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1. a. PR.
C b. SB.
(1−k)
c. Show that BA= a.
2
d. Find the value of k given that
|AB| = 4 when|a| = 16.
D
A ka R
Q
a
O B
b
Figure 1
A B
In figure 1 above ,OA =a, OB =b and 3OB =
OC .Given that D is the midpoint of BC. Find P a
b
a) The vector BC
b) The vector OD 4. A point p(4,2) is an a Cartesian plane.
Given a position vector 𝑂𝐴̅̅̅̅ where
2. OA= 2i +4j and using a scale of 1cm
D C for I units on both axes:
a) Draw vectors 𝑂𝐴 ̅̅̅̅ and ̅̅̅̅
𝑃𝐵where
̅̅̅̅
𝑂𝐴 = ̅̅̅̅
𝑃𝐵 .
b) Write down the coordinates of B
B
.join the points to obtain OABP.
c) Name the figure .
d) Express ̅̅̅̅𝑂𝐵 I terms of i and j and
O A
find its magnitude and direction.
In figure 2 above , OB= a , BC =2 OB and DB 5. Given that ̅̅̅̅
𝑂𝑃 = 4𝑖 and ̅̅̅̅
𝑃𝑄 = 3𝑖 +
= 2 BA . 2𝑗 find a) 2PQ b) |𝑃𝑄| c) the
coordinate of Q.
a) Express DC and OA interms of a and
b.
b) Show that DC IS Parallel to OA. C E
6.
c) State the relation between the lengths B
of DC and OA. c
3. In figure 3below, PQ = b, SP = a D
and RQ = ka, where 𝑎 is a
constant. A and B are the mid O
a A
points of PR and QS respectively. In the figure above,
Express the following in terms of
a, b and k:
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̅̅̅̅ = 𝑎 , 𝑂𝐶
𝑂𝐴 ̅̅̅̅ = 2 𝑂𝐶
̅̅̅̅ = 𝑐 and 𝐷𝐶 ̅̅̅̅ where E is a) Express in terms of a , b and m the
3
vectors AB , OX and BC
the midpoint of ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐶 . find
b) Given that OX is parallel to BC ,
a) ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐶 find the value of m.
b) ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐸
̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ = 2𝑖 +
9. a) In the figure below 𝑂𝑃
c) 𝐸𝐷
7. B ̅̅̅̅
𝑗and 𝑂𝑄 = 5𝑖 − 3𝑗 , find |𝑃𝑄| .
C b
c) in the same figure , 𝑂𝐴 =
O 𝑎 , 𝑂𝐵 = 𝑏 and the ratio AX : XB
= 1:3
Express AB and XB interms of a
and b .
D
a B
A X
b
In the figure above ,
A
̅̅̅̅ = 𝑎 , 𝑂𝐵
𝑂𝐴 ̅̅̅̅ = 2 𝑏 . express in terms
̅̅̅̅ = 𝑏 , 𝑂𝐶
5
a
of a and b
O
a) ̅̅̅̅
𝐶𝐵 b) ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐴
D is a point on ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐴 which divide BA in
the ratio 3:2 . Express in terms of a and
b both
b) ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐷
c) ̅̅̅̅
𝐶𝐷
̅̅̅̅
d) State any geometrical fact relating 𝐶𝐷
̅̅̅̅
and 𝑂𝐴
8.
C
B
b
mb X
A
a O
In The figure above , AC is parallel to
1
OB , AX = 4 𝐴𝐵 , 𝑂𝐴 = 𝑎 , 𝑂𝐵 = 𝑏 ,
AC = mb .
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