Name: ___________________ Class: IB2 AA HL

Date:_____________________ Duration: 20 minutes

Math Quiz

1) The angle between the vector 𝒂 = 𝒊 − 𝟐𝒋 + 𝟑𝒌 and the vector 𝒃 = 𝟑𝒊 − 𝟐𝒋 + 𝒎𝒌 𝑖𝑠 30°.

Find the possible values of m.

2) Three distinct non-zero vectors are given by ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗

𝑂𝐴 = 𝑎, ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝐵 = 𝑏, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝐶 = 𝑐.If ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝐴 is
perpendicular to 𝐵𝐶 and 𝑂𝐵 is perpendicular to 𝐶𝐴, show that 𝑂𝐶 is perpendicular to ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝐴𝐵.
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3) Consider the vectors 𝑎 = (0) , 𝑏 = (2) , 𝑐 = ( 𝑝 )
3 3 𝑞

a) Find the components of 𝒂 × 𝒃

b) Find the components of vector 𝑢 with magnitude 2 and in the direction of 𝑏 × 𝑎 .
c) Find 𝑝 and 𝑞 such that 𝑐 is orthogonal to both 𝑎 and 𝑏.
1 2
Assume that 𝑝 = − 2 and 𝑞 = 3
d) Find the volume of the parallelepiped determined by 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐.