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CHAPTER 5: VECTORS
6. Addition and subtraction vectors

i) Using Law of Vector Addition

a) b)
Q B
b
a ~ n
~ ~
R
A C
m
P
~
Find vector PR Find vector CB
i) parallel vectors

c) R d)
m
~ R
n n
Q ~ ~
S S Q
b
~ b
2m ~
~
P T P
a 3a
ii) collinear vectors ~ T ~
Find vector TS Find vector RS

ii) Using Ratio

Q
a)
3b Given that S is the midpoint of
2a ~ PR. Find vector
~
R i) PR
S ii) RS
P
5. Multiple vectors
i) Parallel vectors

b) Q Given that PS = 3 SR. Find

b i) RP
a ~
~ ii) SP
R
S
P
ii) collinear vectors

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c) B Given that DC = 3 BD . Find f)
D In OAB, C is the midpoint of
i) BC AB and OX = 3XC. Find
3n
~ ii) CD i) AB
A C
2m ii) OC
~
iii) OX

d)
Q Given that 2PR = 3 SR. Find
3b i) RP
5a ~
~ ii) SP
R

P S

g.
Given AB is parallel to
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DC and BX = BD ,
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2AB = 3DC. Find
i) BD

ii) AC
iii) BX

e)

ABCD is a parallelogram. AC and BD intersect at X and

DY : YC = 1 : 2. Find
i) AC ii) BD iii) AY

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h) j)
Given that M is a point on the side
BC such that 3BM = MC and N is
the midpoint of the side AC. The line
AM intersects the line BN at D such
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that MD = DA . It is given that
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Find BM = 2 x and CN = 2 y
a) AB b) AM c) AD d) BD

i)
In the diagram, E is a point
on the line BD such that
1
DE = EB . The line AB
3
is parallel to DC and
2DC = 3AB. Find

Find
a) DB b) CB c) BE d) AE

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Two vectors are parallel Example 2

Example 1
R
Q

12q

S
(c) If a = 4 cm and the shortest distance
O 8p P from point D to straight line AB is 15 cm,
find the area of trapezium ABCD

( c) If q = 3 cm and the area of ∆OQR is 180 cm2,

Find the shortest distance from point R to
straight line OQ. [10]

32
− p + 16q, − 8 p + 3q,
3
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− p + 4q, 3QR = 4 PS
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Two vectors are Collinear Example 4

Example 3

6b – 4a
3 3 2a – 6b
− 3p + r,p + r
2 2 a +3b
3 a–b
p− r , − 3r + 2 p 4a – 4b
2 5 4RN = RP
2 LM = KM
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Solving Problems 1 Solving Problems 2

D
E
O A
C

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Solving Problems 3
Solving Problems 4

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In the diagram above, it is given that OP = PD, 4CQ = CD
2
In the diagram above it is given that
x and OC = 6 y
OP = 8~
~ OP =
2 1
OA, OQ = OB, OA = 15 x , and OB = 12 y
5 3 ~ ~

9 -15x + 12y ; -6x + 4y ;

8x – 6y , 6 x + y -6x + 12y ; -6hx + 12y
2
3 4
9 1 1 -15kx + 4ky ; ,
8hx − 6hy , 6kx + y ; , 13 13
2 2 3
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Solving Problems 5 Solving Problems 6
Q R
S

X
T R
S
P T
P
Q

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VECTORS IN THE CARTESIAN PLANE Example 2
Given A(2, 5) and B(3, 8).
a) State AB in the form of column vector
b) Find the unit vector in the direction of AB

Example 3
Given A (1, 2), B(-2, 3) and C(3, 7)
a) Express AC and CB in the form of xi + yj
b) Find the unit vector in the direction of AB

Example 1
 x
Express each vector below as a column vector   and as x ~i + y j.
 y ~
Hence, find the magnitude of each vector

Example 4

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Example 5 Example 9
Given p = 2i + j and q = –3i + 4j. Find the value of k if 2kp – 3q is
parallel to p + q
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[− ]
2

Example 6

Example 10
 m−2   2 
It is given that r =   and s =   . If r is parallel to s,
 3   m+3 
find the possible values of m
[3, -4]

Example 7

Example 8
It is given that a = 2i – 5j , and b = ki – 3j. If the vectors a and b are
parallel, find the value of k

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Example 11 Example 13
It is given that OA = 9i − 10 j , OB = 4i + 2 j and OC = k i − 2 j , It is given that C is the point (-4, 0), D is the point (5, 3) and
4
where O is origin. Find the value of k such that points A, B and C are DE =   . Find [9.487, (9, 13)]
collinear 10 
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[ ] a) CD b) the coordinates of point E
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Example 12
 6 t 
It is given that a =   and b =   . Find [10, 10]
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   0
a) a b) the value of t if a = b

Example 14
7  2 
It is given that AB =   and BC =  
1
   − 5
a) Express AC as a column vector
b) D is the point (-2, 1) and E is (h, 6)
i) Express DE as a column vector in terms of h
ii) If DE is parallel to AB , find the value of h
iii) If DE = AB , find the possible values of h

[  9   h + 2
,  , h = 33; h = 3, − 7 ]
 − 4  5 

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