the ratio of CD : BA .

(b) OD and AB intersect at E. If

and

find the value of h and of k.

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11) In the diagram,

= 12b and

= 4c,

and

(a) Express the vectors below, in terms of b and c.
(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(b) Given that

and

By applying the triangle law on triangle ADE, find

the value of h and of k.
(c) If the area of triangle ABC = 60cm
2
, find the area, in cm
2
, of triangle ACD.

12) Determine for each of the following.
(a) a = 4i +3j (b) a = 12i 5j
13) Given that a = 2i, b = 3i 5j and c = -i + 4j , find each of the following.
(a) a + 2b 3c (b) 2a + b 3c
14) Given that p =

q =

and r =

, determine each of the following.

(a) 2p q + 3r (b) p + 2q -

r
15) Given that

= 2i + 4j,

= -3i + kj and

is parallel to

, find the value of k.

16) Given

= 2i + 2j,

= 4i + 3j and

= 6i + 4j .
(a) Find (i)

, (ii)

(b) Hence, prove that P, Q and R lie on a straight line.











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17) In the diagram given, ABCD is a rectangle with

= 12i ,

= 8j . Given that

.







(a) Find vectors

and

in terms of i and j.
(b) Find the length, in cm, of the perpendicular distance from A to BD, given the area of
triangle ABD = 48 cm
2
and = = 1 cm.