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Grade 12 - Vectors Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with 16 problems involving vectors. The problems cover topics such as: finding the magnitude and direction of vectors; determining if lines are parallel; finding equations of lines; calculating angles between vectors; finding points of intersection between lines and planes; and determining if a line is perpendicular to a plane.

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Grade 12 - Vectors Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with 16 problems involving vectors. The problems cover topics such as: finding the magnitude and direction of vectors; determining if lines are parallel; finding equations of lines; calculating angles between vectors; finding points of intersection between lines and planes; and determining if a line is perpendicular to a plane.

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Calabar High School

Grade 12 – Vectors Worksheet

1. Given v   i  5 j  7k and v  9 , find the possible values of the constant  .


2. Find a unit vector in the direction of v  3i  2 j  5k .
  3
 
3. Find a unit vector in the direction of v   12  .
  4
 
4. Find a vector of magnitude 5 in the direction of v  4i  8k .

5. A, B, C, D are the points with position vectors i + j – k , i - j + 2 k , j + k , 2 i + j


respectively.
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ | and |𝐵𝐷
a) Find |𝐴𝐵 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ |
b) Determine whether any of the following pairs of lines are parallel :
i. AB and CD
ii. AC and BD

6. Find a vector equation of the line through the points A( 1, 1, 7 ) and B( 3, 4, 1).

7. In a triangle ABC, ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = -i + 4j. Find the cosine of the angle ABC. Find
𝐴𝐵 = i + 2j + 3k, and 𝐵𝐶
the vector ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐶 and use it to calculate the angle BAC.

8. Find the angle between each of the following pairs of vectors, giving your answers
correct to one decimal place.
a) 2i + j – 2k and 4i – 3j + 12k
b) 3i – 5j - 2k and i – 6k
  2  4 
   
c)  1  and   3 
 3   3 
   
 3  2
   
d)  0  and  5 
  1  0
   

    1 
   
9. Given that  2    and  3  are perpendicular vectors, find the value of the
 3  4   
   
constant  .
10. Find a vector equation for the line
a) passing through the point (5, -2, 3) and parallel to the vector 4i – 3j + k.
b) joining the points (-1, 2, 3) and (6, 3, 0).

11. Points A, B and C have position vectors –i + 3j + 5k, 5i + 6j – 4k and 4i + 7j + 5k


respectively. P is the point on AB such that AP  AB . Find
a) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴𝐵
b) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐶𝑃
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ . 𝐶𝑃
c) 𝐴𝐵 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗

12. Two lines have equations


r1 = 2i + 9j + 13k + λ(i + 2j + 3k) and
r2 = ai + 7j – 2k + μ(-i + 2j – 3k).
Given that they intersect, find the value of a and the position vector of the point of
intersection.

13. (a) The position vectors of the points A and B, relative to a fixed origin O, are i + 3j – 2k
and 3i +6j + k respectively.
(i) Find AB.
(ii) Find the vector equation of the line AB.
(iii) The vector equation of the line L is r = 2i + 3j + 7k + μ(i + j + 4k).
Given that L and AB intersect, find the position vector of the point of
intersection.

(b) Find the angle between the vectors i + 2j – k and 3i - j + 2k.

14. The points P and Q have position vectors p = 3i – j + 2k, q = 4i – 2j – k respectively,


relative to a fixed origin O.
a) Determine a vector equation of the line l1, passing through P and Q.
b) The line l2 has a vector equation r = 2i – 2j – 3k +μ (2i – j – 2k). Show that l1 and l2
intersect and find the position vector of the point of intersection V.
c) Show that PV has length 3√11.
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d) The acute angle between l1 and l2 is  . Show that cos   .
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15. Find the equation of the plane passing through (0, 0, 0) and with the normal vector
i + 2j – 3k.

16. Show that the line with equation r = k + λ(2i + 6j + 8k) is perpendicular to the plane with
equation x + 3y + 4z =8.

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