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STPM (Q) TOPIC 6 Vectors

The document contains sample questions from past STPM (Malaysian matriculation-level) examination papers on the topic of vectors. Some key questions include: 1) Showing that a point lies on two planes and finding the line of intersection. 2) Calculating angles and areas involving vectors representing sides and vertices of geometric shapes like tetrahedrons and parallelepipeds. 3) Determining values of parameters in vector equations of lines and planes, and finding points of intersection.

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STPM (Q) TOPIC 6 Vectors

The document contains sample questions from past STPM (Malaysian matriculation-level) examination papers on the topic of vectors. Some key questions include: 1) Showing that a point lies on two planes and finding the line of intersection. 2) Calculating angles and areas involving vectors representing sides and vertices of geometric shapes like tetrahedrons and parallelepipeds. 3) Determining values of parameters in vector equations of lines and planes, and finding points of intersection.

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TOPIC 6: VECTORS

STPM 2013
6 Show that the point A(2, 0, 0) lies on both planes 2x - y + 4z = 4 and x - 3y - 2z = 2. Hence, find the
vector equation of the line of intersection of both planes. [5 marks]

8 A tetrahedron OABC has a base OAB and a vertex C, with ⃗ OA = 2i + j + k, ⃗


OB = 4i - j + 3k and
OC = 2i - j - 3k.
⃗
(a) Show that ⃗OC is perpendicular to both ⃗ OA and ⃗
OB. [3 marks]
(b) Calculate, to the nearest 0.1°, the angle between the edge AC and base OAB of the tetrahedron.
[5 marks]
(c) Calculate the area of the base OAB and the volume of the tetrahedron. [7 marks]

STPM 2014

6 Three vectors a = pi + qj, b = - 5i + j and c = 4i + 7j are such that a and b are perpendicular and the scalar
product of a and c is 78.
(a) Determine the values of p and q. [4 marks]
(b) Find the angle between a and c. [3 marks]

8 A parallelepiped for which OABC, DEFG, ABFE and OCGD are rectangles is shown in the diagram below.

OA and ⃗
The unit vectors i and j are parallel to ⃗ OC respectively, and the unit vector k is perpendicular to the
plane OABC, where O is the origin. The vectors OA , OB and ⃗
⃗ ⃗ OD are 4i, 4i + 3j and i + 5k respectively.
13 √ 35
(a) Show that cos ∠ BEG = , [6 marks]
175
(b) Calculate the area of the triangle AEG. [6 marks]
(c) Find the equation of the plane AEG. [3 marks]

STPM 2015
1 3 5 1 0
6. The line r = 2
3() ()
+ λ p
1
is perpendicular to the plane r = 0
1
+ s
() ( ) ()
−1
q
+t 1 ,
2
where p and q are constants and , s, t  ℝ
(a) Determine the values of p and q. [5]
(b) Find the position vector of the point of intersection of the line and the plane. [5]
STPM 2016
1 1 1 2

6. The lines l1 and l2 have equations r =


() ( )
2
0 +
s 1
−1 and r =
() ( )
3
1 +
t 3
−1 respectively, where s and t are parameters.
(a) Show that the lines l1 and l2 intersect. [4]

(b) Find the Cartesian equation of the plane which contains the lines l1 and l2. [6]

STPM 2017

6. The points A, B and C are the vertices of the triangle ABC. The position vectors
of the points A, B and C relative to the origin are
4i – 8j + k, 2i + j – 2k and 3i – 4j + 2k respectively.
(a) Find a vector which is perpendicular to the vectors AB and AC. [4]
(b) Calculate the area of the triangle ABC. [3]

8. A plane passes through the points A(–1, –1, –4), B(0, 4, 0) and C(1, 3, –2).
4 2
1
() () −1
The line r = 11 +  3 ,  , meets the plane at point P.
(a) Find the Cartesian equation of the plane. [7]
(b) Determine the coordinates of point P. [4]
(c) Calculate the acute angle between the line and the plane. [4]

STPM 2018

y −2
6. Determine whether line x – 1 = 3 = z – 3 lies in the plane
2x – y + z = 3 or not. [4]
8. The position vectors of points A, B, C and D relative to the origin are
i + j – 2k, 2i – j + k, 3i + j and 2i + 3j – 3k respectively. Point P divides
the line AC in the ratio 2 : 1.
(a) Show that ABCD is a parallelogram. [4]
(b) Calculate the exact area of the parallelogram ABCD. [4]
(c) Find the position vector of P and the angle APB. [7]

2019
2020

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