Cambridge International AS and A Level Mathematics Pure Mathematics 1

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Vectors

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5    In the diagram, ABC is a triangle.
L, M and N are the mid-points of
the sides BC, CA and AB.

A

→
B = p and A

→
C = q

(i) Find, in terms of p and q, B

→
C,
M

→
N, L

→
M and L

→
N.

(ii) Explain how your results from part (i) show you that the sides of triangle
LMN are parallel to those of triangle ABC, and half their lengths.
6  Find unit vectors in the same directions as the following vectors.

(i) 2
3







(ii)    3 i +   4 j (iii) –





2

2





^ (iv)^5 i^ −^12 j

7  Find unit vectors in the same direction as the following vectors.

(i)

1

2

3









(ii)    2 i –   2 j + k (iii)   3 i –   4 k

(iv)











2

4

3

(v)     5 i –   3 j +   2 k (vi)

4

0

0









8  Relative to an origin O, the position vectors of the points A, B and C are
given by

O

→
A =

2

1

3









, O

→
B =

−








2

4

(^3)
and O
→
C =


−








1

2

1

.

    Find the perimeter of triangle ABC.
9  Relative to an origin O, the position vectors of the points P and Q are given
by O

→
P = 3 i + j + 4 k and O

→
Q = i + xj − 2 k.
Find the values of x for which the magnitude of PQ is 7.
10  Relative to an origin O, the position vectors of the points A and B are given by

O

→
A =

4

1

− 2









and O

→
B =

3

2

– 4









.

(i) Given that C is the point such that A

→
C = 2A

→
B, find the unit vector in the
direction of O

→
C.
The position vector of the point D is given by O

→
D =

1

4

k









, where k is a

constant, and it is given that O

→
D = mO

→
A + nO

→
B, where m and n are constants.
(ii) Find the values of m, n and k.
[Cambridge AS & A Level Mathematics 9709, Paper 1 Q9 June 2007]

N

B C

A

M

L
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