Vectors QP

Additional Assessment Materials
Summer 2021
Pearson Edexcel GCE in Mathematics

9MA0 (Public release version)
Resource Set 1: Topic 10

Vectors
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1. Relative to a fixed origin O,
the point A has position vector (2i + 3j − 4k),
the point B has position vector (4i − 2j + 3k),
and the point C has position vector (ai + 5j − 2k), where a is a constant and a < 0.
D is the point such that AB = BD .

(a) Find the position vector of D.
(2)
Given | AC | = 4,
(b) find the value of a.
(3)
(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)
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2. Relative to a fixed origin O

● point A has position vector 2i + 5j − 6k
● point B has position vector 3i − 3j − 4k
● point C has position vector 2i − 16j + 4k
→
(a) Find AB
(2)
(b) Show that quadrilateral OABC is a trapezium, giving reasons for your answer.
(2)

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3. Relative to a fixed origin O, the points A and B are such that
 − 3  3
   
OA =  2  and OB =  − 1 , where p is a constant,
 7  p
   
and the points C and D are such that
 0  2
   
BC =  6  and AD =  5  .
− 7  − 4
   
(a) Find the position vector of the point D.

(1)
Given that ABCD is a trapezium,
(b) find the value of p.

(4)
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4. Relative to a fixed origin, points P, Q and R have position vectors p, q and r respectively.
Given that
● P, Q and R lie on a straight line

● Q lies one third of the way from P to R
show that
1
q
= ( r + 2p )
3
(3)
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5.
B
Figure 2
Figure 2 Figure 2 shows a sketch of a triangle ABC.
→ →
Given AB = 2i + 3j + k and BC = i – 9j + 3k,
show that ∠ BAC = 105.9° to one decimal place.

(5)
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6. Relative to a fixed origin O,
• the point A has position vector –2i + 3j,

• the point B has position vector 3i + pj, where p is constant,
• the point C has position vector qi + 7j, where q is constant.

Given that AB = 5 2 ,
(a) find the possible values for p.

(3)
 π
Given that the angle between AC and the unit vector i is radians,
3
(b) find the exact value of q.

(3)
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7.
Figure 7 shows a sketch of triangle OAB.
The point C is such that =2 .

The point M is the midpoint of AB.
The straight line through C and M cuts OB at the point N.
Given = a and =b
(a) Find in terms of a and b.

(2)
(b) Show that = a+ 𝜆𝜆b, where 𝜆𝜆 is a scalar constant.
(2)
(c) Hence prove that ON : NB = 2 : 1
(2)
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Additional Assessment Materials

Pearson Edexcel GCE in Mathematics

Resource Set 1: Topic 10

Additional Assessment Materials, Summer 2021

All the material in this publication is copyright

© Pearson Education Ltd 2021

the point B has position vector (4i − 2j + 3k),

D is the point such that AB = BD .

2. Relative to a fixed origin O

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

and the points C and D are such that

(a) Find the position vector of the point D.

Given that ABCD is a trapezium,

(b) find the value of p.

● P, Q and R lie on a straight line

Figure 2 Figure 2 shows a sketch of a triangle ABC.

show that ∠ BAC = 105.9° to one decimal place.

6. Relative to a fixed origin O,

• the point A has position vector –2i + 3j,

(a) find the possible values for p.

(b) find the exact value of q.

Figure 7 shows a sketch of triangle OAB.

The point C is such that =2 .

(a) Find in terms of a and b.

(b) Show that = a+ 𝜆𝜆b, where 𝜆𝜆 is a scalar constant.

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