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GCSE Vectors: Test Your Understanding
GCSE Vectors: Test Your Understanding
𝒂 𝒃
Further Examples
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
A) Determine 𝐴𝑋
𝐹 𝑂 𝐶
2. Write each vector in terms of 𝑎 and/or 𝑏.
𝑎 𝐵
𝐴
𝐸 𝐷
𝑏
Express in terms of 𝒂 and/or 𝒃:
𝐶 a. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐵 b. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐹𝑂 c. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝑂 d. 𝐹𝐷
𝐷 2𝑎
Lesson 2 Examples
a. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐵𝐴 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
b. 𝐴𝐶 c. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐷𝐵 d. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐷 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
B) Determine 𝑂𝑌
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Exercise 2 (Using Ratios) 4. [Nov 2010 1H Q27] 𝑀 is the midpoint of 𝑂𝑃. 7. 𝑂𝐴𝐶𝐵 is a parallelogram. 𝑀 is the midpoint of
𝐴𝐵. 𝑋 is a point such that 𝐵𝑋: 𝑋𝐶 = 1: 2.
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝑎 and 𝑂𝐵
1. In the following diagram 𝑂𝐴 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝑏.
Determine:
𝑋 is a point such that 𝐴𝑋: 𝑋𝐵 = 1: 4 𝐴 𝐶
𝐴 𝒂 𝑀
𝑋
𝒂 𝑋
𝒃 𝐵
a) Express ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝑀 in terms of 𝒂 and 𝒃. 𝑂
𝑂 𝐵 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ in terms of 𝒂 and 𝒃 giving your
𝒃 b) Express 𝑇𝑀
a. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐵 b. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐵𝐶 c. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑀𝐵 d. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑀𝑋
What is: answer in its simplest form.
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ f. 𝐶𝑀
e. 𝑋𝐴 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ g. 𝑋𝑂
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ b. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
a. 𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝑋 c. 𝑂𝑋 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ d. 𝐵𝑋
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 5. 𝑂𝐴𝐶𝐵 is a parallelogram. 𝑅 is a point such that 8. 𝑀 is the midpoint of 𝐵𝐶.
2. Again 𝑂𝐴⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝑎 and 𝑂𝐵
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝑏. 𝑌 is a point such 𝐴𝑅: 𝑅𝐵 = 2: 3. 𝑆 is a point such that 𝐵𝑆: 𝑆𝐶 = 𝒂+𝒃 𝐶
that 𝑌𝐵 = 2𝐴𝑌 1: 3. Determine: 𝐴
𝐴 𝐴 𝐶
𝑌 𝑅 𝑀
𝒂 𝒂 𝒂
𝑆 𝟐𝒃
𝑂 𝐵
𝑂 𝐵 𝑂 𝐵
𝒃 𝒃 Determine the vectors:
What is: ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ b. 𝐵𝑆
a. 𝑂𝑅 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ c. 𝑂𝑆
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ d. 𝑅𝑆
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ a. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝐵 b. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ d. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐵𝐶 c. 𝐴𝑀 𝑂𝑀
a. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝑌 c. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝑌 d. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑌𝑂 6. In the diagram, 𝑀 is the midpoint of 𝐶𝐷,
3. [June 2009 2H Q23] 𝐵𝑃: 𝑃𝑀 = 2: 1, ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗𝐴𝐵 = 𝑥, and 𝐴𝐶⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝑦 and 9. In the following diagram, 𝑋 is a point such that
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ in terms of 𝒂 and 𝒃.
a) Find 𝐴𝐵 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝑧. Express each of (a) to (f) in terms of 𝑥,
𝐴𝐷 𝑂𝑋: 𝑋𝐵 = 1: 3.
b) 𝑃 is on 𝐴𝐵 such that 𝐴𝑃: 𝑃𝐵 = 3: 2. 𝑦 and 𝑧. 𝐵 𝐴
2𝒃 − 2𝒂
1
Show that ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝑃 = (2𝒂 + 3𝒃) 𝐵 𝐶
5 𝒂
𝒃
𝑃
𝒙 𝒚 𝑀 𝑋
𝐶 𝑂
𝐴 𝒛 𝐷
a. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝐶 b. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑋𝐶 c. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝑋
a. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐷𝐶 b. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ d. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐷𝑀 c. 𝐴𝑀 𝐵𝑀
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
e. 𝐵𝑃 f. 𝐴𝑃
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Lesson 3 Examples Test Your Understanding [June 2011 Q26] Test Your Understanding [Nov 2013 1H Q24]
a. Find ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐵 in terms of 𝒂 and 𝒃. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝐴 = 𝑎 and ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ =
𝑂𝐵 = 𝑏. 𝐷 is the point such that 𝐴𝐶
b. 𝑃 is the point on 𝐴𝐵 such that ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ . The point 𝑁 divides 𝐴𝐵 in the ratio 2: 1.
𝐶𝐷
𝐴𝑃: 𝑃𝐵 = 2: 3. Show that ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝑃 is parallel to
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ in terms of 𝑎 and 𝑏.
(a) Write an expression for 𝑂𝑁
the vector 𝒂 + 𝒃.
(b) Prove that 𝑂𝑁𝐷 is a straight line.
Example 2:
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝑁 = 2𝒃, ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑁𝑃 = 𝒃
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Exercise 3 (Proofs) 3. [November 2015 2H Q20] 5.
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