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Year 6 IBDP Mathematics HL

YEAR 6 FOCUS CAMP 2021

VECTORS

1. A line L passes through points A(-3, 4, 2) and B(-1, 3, 3).

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(a) Show that AB   1 .
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(b) Find a vector equation for L

(c) The line L also passes through the point C  3,1, p  . Find the value of p.
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(d)  
The point D has coordinates q 2 ,0, q . Given that DC is perpendicular to L, find the
possible values of q.

2. The points A and B are given by A(0, 4, -6) and B(6, -5, 12). The plane Π is defined by the
equation 4 x  3 y  2 z  5 .

(a) Find a vector equation of the line L passing through the points A and B.

(b) Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the line L with the plane Π.

3. PQRS is a rhombus. Given that PQ  a and QR  b,

(a) express the vectors PR and QS in terms of a and b;

(b) hence show that the diagonals in a rhombus intersect at right angles.

4. The planes 2 x  3 y  z  5 and x  y  2 z  k intersect in the line 5 x  1  9  5 y  5 z .

Find the value of k.

5. Find the point of intersection of the three planes.

x – 3y + z = 1
2x + 2y – z = 2
x – 5y + 3z = 3
A fourth plane with equation x + y + z = d passes through the point of intersection. Find
the value of d.

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6. (a) Given the points A(1, 0, 4), B(2, 3, –1) and C(0, 1, –2), find the vector
equation of the line L1 passing through the points A and B.

x 1 y  2 z 1
(b) The line L 2 has Cartesian equation   .
3 1 2
Show that L1 and L 2 are skew lines.
(c) Consider the plane 1 , parallel to L1 and L 2 . Point C lies in the plane 1 .
Find the Cartesian equation of the plane 1 .
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(d) The line L3 has vector equation r   0     1  .
1   1
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The plane  2 has Cartesian equation x  y  12 .
The angle between the line L3 and the plane  2 is 60  .
(i) Find the value of k.
(ii) Find the coordinates of the point of intersection P of the line L3 and the plane
2 .

7. (a) Consider the points A(1, 0, 0), B(2, 2, 2) and C(0, 2, 1).

Find the vector CA  CB .

(b) Find an exact value for the area of the triangle ABC.
(c) Show that the Cartesian equation of the plane 1 , containing the triangle
ABC, is 2 x  3 y  4 z  2 .
(d) A second plane  2 is defined by the Cartesian equation  2 : 4 x  y  z  4 . L1
is the line of intersection of the planes 1 and  2 . Find a vector equation for L1 .
(e) A third plane  3 is defined by the Cartesian equation 16 x  y  3 z   .
Find the value of  if all three planes contain L1 .
(f) Find conditions on  and  if the plane  3 does not intersect with L1 .

8. (a) Consider the points P(–3, –1, 2) and Q(5, 5, 6). Find a vector equation for the
line, L1 , which passes through the points P and Q.

  4  5
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The line L 2 has equation r   0   s 2  .
 4   0
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(b) Show that L1 and L 2 intersect at the point R(1, 2, 4).
(c) Find the acute angle between L1 and L2 .
(d) Let S be a point on L 2 such that RP  RS . Show that one of the possible positions
for S is S1  4,0,4  and find the coordinates of the other possible position, S 2 .
(e) Find a vector equation of the line which passes through R and bisects PRS1 .

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9. (a) Find the values of k for which the following system of equations has no
solutions and the value of k for the system to have an infinite number of
solutions.

x  3y  z  3
x  5 y  2z  1
16 y  6 z  k

(b) Given that the system of equations can be solved, find the solutions to (a) in the form
of a vector equation of a line, r = a +  b, where the components of b are
integers.
(c) The plane  is parallel to both the line in part (b) and the line
4 x y6 z 2
  .
1 2 4
Given that  contains the point (1, 2, 1), show that the Cartesian equation of
 is 28 x  12 y  z  5 .
(d) The z-axis meets the plane  at the point P. Find the coordinates of P.
x2 y5 z
(e) Find the angle between the line   and the plane  .
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10. The point A (2, 5, –1) is on the line L, which is perpendicular to the plane with equation
x + y + z – 1 = 0.
(a) Find the Cartesian equation of the line L.
(b) Find the point of intersection of the line L and the plane.
(c) The point A is reflected in the plane. Find the coordinates of the image of A.
(d) Calculate the distance from the point B(2, 0, 6) to the line L.

11. The equations of three planes are as follows:

 1 : 5x  3 y  z  2 ,
 2 : x  2 y  3z  3 ,
 3 : x  y  2 z   , where  and β are constants.

(a) Given that the planes 𝜋 and 𝜋 intersect in a line l1 , find a vector equation of l1 .
(b) Plane  4 is parallel to the plane  1 and passes through the point (2, 2, 6). Find the
cartesian equation of the plane  4 .
(c) i) Calculate the value of α, given that the normal to plane  2 is parallel to
plane  3 .
ii) Further given that the point (1, 1, 0) lies on the plane  3 , evaluate the value
of β.
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(d) Given another line l 2 :   y  2  z  1 , calculate the shortest distance from the
2
point (1, 1, 0) to the line l 2 .

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12. The line 1  x   z  2 is reflected in the plane x + y + z = 1. Calculate the angle
2
between the line and its reflection.

Answers

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1. (b) r   4   t  1 (c) 5 (d) ,2
 2 1
   
 0  2
2. (a) r   4   t  3  (b)  2, 2,0 
 6   6 
   
3. (a) a  b; b  a
4. –2
6 3 8 17
5.  , ,  , d 
 5 5 5  5

1  1 
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6. (a) r   0   t  3  (c) x  13 y  8 z  3 (d)(i) 2 (ii) (9, 3, –2)
 4   5
   
  2 1 1
  29    
7. (a)   3  (b) (d) r   0     2  (e) –5 (f)   5 ,   16
 4  2 0  2
     
 3   4  1 9
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8. (a) r   1   t  3  (c) 0.459 or 26.3 (d) (6, 4, 4) (e) r   2   t  5 
 2   2  4  2
       
 94  1
 1  
9. (a) k  4 and k  4 (b) r    4     3  (d)  0,0,5  (e) 13.4
 0  8
   
 1 10 8   4 5 13  654
10. (a) x  2  y  5  z  1 (b)  , ,   (c)   , ,   (d)  8.52
3 3 3  3 3 3 3
 1   7 
11. (a)  : r   1  t  16  (b) 5x  3y  z  10 (c) (i)   8 (ii)   7 (d) 11  
 0   13 
   
12. 56.3

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