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Vectors – Test A (17 mins) Fundamentals Challenge

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Subtopics: Vectors, representing vectors, magnitude and direction, position vectors, solving geometric problems, modelling

1. Given and , find the following vectors in terms of i and j:

a) 3a−2b b) c) [6]

2. Find the magnitude of the following vectors. Give your answers in simplified surd form where
appropriate:

a) b) c) [6]

3. Find the unit vector in the same direction as giving your answer in the form [3]

4. Find the angle that makes with the positive x-axis. Give your answer to three significant
figures. [2]

5. The points X and Y have coordinates (−3, 5) and (2, −3) respectively.
Find, in terms of i and j:

a) the position vector of X b) the position vector of Y c) the vector [4]

6. Show that the vectors 4a + 6b and 6a + 9b are parallel. [2]

7. ABCD is a parallelogram. , and the point P divides AC in the ratio 4 : 1.


B C
x P

y D
A
Find, in terms of x and y:

a) b) c) [5]

8. and

a) Find [2]

b) Find , and in simplified surd form. [6]

9. An archaeologist is excavating a region. She is walking around the site. She leaves point O and
walks 12 m on a bearing of 120° to reach point X. From X she walks 9 m on a bearing of 240° to
point Y. From Y she returns directly to O. Assume that the unit vectors i and j are in the directions
east and north, respectively.
a) Find the exact position vector of X relative to O. [3]

b) Find to three significant figures. [4]


c) What is the bearing of Y from O? [4]

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d) Find the position vector of Y relative to O, rounding your answer to one decimal place. [3]

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