ALAN TUITION E-MATH REVIEW

February 2021 Duration: 1 hour 10 min

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Items included with question paper: Writing paper Topic: Vectors, Scalar product

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as to how much time to spend on each question.
Omission of essential working will result in a loss of marks. Write all answers
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If not stated, leave your answer corrected to 3 significant figures.

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Alan Tuition Upper Secondary Math
QUESTION 1 (4 marks)

The position vectors of the points A and B, relative to an origin O, are i – 7j and 4i + kj
respectively, where k is a scalar. The unit vector in the direction of AB is 0.6i + 0.8j.

Find the value of k.

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 Alan Tuition Upper Secondary Math
QUESTION 2 (6 marks)

A right-angle triangle has vertices E(−1, 3), F(6, 3), G(b, 10).

(a) Show that b = 6.

Solution to this question by accurate drawing is unacceptable. [3]
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(b) Express the unit vector of EG in the form ( ai + aj) where a and c are integers.
a c
Hence, explain why unit vectors are always parallel to the actual vectors. [3]

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Alan Tuition Upper Secondary Math
QUESTION 3 (6 marks)
Do your workings to this question on the next page (page 5)

KMNP is a quadrilateral, and it has the following properties.

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OM =   PM = −2i + 7 j MK KP = 0 KN = 130 units
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Point J is the midpoint of MP . It is also such that points K, J, N are collinear.

Point N has the coordinates (x, 6).

Plot the quadrilateral KMNP in the grid below.

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 Alan Tuition Upper Secondary Math
QUESTION 4 (8 marks)

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In this question,   is a unit vector due north and   is a unit vector due east.
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A lighthouse has position vector   km relative to an origin O. A boat moves in such
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a way that its position vector is   km, where t is the time, in hours, after 1200.
 12 + 6 t 

(a) Show that at 1400, the boat is 25 km from the lighthouse. [4]
(b) Find the length of time for which the boat is less than 25 km from the lighthouse. [4]

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 Alan Tuition Upper Secondary Math
QUESTION 5 (10 marks)

In the figure below, not to scale, the position vectors of points A and B relative to an
origin O are a and b respectively.
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The point P is such that OP = OB . Point Q is such that AQ = AB . The point R lies on
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OA such that RQP is a straight line where OR =  OA and QR =  PR .

(a) Express OQ and PQ in terms of a and b. [3]

(b) Express QR in terms of  , a and b. [2]
(c) Express QR in terms of  , a and b. [2]
(d) Hence, determine the values of  and  . [3]

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 Alan Tuition Upper Secondary Math
QUESTION 6 (11 marks)

(a) Given the four points O, A, B, and C are

OA = 5a , OB = 15b , OC = 24b − 3a

Prove that points A, B, and C are collinear. [3]

(b) Relative to an origin O, the position vector of the point P is i – 4j and the position vector
of the point Q is 3i + 7j. Point R has coordinates (4, h).

Calculate
(i) PQ , [2]
(ii) the position vector of M, the mid-point of PQ, [2]
(iii) the value(s) of h corrected to 1 decimal place given that PQR = 30°. [4]

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